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
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
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
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
America's New Gilded Agenew
The United States heads into a deep recession, but for a new generation of multibillionaires, it's all good.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
03-12-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Unseal the Court Filesnew
The lawsuit that seeks to stop the monopolization of daily newspapers in the Bay Area isn't just a business dispute.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
12-27-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
A Strong Small-Business Agendanew
Cities function best with diverse economies dominated by locally owned businesses, with money circulating within the community.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
05-03-2006 |
Business & Labor
Losing a 'Voice'new
Here's why regulators should block the merger of the nation's two largest alternative weekly chains, Village Voice Media and New Times.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
10-26-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Alternative Weekly Merger on the Marchnew
The nation's two largest alternative newspaper publishers have been in intense negotiations over a merger that would create a 17-paper chain controlled to a significant extent by venture capitalists, according to documents obtained by the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
08-31-2005 |
Media
Bay Guardian Sues New Times Chain for Predatory Pricingnew
In a lawsuit filed with the San Francisco Superior Court, the San Francisco Bay Guardian charges that the nation's largest alternative newsweekly chain has illegally sold advertising below cost in an effort to put the family-owned Guardian out of business.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
10-20-2004 |
Media
