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.

Housing

SF is sitting on $500 million in unspent affordable housing money

April 4, 2023

Audit shows Mayor's Office of Housing lacks transparency—and can't explain a huge surplus..

LGBTQ

Castro Theater landmarking delayed for two weeks as supes say APE needs to step up

April 3, 2023

Promoter needs to cut deal with community quickly, or face a decision that will undermine its plans, 'frustrated' board members say.

News + Politics

Michael Shellenberger, who says progressives ruin cities, has alarming transphobic tweets

April 3, 2023

Why would anyone take this person's political opinions seriously any more?

The Agenda

The future of the Castro Theater could hinge on a few words in a landmark bill

April 2, 2023

Plus: Can we turn offices into housing? Do the cops deserve raises with no concessions on conduct? And can we use opioid settlement money to fund safe-injection sites? That's The Agenda for April 2-9

Development

When the Chron didn’t get the memo

April 2, 2023

Wow: the paper that drove downtown office development for decades now says that was a bad policy—but never admits its role

Housing

Housing for ‘families’ or corporate rentals?

March 30, 2023

Planning Commission approves the conversion of units that were supposed to help the housing crisis into very expensive places for short-term use.

News + Politics

Suddenly, Wiener is a climate champion (and he’s running for Congress)

March 27, 2023

A strange mailer looks like the kickoff of the Wiener campaign for Pelosi's seat.

Homelessness

Supes hearing misses the point on homelessness

March 23, 2023

Mandelman seeks radical change in policy away from permanent housing while poverty and neoliberal capitalism take a back seat.

Housing

SF has no program in place to prevent SRO evictions from creating homelessness

March 22, 2023

Hearing shows a gap that puts people who were housed back on the streets.

Police

Report shows 911 calls are down, crime is down—and police overtime is way up

March 20, 2023

Budget analyst raises questions about police budget as Preston calls for a full audit.

Tim Redmond

SF is sitting on $500 million in unspent affordable housing money

Castro Theater landmarking delayed for two weeks as supes say APE needs to step up

Michael Shellenberger, who says progressives ruin cities, has alarming transphobic tweets

The future of the Castro Theater could hinge on a few words in a landmark bill

When the Chron didn’t get the memo

Housing for ‘families’ or corporate rentals?

Suddenly, Wiener is a climate champion (and he’s running for Congress)

Supes hearing misses the point on homelessness

SF has no program in place to prevent SRO evictions from creating homelessness

Report shows 911 calls are down, crime is down—and police overtime is way up

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