Business + Tech

The Drain: Marke B. spouts off on poverty porn peddlers and the billionaires who love them

Our publisher popped on the popular podcast for a few laughs at tech oligarch Garry Tan and some thoughts on SF's political scene.

Opinion 48 Hills - April 9, 2025

Neighborhood businesses threatened by upzoning and speculators

Peskin plan would slow down the displacement of longtime commercial tenants as Breed's proposal starts to fuel evictions.

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - August 26, 2024

New conservative DCCC members will face vote on critical labor issues

Will the 'moderate' majority elected with tech money support bills that regulate AI, robotaxis, and robotrucks?

Business + Tech Tim Redmond - April 18, 2024

Wiener wants to regulate AI—but not help people whose jobs are destroyed

Half a million people Californians make a living as drivers; if robots replace them, how will they survive? That's not on the Wiener agenda.

Business + Tech Tim Redmond - April 3, 2024

Lit

Indie booksellers in trouble? BincTank to the rescue

Lou Fancher - March 11, 2024

A program that grew out of Borders now helps BIPOC-owned bookstores stay open and thrive through its grants.

Business + Tech

Prop. C won’t produce much housing—but could cost the city a lot of money

Tim Redmond - February 26, 2024

Breed's plan is probably worthless, city economist says—but if it works, it will cost millions.

Business + Tech

The city has a new business tax plan—which doesn’t address economic inequality

Tim Redmond - February 9, 2024

We can tinker with 'revenue-neutral' changes, but SF is facing a massive fiscal crisis, and the big corporations and billionaires are still not paying their fair share.

Business + Tech

The brutal budget crisis of 2024—and how the city could address it without huge cuts

Tim Redmond - December 27, 2023

San Francisco needs to rethink how it collects taxes—and the state is going to have to get out of the way.

Housing

Planning Commission agrees to end public input on many housing developments

Tim Redmond - December 15, 2023

Narrow 4-3 votes ends the ability of community activists to call out unscrupulous landlords and speculators.

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Business + Tech

Save the Redstone Building!

Tiny - October 8, 2023

The historic building has housed progressive groups for decades. Can it survive a a home for the left?

Music

In SF Opera’s ‘The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,’ a dial-up portrait of a complex Goliath

Charles Lewis III - October 2, 2023

The trademark jeans and turtleneck are there, but details are as thin as an iPhone in new opera

Lit

Corporate propaganda has cost 90 percent of US residents $47 trillion. Here’s why

Tim Redmond - September 15, 2023

Eminent science historian Naomi Oreskes talks about business, government, and her groundbreaking new book, 'The Big Myth.'

Business + Tech

What the city can still do to control the rogue robotaxis

Tim Redmond - August 14, 2023

This is by no means over—but SF needs to get out in front of this kind of tech before it becomes such a huge problem

Business + Tech

The real problem with the CPUC’s robotaxi decision

Tim Redmond - August 11, 2023

Like AI, this is going to displace human employees. And nobody in government is demanding that the profits be shared with the people whose lives are damaged.

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Business + Tech

Let’s talk, for real, about taxes

Tim Redmond - July 6, 2023

Almost everything wrong with the US economy is the result of tax cuts for the wealthy. SF shouldn't make the same mistake.

The Agenda

A profound national issue in a dispute over a local parking garage

Tim Redmond - May 21, 2023

Maybe we should talk about the future of 5 million jobs. Plus: Will the media hold Breed accountable for the problems on SF streets? That's The Agenda for May 21-28

Business + Tech

The ugly side of Silicon Valley

Tim Redmond - May 1, 2023

A new book puts the history of Stanford, Palo Alto, and the tech industry in a very critical, and very relevant, perspective.

Business + Tech

Democrats like me are sick of billionaires getting their way—and then whining

Tim Redmond - February 27, 2023

Michael Moritz is the latest to say the left is ruining SF. Except that the left doesn't run SF. He seems to want a plutocracy—and he owns a major local news outlet.

Business + Tech

How the Chron creates misleading, inaccurate narratives that lead to bad public policy

Tim Redmond - February 22, 2023

The poor scooter company that had to leave town turns out to be a bad civic actor—and a lot of folks are glad it's gone.

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Business + Tech

The Drain: Marke B. spouts off on poverty porn peddlers and the billionaires who love them

Neighborhood businesses threatened by upzoning and speculators

New conservative DCCC members will face vote on critical labor issues

Wiener wants to regulate AI—but not help people whose jobs are destroyed

Indie booksellers in trouble? BincTank to the rescue

Prop. C won’t produce much housing—but could cost the city a lot of money

The city has a new business tax plan—which doesn’t address economic inequality

The brutal budget crisis of 2024—and how the city could address it without huge cuts

Planning Commission agrees to end public input on many housing developments

Save the Redstone Building!

In SF Opera’s ‘The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,’ a dial-up portrait of a complex Goliath

Corporate propaganda has cost 90 percent of US residents $47 trillion. Here’s why

What the city can still do to control the rogue robotaxis

The real problem with the CPUC’s robotaxi decision

Let’s talk, for real, about taxes

A profound national issue in a dispute over a local parking garage

The ugly side of Silicon Valley

Democrats like me are sick of billionaires getting their way—and then whining

How the Chron creates misleading, inaccurate narratives that lead to bad public policy

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