AltWeeklies Wire
Planning for Displacementnew
Regional planners want to put 280,000 more people into San Francisco — and they admit that many current residents will have to leave.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
06-04-2013 |
Housing & Development
The Marriage Decision, For Better and For Worsenew
In the end, the ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was very narrow. If you read the entire decision, it's not a sweeping affirmation of the legal rights of Americans to marry the person of their choice.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
02-07-2012 |
LGBT
Occupy Americanew
A proposal for the future of the Occupy movement.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones, Tim Redmond and Yael Chanoff |
01-17-2012 |
#OCCUPY
Is San Francisco Moving to the Right?new
The demographic makeup of San Francisco is changing, and has been for a while.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
11-11-2011 |
Commentary
Would Bankruptcy Save California?new
Some people seem almost to be drooling at the prospect of a state or municipal bankruptcy; a judge, they argue, could force big reductions in employee pensions.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
12-28-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: California, Proposition 13
Earth Day Turns 40new
The largest secular holiday in the world was born in 1970 — and its chief organizer has lessons for the movement 40 years later.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
04-14-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day
Is San Francisco Spending Too Much Money?new
What makes San Francisco “the worst-run big city in the U.S.?” Well, part of it, said SF Weekly, is the fact that SF spends more money per capita than any comparable city and county. In fact, according to a chart the paper included in its story, SF spends more than twice as much per capita as Philadelphia.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
01-06-2010 |
Commentary
Lessons from California's Political and Economic Disasternew
The tax revolts that started here under Gov. Ronald Reagan and continued to sweep the country and the world under President Reagan never abated. But now that California is showing signs of being the country's first failed state, it has become a cautionary tale for that anti-government ideology.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones and Tim Redmond |
10-21-2009 |
Politics
2008's Off-Guard Awardsnew
Presenting the annual awards for the worst, the lamest, and the most insane and idiotic moments of a year that seemed like it would never end.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
01-07-2009 |
Commentary
Can a New Generation of Visionaries Revive the Watchdog Press?new
As the traditional media contracts and struggles for survival, new approaches like Huffington Post, Spot.us, and the Public Press are trying to reinvent journalism.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones and Tim Redmond |
01-05-2009 |
Media
The Children of the President Should Go to Public Schoolsnew
Is anyone else appalled that the Obamas are not even considering sending their kids to public schools? Seriously. This may not seem like the most important issue on the president's agenda, but I think it's a big deal.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
11-19-2008 |
Commentary
'Milk': The Politics Behind the Picturenew
The new Harvey Milk movie, which opens later this month, begins as a love story, but after that, the movie gets political -- in fact, by Hollywood standards, it's remarkably political. The movie raises a lot of issues that are alive and part of San Francisco politics today.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones and Tim Redmond |
11-19-2008 |
Movies
Election '08: The People's Electionnew
On (almost) every level, the grassroots beat the establishment and the progressives beat the big money.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones and Tim Redmond |
11-12-2008 |
Politics
Do the Math, Then Vote for Obamanew
When it comes to putting more money in your pockets -- as the free-marketeers like to say, giving the middle class more cash to spend as it wants, thus stimulating the economy -- the Democrat is far, far ahead. And all he's going to do is put the very rich back where they were a few years ago, which was, well, very rich. But this message isn't getting out.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
08-28-2008 |
Commentary
What if Courageous California Pols Had Put a $2/Gallon Tax on Gas Five Years Ago?new
The SUVs and Hummers would be long gone. Public transit would be booming. And with 1.5 billion gallons of gas sold per year in the state, there would be $3 billion more each year in new revenue. Enough to fund huge improvements in urban transportation systems. The high-speed rail line to Los Angeles would be well underway. Traffic (and pollution, and global warming) would have dropped dramatically.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
07-10-2008 |
Transportation
