City Hall

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

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

Housing Tim Redmond - September 9, 2025

Defining land-use battle heads to supes, Planning Commission

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

The Agenda Tim Redmond - September 7, 2025

Huge labor rally takes on the billionaires

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

News + Politics Tim Redmond - September 1, 2025

The middle class is getting priced out of fun

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 Tim Redmond - August 31, 2025

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

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

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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

The Agenda

Supes approve billionaire budget, 10-1

Tim Redmond - July 16, 2025

This is not 'shared sacrifice.' Plus: the mayor gets control over Prop. C housing money

The Agenda

Tests for the supes: The budget, protecting rent-controlled housing ….

Tim Redmond - July 14, 2025

... and an RV ban that could force families onto the streets. That's The Agenda for July 13-20

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The Agenda

Supes to vote on Billionaire Budget deal amid protests over housing money

Tim Redmond - July 6, 2025

Plus: A crackdown on RV parking that will make more families homeless, and will the Police Commission do a real national search for the next chief? That's The Agenda for July 6-13

The Agenda

Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

Tim Redmond - July 1, 2025

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make housing more affordable

News + Politics

Demolish rent-controlled housing? New Wiener bill could wipe out restrictions

Tim Redmond - June 30, 2025

Plus: Politics and Pride. That's The Agenda for June 19-July 6

City Hall

SF, a sanctuary city for the billionaires

Joel Schechter - June 28, 2025

Will Mayor Lurie invite the rich New Yorkers who are scared of a democratic socialist to move here? Yikes!

City Hall

Behind the late-night budget deal

Tim Redmond - June 26, 2025

The mayor got most of what he wanted. The process was a train wreck

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City Hall

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

Supes approve billionaire budget, 10-1

Tests for the supes: The budget, protecting rent-controlled housing ….

Supes to vote on Billionaire Budget deal amid protests over housing money

Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

Demolish rent-controlled housing? New Wiener bill could wipe out restrictions

SF, a sanctuary city for the billionaires

Behind the late-night budget deal

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