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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday morning calling for Nathan Fletcher's immediate resignation from office and pass a resolution of no confidence him. Desmond's office reminded constituents that while the board does not have the ultimate power to remove Fletcher, the resolution would serve as a powerful statement for him to resign.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors will hold an emergency meeting to vote on a resolution of no confidence for Nathan Fletcher, who has been accused of sexual assault and harassment in a lawsuit by a former Metropolitan Transit System employee. The resolution would be a symbolic measure to pressure Fletcher to step down as soon as possible. Fletcher announced his resignation last month, effective at the end of his medical leave on May 15. If he were to step down following the vote, the vacancy in the fourth district supervisorial seat could either be filled by a Board of Supervisors appointment or through a special election.
Nathan Fletcher, a County Supervisor in San Diego, faces additional accusations of improper behavior from a former UC San Diego intern who traveled with him to Minnesota in 2015. The intern alleges that Fletcher made inappropriate comments and touched her inappropriately. Fletcher denies the allegations. This comes after a former MTS employee filed a lawsuit alleging sexual assault by Fletcher. Fletcher has resigned from the MTS board and plans to resign from the board of supervisors on May 15, citing medical leave for trauma and alcoholism.
Nathan Fletcher, a Democratic San Diego County supervisor, has announced his resignation from the county Board of Supervisors following allegations of sexual harassment and assault. Fletcher denied the allegations but resigned from the Metropolitan Transit System board on Tuesday. At least two staffers in his county office resigned on Wednesday as a result of the accusations. Fletcher's wife, former state Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, supported her husband but asked him to resign to lessen the strain on their family. Fletcher had been considered a favorite to succeed Sen. Toni Atkins in the California Senate.
Two staff members of San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher's team, Director of Policy Emily Wier and Policy Advisor Eric Rafla-Yuan, have resigned amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment against Fletcher. The resignations come as Fletcher faces a lawsuit for several million dollars filed by a former employee of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Civil rights activist Rev. Shane Harris applauded the resignations and called for Fletcher to also resign. Fletcher recently resigned from his chair position with MTS and announced he was checking into an inpatient treatment center for post-traumatic stress and alcohol abuse.
San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher has been accused in a lawsuit of sexual harassment and sexual assault by a former employee at the Metropolitan Transit System. Fletcher was chair of its board of directors from 2019 until he resigned Tuesday. The civil litigation was filed late Tuesday by Grecia Figueroa, a former television journalist who worked at MTS from 2019 until she was terminated last month. Fletcher acknowledged a relationship but broadly denied the lawsuit’s allegations without specifying them. He is now seeking treatment out of state for post-traumatic stress disorder and a persistent drinking problem.