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.

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Why SF’s downtown is not coming back

August 7, 2022

For 50 years, SF mayors and their allies have pushed highrise office space, destroying anything in its path. They were wrong, and now we are paying the price.

News + Politics

Haney raised big money from anti-labor group

August 7, 2022

Govern For California, run by a former GOP advisor and co-founded by Ron Conway, sent $122,000 to Haney for Assembly in what some say is a dubious scheme

Drug policy

SF DA seeks return to the failed approach of the War on Drugs

August 4, 2022

A new crackdown on small-time dealers makes no sense—and it can't possibly work.

Business + Tech

Report shows that big local tech companies give nothing back to the community

August 3, 2022

Business Times scorecard shows why corporate philanthropy in 2021 is a complete and utter failure.

News + Politics

Maybe the Mission Street vendors need an app

August 2, 2022

Big Tech gets to break the law with impunity; why not the folks on the street? Plus: The new DA's first weeks are a disaster, but the Chron doesn't seem to care.

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?

Tim Redmond

Why SF’s downtown is not coming back

Haney raised big money from anti-labor group

SF DA seeks return to the failed approach of the War on Drugs

Report shows that big local tech companies give nothing back to the community

Maybe the Mission Street vendors need an app

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

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