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Tim Redmond

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.

SF takes another step toward public power

First report released on buying out PG&E. Plus: Landlord allows illegal office use, now wants forgiveness (and no conversion fees). That's The Agenda for March 23-30

Planning Commission rejects landlord plan to convert SRO rooms to tourist hotel

5-2 vote sends a clear message that the city won't reward landlords for keeping affordable housing off the market.

Matt Dorsey attacks us on Twitter about harm reduction and the city’s priorities

He totally twisted what we said—but there's an important debate here around drug policies.

The dramatic and profound politics of the Mosser Hotel

Will even one mayoral appointed Planning Commission member stand up to a big (and troubled) landlord on a project that has no legal or policy justification? We will see

Newsom’s right-wing podcast love affair doesn’t seem to be working

Polling data suggests his support on the left is crashing, he's picking up no support on the right ... so who exactly is going to vote for him for president?

This is one disease I thought I wouldn’t have to worry about. Wrong.

Plus: Is SF moving away from harm reduction and Housing First? That's The Agenda for March 17-24

Letters we answer: Pelosi, Newsom, trans athletes …

... and are taxes really too high in San Francisco?

Lurie won’t commit to an alternative approach to the opioid crisis

Mayor doubles down on law enforcement, rejects Fielder's call for a 'Four Pillars' approach that has worked in other cities

How is SF going to approach drug dealing? There are very different proposals

Plus: A report on police misconduct, and a documentary on the vulture capital firm that is destroying local news. That's The Agenda for March 9-16

After Newsom abandons trans people, a fairly tepid response at SF City Hall

When Gov. Gavin Newsom threw the trans community under the bus last week, LGBTQ+ leaders in the state Legislature and statewide activist groups—many of...