[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] … on $300,000 salary with no qualification.San Francisco's controversial DA Brooke Jenkins
| …she claimed to be radically different when she led the recall effort against her Soros-supported predecessor, then fired most of his staff. But it sure looks like the biggest difference is that she is not him… |
The pair were on same high school track-and-field team and have hung out together at restaurants, football games and waxing salons
| …that just expanded the list of things I do not want to know about other people… |
Jenkins did not advertise the post and allowed the former marijuana dealer to her to keep her $100,000 part-time teaching job at UCSF, despite rules banning jobs that might interfere with the office's work.
'Nepotism erodes public trust,' said Ryan Khojasteh who challenging Jenkins for her job. 'As San Franciscans, we deserve better from our District Attorney's Office.'
Whistleblowers told the SF Standard that Willis's obligations were already damaging the department when she was in charge of Victim Services.
'Stuff fell through the cracks all the time because she was too busy doing two jobs,' a former staffer said. 'I've seen her (teaching online) classes during work hours.
'She was given this position because she knew the DA.'
And a former senior administrator in the office said legal qualifications are a pre-requisite for doing the job effectively.
'You have to have some basic understanding of the criminal justice system, and you don't get that as a victim services advocate,' he added.
Jenkins was appointed DA by city mayor London Breed in July 2022 after campaigning for the recall of incumbent Chesa Boudin.
| ...the much-maligned Soros tool and Weatherman scion (remember them?) who was recalled by the voters after they voted him in on promises to do exactly what they later recalled him for. He is now running UC-Berkeley Law’s criminal justice center, which is an interesting choice… |
But the number of people living on the streets has soared to more than 8,000 as businesses and residents have continued their exodus from the heart of the city.
An exacting job description for the role of DA chief-of-staff says the office holder 'oversees, develops and delegates responsibilities for essential processes of the city's preeminent law enforcement agency including areas of policy and legislation, staffing, communications, data and research, victim services, community engagement, front office operations and all large scale projects/changes and implementations that impacts the Office'.
Willis's experience includes time as the CEO of a now defunct marijuana dispensary called New Life CA.
| That doesn’t feel at all the same as a dealer… |
But Jenkins said Willis was eminently qualified when she announced the appointment in March, hailing her 'wealth of operational experience as an organizer that has successfully launched state recognized mental health programming and improved hospital operations to better serve children and families'.
The questions emerged just days after a former employee of the Victim Services division sued the DA's department after losing his job because of an accidental 'reply-all' email.
Jovan Thomas, 56, filed the complaint Friday, six months after he was fired for asking Jenkins 'what color' her panties were in a message sent to the entire office.
Soon after Thomas sent the email, Chief Assistant District Attorney Ana Gonzalez sent the office an email saying the issue was being handled by the administration and asking staff to delete the email and not share it.
Thomas, on his part, claimed he meant to send the message as a joke to a fraternity brother. He was fired that day, but now claims that after his employment was terminated, defendants violated his privacy and defamed him by misrepresenting what had happened. He is seeking a jury trial and compensatory and punitive damages as a result.
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Brooke Jenkins 03/16/2024 Protesters who shut San Francisco bridge over Gaza war handed community service
Brooke Jenkins 06/02/2023 Ousted soft-on-crime San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin to run Berkeley Law's new criminal justice center
Brooke Jenkins 05/16/2023 San Francisco DA releases graphic footage of Walgreens security guard shooting dead transgender shoplifter - and says she WON'T charge him because he was in 'mortal danger'