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   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 master’s   
   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."   
      
   Jenkins’ 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.   
      
      
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