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.

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.

Letters We Answer

Letter to the editor: Yes, a taxpayer can sue over the state’s housing laws

January 2, 2024

Retired real estate lawyer weighs in on state law.

Housing

Peskin, Chan want to know if SF can sue the state over impossible housing rules

January 1, 2024

Letter to city attorney seeks advice on how to deal with mandates from Sacramento that almost everyone agrees SF can never meet.

Housing

The Chron, voting rights, and district elections

December 28, 2023

If the state Legislature starts to see district elections of local legislators as a Nimby problem, the oligarchs in SF will rejoice.

Business + Tech

The brutal budget crisis of 2024—and how the city could address it without huge cuts

December 27, 2023

San Francisco needs to rethink how it collects taxes—and the state is going to have to get out of the way.

Elections

Here come the billionaires: Election 2024

December 24, 2023

Big money goes into measures attacking poor people and eroding police oversight. It's really about Breed's re-election and the oligarchs controlling the city.

Housing

The year in housing policy: State forced SF into a no-win situation (and Breed went along)

December 22, 2023

The supes did what they had to do, although a lot of them didn't like it—but it's not going to matter anyway.

News + Politics

Young people arrested in police sweep at Dolores skate event file federal suit

December 19, 2023

Held for seven hours, with no water or access to bathrooms, in the cold, teenagers who did nothing illegal are demanding the city take responsibility.