City Hall

Task Force moving to eliminate community oversight of many departments

Why make a very strong mayor even stronger? It's all part of the oligarch agenda

News + Politics Tim Redmond - October 14, 2025

A political attack on supportive housing

Plus: Protecting legacy businesses—and is there a real search for a new police chief? That's The Agenda for Oct. 12-19

The Agenda Tim Redmond - October 12, 2025

New poll shows resounding support for public bank in San Francisco

Across demographic groups, 67 percent favor the concept

City Hall Tim Redmond - October 6, 2025

A move to undermine SF’s law that controls police surveillance

Plus: Rent control for luxury apartments instead of affordable housing ... and Sup. Joel Engardio is 12 days from losing his seat. That's The Agenda for Oct. 6-13

The Agenda Tim Redmond - October 5, 2025

The Agenda

How Scott Wiener is undermining affordable housing

Tim Redmond - September 28, 2025

Plus: A strange move to allow city donations to a law-enforcement group, and why SF should buy apartments from a bankrupt landlord. That's The Agenda for Sept. 28-Oct. 5

The Agenda

Here’s what Scott Wiener has done

Tim Redmond - September 21, 2025

Plus: A massive Amazon delivery center bringing more pollution to Bayview? That's The Agenda for Sept. 22-29

Opinion

The Engardio recall and the failure of conservative politics in SF

Dean Preston - September 17, 2025

In the first test of the new 'moderates' and their policies, the voters said, 'no thanks.'

Housing

Opposition grows to Lurie’s zoning plan that would transform San Francisco

Tim Redmond - September 9, 2025

Tenants, neighborhood groups, and some supes are saying the plan will hurt renters and small businesses—and needs more environmental review

The Agenda

Defining land-use battle heads to supes, Planning Commission

Tim Redmond - September 7, 2025

Plus: Who wins when transit loses—and another giveaway to market-rate housing developers. That's The Agenda for Sept. 8-15

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News + Politics

Huge labor rally takes on the billionaires

Tim Redmond - September 1, 2025

Will that message trickle down into local politics, where oligarchs control City Hall—and the local Democratic Party?

The Agenda

The middle class is getting priced out of fun

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2025

Plus: A big labor day rally, a tax cut for telecoms, and gearing up for a major fight over West Side upzoning ... That's The Agenda for AUG. 31 to Sept. 6

The Agenda

The big (GOP) money attacking Newsom’s redistricting plan

Tim Redmond - August 24, 2025

Plus: Democratic Party to vote on recall—and on Lurie's upzoning plan. That's The Agenda for August 24-31

The Agenda

SFPD surveillance unit’s close ties to crypto billionaire

Tim Redmond - August 17, 2025

Plus: A better plan to fund transit, the next step in Lurie's upzoning plan, and the politics of the Engardio recall ... that's The Agenda for Aug. 17-24

News + Politics

Why isn’t Haney in more political trouble?

Tim Redmond - August 10, 2025

Plus: The cost (to taxpayers) of market-rate housing, and the DCCC weighs in on the Engardio recall. That's The Agenda for Aug. 10-17

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The Agenda

Tinfoil hat conspiracy—or a sign of how local politics actually works?

Tim Redmond - August 3, 2025

Why did Engardio delete a meeting with Abundant SF director from his calendar?

The Agenda

The looming threat to hundreds of small businesses in San Francisco

Tim Redmond - July 27, 2025

Plus: The real (billionaire) grifters, an attack on the Equal Benefits Ordinance .... and will Lurie stand up to Elon Musk? That's The Agenda for July 27-Aug 4

City Hall

Supes let mayor cut affordable housing, raise fees on working people …

Tim Redmond - July 22, 2025

... and declare war on the unhoused. Welcome the the Lurie budget.

The Agenda

Lurie’s silence on Sanctuary City, the fees you will pay so billionaires don’t have to ….

Tim Redmond - July 20, 2025

... Plus siting homeless shelters on the West Side of town .... That's The Agenda for July 20-27.

City Hall

Parks Alliance leaders accept no responsibility for the group’s scandal and collapse

Tim Redmond - July 17, 2025

Hearing shows a complete lack of internal or external oversight as community groups and the city lose millions

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City Hall

Task Force moving to eliminate community oversight of many departments

A political attack on supportive housing

New poll shows resounding support for public bank in San Francisco

A move to undermine SF’s law that controls police surveillance

How Scott Wiener is undermining affordable housing

Here’s what Scott Wiener has done

The Engardio recall and the failure of conservative politics in SF

Opposition grows to Lurie’s zoning plan that would transform San Francisco

Defining land-use battle heads to supes, Planning Commission

Huge labor rally takes on the billionaires

The middle class is getting priced out of fun

The big (GOP) money attacking Newsom’s redistricting plan

SFPD surveillance unit’s close ties to crypto billionaire

Why isn’t Haney in more political trouble?

Tinfoil hat conspiracy—or a sign of how local politics actually works?

The looming threat to hundreds of small businesses in San Francisco

Supes let mayor cut affordable housing, raise fees on working people …

Lurie’s silence on Sanctuary City, the fees you will pay so billionaires don’t have to ….

Parks Alliance leaders accept no responsibility for the group’s scandal and collapse

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