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Homelessness

San Francisco continues homeless sweeps, during storm, defying a federal court order

Tim Redmond - January 9, 2023

New legal filing shows how cops continue to roust the unhoused even when the city can't offer any safe and secure shelter.

News + Politics

The next supes president, the future of safe-consumption sites, PG&E’s failure …

Tim Redmond - January 8, 2023

... and what the School Board leadership debate is really about. That's The Agenda for Jan. 9-16

News + Politics

SF tried to further damage cab drivers who are already suffering

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2023

SFMTA wants to take away cab permits from people who won them just as the city let Uber and Lyft destroy the industry—but Board of Appeals pushes back

News + Politics

Politics, 2023: The budget crisis, housing, the mayor’s race, criminal justice ….

Tim Redmond - January 1, 2023

... and will this be the year that the Yimby narrative finally falls apart? Our projections.

News + Politics

Some New Year’s resolutions for SF politics

Tim Redmond - December 28, 2022

I'm always happy to take the time as 2023 dawns to tell everyone else what to do.

The Agenda

SFPD has the worst record in the state on ‘pretext stops’ of Black and API people

Tim Redmond - December 4, 2022

Plus: Was the Killer Robot vote even legal? That's The Agenda for Dec. 5-12 2022

Elections

So now I am an ‘election denier?’

Tim Redmond - November 17, 2022

A bizarre attack from the neoliberal front pretends that the mayor is popular, there was no district gerrymandering, and the progressives are like Donald Trump. A new low.

Campaign Trail

Ads for Yimby measure not just misleading but illegal, complaint says

Tim Redmond - September 28, 2022

Filing argues that use of city seal implies wrongly that the Fire Department or its workers support the Yimby-backed and tech-bro-funded housing measure.

News + Politics

New sheriff’s oversight agency off to a disturbing start

Tim Redmond - August 24, 2022

Already, the Mayor's Office is moving to take control and undermine an effective effort to hold the deputies accountable.

News + Politics

The Laguna Honda crisis never should have happened

Tim Redmond - August 18, 2022

If Gavin Newsom had shown some leadership, the terror that patients face could have been avoided.

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San Francisco continues homeless sweeps, during storm, defying a federal court order

The next supes president, the future of safe-consumption sites, PG&E’s failure …

SF tried to further damage cab drivers who are already suffering

Politics, 2023: The budget crisis, housing, the mayor’s race, criminal justice ….

Some New Year’s resolutions for SF politics

SFPD has the worst record in the state on ‘pretext stops’ of Black and API people

So now I am an ‘election denier?’

Ads for Yimby measure not just misleading but illegal, complaint says

New sheriff’s oversight agency off to a disturbing start

The Laguna Honda crisis never should have happened

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