The Facts

District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder said she is taking medical leave while navigating a mental health condition. This announcement follows news last week that Fielder had been hospitalized for "an acute personal health crisis" and that she would resign.

The Context

Fielder was elected in November 2024. Since taking office, she has positioned herself as a fierce and unapologetic critic of the Lurie administration. She has used her platform to engage in targeted harassment of her critics outside of City Hall.

The backdrop of her mental health leave is a leak probe and resignation talk. GrowSF previously reported sources who believed a confidential City Attorney memo may have been leaked from Fielder’s office. Today, Fielder's office denied leaking the legal memo.

Under a City Attorney guidance memo and the city’s ethics penalty rules, unauthorized disclosure of privileged information can carry civil fines, misdemeanor penalties, and removal from office.

The GrowSF Take

We hope Fielder recovers, and we appreciate the transparency about her health. If her leave lasts longer than three months, then we should have a conversation about whether she should step down to ensure her district gets the representation it deserves, but she deserves the chance to recover and return to work.

And if the City Attorney's investigation shows that she leaked the legal memo, she should resign.