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Palmdale mayor in hospital, testing for auto-immune disorder [UPDATED]

by The AV Times Staff & City News Service • July 21, 2022

Palmdale Mayor Steve Hofbauer  was at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Thursday, July 21, undergoing tests for an auto-immune disorder after spending two days at Antelope Valley Hospital.

During the Palmdale City Council meeting Wednesday evening, a staff member read a prepared statement from Hofbauer regarding his absence:

“As some may have noticed, I have been dealing with managing some medical challenges the last few months. These have culminated in my admission to the ICU at a local hospital with a somewhat rare condition that the consensus of the medical staff determined I would require transfer to a medical teaching and research facility better equipped to me down below. — Palmdale Mayor Steve Hofbauer 

Hofbauer posted on his personal Facebook page that he was transferred to Cedars-Sinai because it is “better equipped to draw a huge stable of specialists to treat and diagnose” the manifestation of an auto-immune disorder.

“I don’t intend to be sidelined by anything,” Hofbauer posted in a statement on Facebook.

He said he will undergo a couple days of lab tests and he is hoping no surgeries or biopsies will be needed.

Hofbauer has served on the Palmdale City Council since 2003 and was elected mayor in 2018 and 2020. His term expires in November. Prior to being elected to the City Council, he was a Planning Commissioner and chairman beginning in 1990.

He retired from the Los Angeles Fire Department as a fire inspector in 2012 after more than three decades with the agency.

UPDATE: On Thursday, July 21, Steve Hofbauer told City News Service that he tested positive for COVID-19 in June and was in quarantine for two weeks recovering. It was the second time Hofbauer,  68, had tested positive for COVID-19. He said he is vaccinated and boosted. He also has diabetes. The doctors at Cedars-Sinai are running tests on him to see if his condition is related to his COVID diagnosis or complicated from diabetes, he told City News Service.

“They’re working on a game plan today,” Hofbauer said Thursday. “They got an A-list of people here. Communication is the key.”

Hofbauer said he was experiencing chest pains on Monday and went to see his doctor. He was sent to the emergency room at Antelope Valley Hospital the following day, and from there, transferred to Cedars-Sinai.

Hofbauer said he missed a forum with Realtors from the Antelope Valley on Thursday, but Ricahrd Loa, the mayor pro tem, was attending in his absence.

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Filed Under: Health, Home, Palmdale, Politics

10 comments for "Palmdale mayor in hospital, testing for auto-immune disorder [UPDATED]"

  1. Randy says

    July 23, 2022 at 10:03 pm

    Not the most empathetic people in Palmdale. He is in ICU in serious condition. Try having some humanity.

    • SB says

      July 25, 2022 at 9:37 am

      “empathetic people in Palmdale”

      When not involved in criminal activity

  2. ACE says

    July 22, 2022 at 3:07 am

    KNOWING HOW MUCH HOFBAUER LOVES THOSE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS AND THE PAD ALL THE PALMDALE MAYORS HAVE BEEN ON WITH THE COMPANY THAT SELLS THEM…

    A NICE LITTLE BEDSIDE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS SHOW WOULD PROBABLY CHEER POOR AILING HOFBUAER RIGHT UP…

    WHAT DO YOU THINK..?

    ***

  3. Judi says

    July 21, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    He should leave office because he doesn’t want to run anymore, or because he loses an election. NOT because the Palmdale City Council wants to push him out by eliminate his position..

  4. Tim Scott says

    July 21, 2022 at 3:12 pm

    Good luck. While we have had our differences I harbor no ill will and would rather see you leave office by the electoral process.

    • Liars don’t figure says

      July 21, 2022 at 6:55 pm

      Are you pretending you care about someone and their health , your actions and words that I have witnessed have proved you believe you are superior to All and you lack sympathy and empathy. Your wishing him well because of your guilt. No one who is on here and know you will believe this is sincerity from you. More word salad from Tim.

      • Tim Scott says

        July 22, 2022 at 1:09 am

        I couldn’t give a rat’s tail what you believe. That post was for Hofbauer, period. I’ve met him on multiple occasions and we know exactly where we stand with each other, just like you and I would if you weren’t a coward. So take your “keyboard witness testimony” and stick it.

        • How far we’ve fallen says

          July 23, 2022 at 7:20 pm

          Still trying to sell hot air in the Mojave TS?

          • Tim Scott says

            July 24, 2022 at 4:45 pm

            Nah. All I sell nowadays is books.

  5. Mars says

    July 21, 2022 at 12:51 pm

    Wishing Speedy Recovery
    Know You Are Not Alone ..Take The recommended Vitamins & Medication, Do Some Exercises To Help Body & Mind, & Try Stay Stress Free..Finding Ways Too Laugh Help

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