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.

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.

The Agenda

The price of ending homelessness—and how to prevent SRO evictions

March 19, 2023

A city plan that's marked for failure, and some hope of success saving vulnerable residents' homes. That's The Agenda for March 19-26

News + Politics

The massive fiscal crisis nobody at City Hall is talking about

March 16, 2023

San Francisco can fund less than ten percent of its critical infrastructure needs under self-imposed property-tax limits

Crime

Police overtime money is going to protect high-end retail outlets in Union Square

March 15, 2023

Data shows 'safe shopper' program is at the top of the mayor's list; Preston offers an alternative approach to public safety.