{"id":393054,"date":"2026-07-10T06:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/393054\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T06:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:06:09","slug":"sf-supervisor-jackie-fielder-holds-first-town-hall-after-mental-health-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/393054\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Supervisor Jackie Fielder holds first town hall after mental health leave"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SF \"SF SF Supervisor Jackie Fielder holds first town hall after mental health leave<\/a> <\/p>\n

San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder attended her first town hall meeting in three months following a leave of absence.\u00a0During the meeting, held at the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, the District 9 supervisor openly addressed questions regarding her recent time away from City Hall, which she took to address a mental health crisis.<\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder attended her first town hall meeting in three months following a leave of absence.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Opens Up About Mental Health Leave <\/p>\n

During the meeting, held at the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, the District 9 supervisor openly addressed questions regarding her recent time away from City Hall, which she took to address a mental health crisis. Fielder expressed gratitude for the opportunity to step away and stated that the time off has better prepared her to serve her constituents for the long term.<\/p>\n

“Thank you everyone for the well wishes when I was out. I really appreciated it, and it made me feel so supported,” said Fielder. “I\u2019m not going to shy away from the fact that I had a mental health crisis. This is a challenging job and I\u2019m still very privileged to be here and have majority support from constituents, supporters alike across the city.”<\/p>\n

Community Welcomes Fielder Back to District 9 <\/p>\n

Fielder, who represents the Mission District, Portola, and Bernal Heights neighborhoods, received significant support from the packed room of attendees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When asked by a constituent how the community could best support her moving forward, Fielder responded, “Just showing up, being a part, being a part of this is great. It makes my job easier.”<\/p>\n

The town hall also brought out representatives from the San Francisco Police Department<\/a> and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) to take questions on crime and traffic safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In response to a resident raising concerns about motorists running through stop signs weekly, city representatives discussed potential traffic-calming measures in the middle of blocks and highlighted ongoing traffic safety operations along the city’s designated high-injury network.<\/p>\n

Priority Set on Homeless Resources and Future Sessions <\/p>\n

The availability of local services for the homeless population was also top of mind for attendees, with some noting a visible decline in available public pit stops used for mobile showers and bathrooms. Fielder identified the expansion of these resources as a key focus now that she has returned to full-time work at City Hall. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Public restrooms is a big issue. Still seeing a lot of feces around the district and around the city,” said Fielder. “[I] would love to see our city stand up more public bathrooms and be able to maintain them as well. And hoping to see some movement on that this year too.”<\/p>\n

What’s next:<\/p>\n

Tonight’s town hall was the first of three listening events the supervisor plans to attend in July. The two others are scheduled as follows:\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Mission: Thursday, July 23, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Youth Art Exchange Studios at La F\u00e9nix.<\/p>\n

Portola: Thursday, July 30, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Family Connections Center, located at 2565 San Bruno Ave.<\/p>\n

Mission<\/a>San Francisco<\/a>Bay Area homelessness<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SF Supervisor Jackie Fielder holds first town hall after mental health leave San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder attended…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1184,969,1556,100,101,103,102,104,106,105,1181],"class_list":["post-393054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-ca","tag-homeless","tag-mission","tag-news","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}