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.

Education

SFUSD’s big administrative expenses

March 21, 2022

Teachers are getting laid off—but the district has a bigger administrative staff than most in the state.

News + Politics

The new supes districts: How you can weigh in

March 20, 2022

Plus: The future of Amazon's SF distribution center—and why Newsom is all wrong about the state's surplus and gas prices. That's The Agenda for March 21-27

Housing

The stunning speculator profit in Ellis Act evictions

March 17, 2022

City report shows how much money gets made evicting tenants—and how little tenants get in relocation fees.

Crime

An embarrassment of injustice: Innocent man pleads guilty to crimes he didn’t commit to get out of long prison sentence

March 16, 2022

José Inez García Zárate was found not guilty of homicide by an SF jury and has spent seven years behind bars. Now he's facing conviction in federal court.

Housing

Bogus group-housing plan approved—sort of

March 16, 2022

In a sign of how messed up state law has become, Supes allow five-unit building that developer says is too small.

Housing

Another tech-worker dorm, this time in the Castro. Will the supes go along?

March 14, 2022

The new scam in real-estate development moves to 18th Street, with an appeal Tuesday/15. That's The Agenda for March 13-20

Development

The Treasure Island toll is regressive, pointless—and still somehow alive

March 13, 2022

The developers got a sweet deal, and now want to make low-income residents pay for the ferry service they need to sell high-end condos.

News + Politics

The new draft district supes maps: WTF?

March 10, 2022

Critics—and there are plenty—say the plan would undermine LGBT, Black, and progressive representation on the board.

Police

Does SFPD policy really allow a beating like Decari Spiers received?

March 10, 2022

A jury found Officer Stangel not guilty and a training officer said he did nothing wrong. That's not how I read the department's official policy.

Housing

Demolitions, speculation—and maybe not that much new housing anyway

March 7, 2022

Remarkable honesty at a supes hearing shows the actual impact of ending single-family zoning in San Francisco.

Tim Redmond

SFUSD’s big administrative expenses

The new supes districts: How you can weigh in

The stunning speculator profit in Ellis Act evictions

An embarrassment of injustice: Innocent man pleads guilty to crimes he didn’t commit to get out of long prison sentence

Bogus group-housing plan approved—sort of

Another tech-worker dorm, this time in the Castro. Will the supes go along?

The Treasure Island toll is regressive, pointless—and still somehow alive

The new draft district supes maps: WTF?

Does SFPD policy really allow a beating like Decari Spiers received?

Demolitions, speculation—and maybe not that much new housing anyway

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