Overview
- Fielder, who disclosed the request Tuesday in a memo to the board clerk and Board President Rafael Mandelman, asked to be excused from all Board of Supervisors meetings through June 30.
- Mandelman said he supports the leave and may reassign committee seats while she is out, and Fielder asked to return as chair of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee and the Local Agency Formation Commission when she is back.
- She remains in office after a mid‑March hospitalization for an acute mental‑health crisis, reversing a March 27 statement that she would resign, and Mayor Daniel Lurie offered public well‑wishes for her recovery.
- A separate inquiry is examining a leak of a confidential City Attorney memo linked to her office, her aides deny anyone there was responsible, and no findings have been released.
- City rules allow supervisors to take long leaves and make removal from office rare without an official‑misconduct trial, and her absence could overlap with June budget talks that usually involve the full board.