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

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.

Housing

Does the end of single-family zoning mean the beginning of demolitions?

March 6, 2022

A measure that would profoundly change neighborhood zoning in SF could lead to a lot of existing housing getting torn down. That's The Agenda for March 7-13

Police

Actually, it was the cops who hid crucial evidence in the Spiers beating case

March 3, 2022

Police Commission challenges chief on scathing federal court ruling that undercuts his efforts to block a key reform policy.

News + Politics

Haney wins lawsuit to change Campos ballot designation; does anyone care?

March 2, 2022

What does "civil rights lawyer" mean these days, and can a DA's Office promote civil rights?

Police

Mayor decides not to ask for more money for the cops after all

March 2, 2022

Breed withdraws request that the supes approve some $7 million in police OT; what happened?

Education

As schools face dire budget cuts, Newsom is sitting on a huge surplus

March 1, 2022

The state is up against a law that may limit spending and require tax dollars to be returned to the taxpayers—while public education is teetering on the edge of disaster.

Housing

A rousing kickoff for a plan to tax landlords who keep units vacant

February 27, 2022

More than 150 rally to put an empty-homes tax on the SF ballot.

The Agenda

Supes to look at closing the ‘group housing’ developer loophole

February 27, 2022

Plus: Does the city need to regulate street vendors—and how should the city regulate Recology? That's The Agenda for Feb. 28-March 6

News + Politics

SF Democrats overwhelmingly vote to oppose Boudin recall

February 24, 2022

Only two members voted for the recall—and they both ran against, and lost to, Boudin.

News + Politics

Why did Breed launch the Tenderloin crackdown? Here’s a clue

February 24, 2022

The mayor met with top hotel executives just as she was planning to deploy more cops to the neighborhood.

Tim Redmond

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

Does the end of single-family zoning mean the beginning of demolitions?

Actually, it was the cops who hid crucial evidence in the Spiers beating case

Haney wins lawsuit to change Campos ballot designation; does anyone care?

Mayor decides not to ask for more money for the cops after all

As schools face dire budget cuts, Newsom is sitting on a huge surplus

A rousing kickoff for a plan to tax landlords who keep units vacant

Supes to look at closing the ‘group housing’ developer loophole

SF Democrats overwhelmingly vote to oppose Boudin recall

Why did Breed launch the Tenderloin crackdown? Here’s a clue

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