San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is being accused
of nepotism after she quietly promoted a close friend to her
chief of staff despite her being trained as a psychiatric mental
health nurse practitioner with no legal experience and holding
down a second job.

Monifa Willis, who also works as an assistant nursing professor
at the University of California, San Francisco School of
Nursing, where she reportedly earns a $100,000 salary, was
initially hired by the DA's office in 2022 to run the agency's
Victim's Services Division. She took on her new position in
March.

The appointment has raised questions about the hiring of a
friend for a prominent role in a large office. The position pays
around $289,000 annually.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Jenkins said she was proud
to have Willis as her chief of staff and said her hiring was not
a conflict of interest. It's the first time in the office's
history that the role has been filled by someone who isn't a
lawyer.

"As a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner Monifa brings an unparalleled wealth of experience
and expertise in providing trauma-informed care to victims of
crime and people impacted by the criminal justice system,"
Jenkins said. "In her role as Chief of Staff, Monifa oversees
the Victim Services Division, the policy team, grants, special
projects and programming."

Willis will also launch new programs and initiatives focused on
crime prevention and intervention efforts, Jenkins said.

Willis became a registered nurse and, after earning her masterAs
degree at UCSF in 2014, became certified as a psychiatric mental
health nurse practitioner, according to her biography on the
UCSF website.

Ryan Khojasteh, a former prosecutor who is running to unseat
Jenkins, his former boss, said Willis' initial hiring was
nepotism, compounded by the fact that she doesn't have a law
license.

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"She is not qualified to be the number two position in a
criminal law office," he told Fox News Digital. "It's actually
baffling to me that Jenkins thought this was even remotely a
good idea."

JenkinsA office said the chief of staff position is exempt and
does not require a law degree, and that Willis meets the
qualifications for that job.

The chief of staff position requires four years of managerial
experience in a supervisory role in a legal, legislative or
clinical social environment, according to the job
qualifications. In addition, the chief of staff doesn't oversee
the prosecutors, which is done by the chief assistant district
attorney.

Jenkins and Willis have known each other since high school,
where they were track-and-field teammates, according to a 2022
Mission Local report. The pair have gone to dinner, rented a
car, attended a football game and visited a waxing salon
together, according to public Venmo accounts dating back to
2021, The San Francisco Standard reported.

Since becoming Jenkins' chief of staff, Willis has continued to
work as a professor at UCSF.

Employees in the DA's office are not allowed to engage in any
outside activity that would take time away from their duties at
work on a regular basis, according to a DA policy. At the time
of her appointment as chief of the Victim Services Division,
Willis filed a secondary employment form, the DA's office told
Fox News Digital.

The office verbally approved the request for her second job.

"She agreed to change her course time but did not immediately
file an updated secondary employment form. She filed an updated
secondary employment form on 7/25/2024, as soon as this
oversight came to her attention," the DA's office said.

Willis' secondary employment with UCSF isn't an issue, the
agency said.

"She teaches one class on Wednesday evenings during UCSFAs Fall,
Winter and Spring quarters," the DA's office said. "She does not
teach in the Summer. Her teaching responsibilities do not impact
her ability to perform any of her job duties at the District
AttorneyAs Office."

Lexa Grayner worked under Jenkins before moving across the Bay
Area to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.

"This is just one more incident that validates what we've known
all along about Brooke Jenkins," Grayner told Fox News Digital.
"She is not someone we can trust. She is making decisions for
her own political career at the jeopardy of criminal justice in
San Francisco."

JenkinsA office did not respond to requests for comment about
GraynerAs departure.

Willis' part-time job as a college professor also raised
questions about her accessibility. Fox News Digital has reached
out to Willis.

The San Francisco Ethics Commission, which is responsible for
the administration and enforcement of ethics standards across
city government agencies, declined to comment on the matter.

Jenkins was appointed as DA, a position once held by Vice
President Kamala Harris, by San Francisco Mayor London Breed in
2022 following the successful recall of Chesa Boudin, for whom
she actively campaigned. She was elected in her own right months
later.

Upon taking office, Jenkins purged several staffers, including
Khojasteh. During Jenkins' tenure, multiple people have departed
the DA's office, which has been destabilized, Khojasteh said.

The DAAs office did not respond to requests for comment.

"What Jenkins has done is reward her friends and her allies at
the expense of a well-run and functioning office," Khojasteh
said.

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