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Tim Redmond

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 first round of a brutal budget battle

Plus: A key vote on Muni and affordable housing. That's The Agenda for March 2-9

Community leaders demand tenant protections in new zoning plans

Planning Commission hears how upzoning leads to speculation and displacement; can the city protect existing residents against the state Yimby housing bills?

Now that Trump is cutting housing money, what will Sacramento do about mandates?

Without federal support, San Francisco can never even remotely reach its state-mandated housing goals. Sen. Scott Wiener needs to address this if he wants to run for Congress.

Supes vote 9-2 to let Lurie fire one of the best members of the Police Commission

The mayor wins a decisive victory, giving him the power to replace the police chief and choose the next person for the job.

Is Muni more important than affordable housing?

Or are our local officials refusing to address the real issue and forcing allies to fight over crumbs? Here's a proposal.

A showdown on Lurie’s move to fire police commissioner

Plus: Should Muni property be developed for market-rate housing—and how will neighborhood upzoning impact tenants? That's The Agenda for Feb. 23-March 2

Lurie wants to ask his rich friends to fund his programs. Here’s why it won’t work

Philanthropy simply can't address structural social problems. In some cases, it makes the problems worse

The really depressing news about Muni

Cuts could be devastating—and it's entirely because the city won't look for ways to tax the rich

SF considers cutting school crossing guards

Also: Car gets stolen and towed? Pay your own fees. These are some proposed solutions to Muni's budget problems

Airbnb founder now working with Musk; here’s who was on his side in SF when it mattered

Breed, Chiu, and Wiener helped make Joe Gebbia a billionaire; now he's helping destroy democracy in the US.