Book: “City on the Edge”

Arts + CultureCultureLitNews + PoliticsBusiness + Tech Exploring SF’s recent history: New book looks at 1990 to 2024 Booms, busts, tech, evictions, Burning Man… We talk to ‘City on the Edge’ author Jonathan Weber about our contentious moment. By Tim Redmond July 14, 2026 (48hills.org) San Francisco has changed profoundly… Continue reading

The terrifying agenda behind the billionaire-funded Abundance movement

Behind the Big Tech money machine is a vision for society that ought to make us all very, very scared By Tim Redmond June 15, 2026 (48hills.org) The American Prospect put together a brilliant, and devastating deep expose of the people behind the Abundance Movement this week, reporting how a small handful… Continue reading

What all this talk about giving the mayor more power really means

What all this talk about giving the mayor more power really means

It’s all about giving Big Money more ability to control San Francisco. That has always been a disaster. By TIM REDMOND NOVEMBER 3, 2023 (48hills.org) Sup. Rafael Mandelman has introduced the latest in a series of ballot measures that seek to solve the city’s problems by giving the mayor more… Continue reading

The city could buy a vacant building for half the price of building new affordable housing

The city could buy a vacant building for half the price of building new affordable housing

A foreclosed Tennessee St. project is on the market at a bargain price. It’s just one of many opportunities SF could take advantage of. By TIM REDMOND AUGUST 16, 2023 (48hills.org) Construction in San Francisco is expensive right now, so expensive that a lot of developers are putting a pause on… Continue reading