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The Agenda

Fight the PG&E bailout!

Tim Redmond - January 27, 2019

THE AGENDA The California Public Utilities Commission is meeting Mon/28 to discuss, among other things, PG&E’s rates and the pending bankruptcy. Some of the...

Campaign Trail

A progressive candidate files for DA, opening up the 2019 race

Tim Redmond - January 15, 2019

Since the day George Gascon announced he’s not running for re-election as district attorney, progressives involved in the criminal justice system have been wondering...

News + Politics

Mar pushes Breed on budget accountability

Tim Redmond - January 15, 2019

Sup. Gordon Mar made his first big statement today, demanding that Mayor London Breed open up the budget process to community advocates. During Question Time,...

News + Politics

PG&E is in bankruptcy court — and public power may be the only way out

Tim Redmond - January 14, 2019

It was, in a weird way, ironic to hear on NPR today that PG&E is one of the first companies that is directly impacted...

News + Politics

Protesters call for public control of PG&E — and it makes such perfect sense

Tim Redmond - January 10, 2019

Activists shut down another hearing of the California Public Utilities Commission today, just after Pacific Gas and Electric Co. tried to head off bankruptcy...

News + Politics

Relax: Yee’s ‘interim committees’ are just placeholders

Tim Redmond - January 10, 2019

The progressive supporters of Sup. Norman Yee, who won the board presidency thanks to the votes of three moderates, have been saying that he...

News + Politics

Yee is board president — what does that mean?

Tim Redmond - January 8, 2019

I ran in to Sup. Norman Yee last night, outside of the Chinatown banquet honoring the four newly elected progressive supervisors. I asked him...

News + Politics

The real stakes in the board president vote

Tim Redmond - January 3, 2019

Political observers are scrambling to figure out who the next president of the Board of Supes will be – and in the process, some...

The Agenda

Celebrating the new supes …

Tim Redmond - December 30, 2018

The new Board of Supes is sworn in Jan. 8, and the first order of business will be electing a president. The process has...

News + Politics

PG&E is on the ropes

Tim Redmond - December 26, 2018

When the California Public Utilities Commission – never known for its tight oversight of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. – suddenly starts talking about...

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Fight the PG&E bailout!

A progressive candidate files for DA, opening up the 2019 race

Mar pushes Breed on budget accountability

PG&E is in bankruptcy court — and public power may be the only way out

Protesters call for public control of PG&E — and it makes such perfect sense

Relax: Yee’s ‘interim committees’ are just placeholders

Yee is board president — what does that mean?

The real stakes in the board president vote

Celebrating the new supes …

PG&E is on the ropes

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