Tim Redmond

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Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.

The Agenda

It’s going to be a brutal budget year—unless you are rich and love the cops

January 15, 2024

Breed wants deep cuts as revenue plummets—and the state won't allow fair new taxes. That's The Agenda for Jan 14 to 21

Police

The danger of high-speed police chases and the failure of the mayor’s drug-arrest policy

January 14, 2024

Police Commission questions show why an independent panel is so important.

Campaign Trail

The next billionaire target: SF judges

January 11, 2024

More than $150,000 in Big Tech and real estate money pours into right-wing effort to oust incumbent judge

News + Politics

Supes approve Gaza ceasefire resolution by an 8-3 supermajority

January 9, 2024

Preston, Ronen, Peskin agree on compromise that all of the activists could support in historic vote.

Campaign Trail

Barbara Lee talks about economic inequality in visit to the Mission

January 8, 2024

Why we need both a wealth tax and a return to pre-Reagan income taxes.

News + Politics

The ceasefire resolution comes up this week

January 7, 2024

Plus: A weird landlord bill—and why is Tom Ammiano written out of the history of the bridge suicide barrier? That's The Agenda for Jan. 7 to 14

Campaign Trail

Progressive slate kicks off DCCC campaign with messaging about the plutocrats

January 7, 2024

A large crowd showed up in the Golden Gate Park panhandle Saturday to launch the campaign of a slate of progressive candidates for the...

News + Politics

The billionaire plutocrats set their sights on controlling SF’s Democratic Party

January 5, 2024

Big money from tech barons comes into the local DCCC race—and to support the mayor's pro-police agenda.

Arts + Culture

Broadcasting the Summer of Love—and so much more—live from San Francisco

January 4, 2024

A new book describes the history of the legendary KSAN, a radio station that promoted, and was part of, a cultural revolution.

News + Politics

My New Year’s resolutions—for everyone else

January 2, 2024

A few 2024 suggestions for policy makers, the pope, and people who don't clean up their dogshit.