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

Letter from Lisbon: Healthcare, housing, and ham sandwiches

July 26, 2022

Portugal's relatively high tax rate helps keeps homelessness and housing prices relatively low. And the beer is good

Business + Tech

The Uber files just confirm what local critics have been saying for years

July 20, 2022

SF let this rogue company get started and prosper; now the city needs to take responsibility for violence against drivers.

News + Politics

The big debates: Changing the mayoral election date, a homeless oversight commission …

July 17, 2022

The Board of Supes has two more meetings to finalize the fall ballot, and while some measures are clearly going to be approved, at...

News + Politics

DA begins mass firings

July 15, 2022

Jenkins dismisses at least 16 prosecutors, suggesting major policy shifts

Campaign Trail

Fall ballot measures will test the mayor and her allies

July 14, 2022

Who is going to oppose taxes on Amazon and on vacant apartments?

Development

Mayor’s Office defies law on requiring maximum affordable housing

July 13, 2022

Hearing shows that Breed is willing to ignore legislation she wrote to give developers more benefits.

News + Politics

Supes delay SFPD spy policy after alarming presentation by Chief Scott

July 11, 2022

'There are cameras on every block' and SFPD wants to access them just because they think there might a crime at some point.

Police

SF cops want expanded rights to spy on all of us—for no good reason

July 10, 2022

Proposal would give SFPD access to a huge network of private cameras, without any meaningful limits on how the data can be used or shared

Development

Should gas stations be housing?

July 10, 2022

It's not as simple as it sounds. Plus: final City Charter amendments for the fall election. That's The Agenda for July 11-17

Homelessness

Mayor drags feet on alternatives to calling cops on homeless people

July 7, 2022

It's been a year since the supes funded Compassionate Alternative Response Teams. It will be another six months before it happens.

Tim Redmond

Letter from Lisbon: Healthcare, housing, and ham sandwiches

The Uber files just confirm what local critics have been saying for years

The big debates: Changing the mayoral election date, a homeless oversight commission …

DA begins mass firings

Fall ballot measures will test the mayor and her allies

Mayor’s Office defies law on requiring maximum affordable housing

Supes delay SFPD spy policy after alarming presentation by Chief Scott

SF cops want expanded rights to spy on all of us—for no good reason

Should gas stations be housing?

Mayor drags feet on alternatives to calling cops on homeless people

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