Among the outreach workers, elected officials and nonprofit leaders walking through the San Diego Convention Center this week for the region’s annual homelessness conference, one name stuck out for being both familiar and surprising: Nathan Fletcher. The former county supervisor had almost complet ely disappeared from public life after resigning from the board in 2023. Yet on Thursday he was scheduled to speak on two panels about veteran homelessness. The move caps a whirlwind few years. Fletcher stepped down as supervisor when a former San Diego Metropolitan Transit System employee, Grecia Figueroa, accused him of sexual assault and harassment. Fletcher acknowledged what he described as an inappropriate relationship between the two but strongly denied allegations of harassment or assault. In August, a judge dismissed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him, and Fletcher has sued Figueroa for alleged defamation. Even before the dismissal, it appears that Fletcher was working for the Regional Task Force on Homelessness, which organizes the conference. Fletcher has two contracts with the organization, according to spokesperson Tony Manolatos. One is for political consulting. The other asks for his advice on homeless veterans. (Fletcher served in the U.S. Marine Corps.) Each contract lasts one year, and Fletcher started work around 9 months ago, Manolatos said. Fletcher is listed online as a “senior advisor” to the task force. It’s not clear, however, how much he’s making. Task force staffers declined to release the consulting contracts or say how much they’re worth. Spokesperson Gary Warth said releasing individual agreements like Fletcher’s might complicate the task force’s ability to competitively recruit consultants in the future. Although the task force often functions like a government agency, the organization is legally a nonprofit, which gives it more freedom to withhold records than comparable agencies around the country. Fletcher did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Fletcher’s first panel at the conference was titled, “Housing Is the Start Not the Finish: How Cross-Sector Collaboration Builds Income, Opportunity and Long-Term Self-Sufficiency.” He was slated to appear with the leaders of Veterans Village of San Diego and the San Diego Workforce Partnership. Fletcher’s second panel was a solo outing: “What They Really Want: The Power in Listening to Our Veterans.” Staff writer Jeff McDonald contributed to this report. ...read more read less