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Willie Brown had visited the People's Temple a dozen times, some by invitation and some on his own.<ref>Nancy Dooley & Tim Reiterman, "Jim Jones: Power Broker", San Francisco Examiner, August 7, 1977</ref><ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-3. p. 105.</ref> Preliminary consideration was given by Governor Brown's administration to a statewide post for Jim Jones before his flight to Guyana.<ref>Los Angeles Times, "S.F. Temple Active in Politics", November 21, 1978</ref> When investigations into the Temple's activities began, Brown said at a rally in support of Jones attended by [[Harvey Milk]] and others,<ref>Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''[[Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People]]''. Dutton, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2}}. page 327</ref> "[h]e is a rare human being" and "he cares about people...Rev. Jim Jones is that person who can be helpful when all appears to be lost and [[hope]] is just about gone."<ref>Richardson, James, [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ ''Willie Brown A Biography''], University of California Press, 1996, p. 251 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybaoie8?url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>
Willie Brown had visited the People's Temple a dozen times, some by invitation and some on his own.<ref>Nancy Dooley & Tim Reiterman, "Jim Jones: Power Broker", San Francisco Examiner, August 7, 1977</ref><ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-3. p. 105.</ref> Preliminary consideration was given by Governor Brown's administration to a statewide post for Jim Jones before his flight to Guyana.<ref>Los Angeles Times, "S.F. Temple Active in Politics", November 21, 1978</ref> When investigations into the Temple's activities began, Brown said at a rally in support of Jones attended by [[Harvey Milk]] and others,<ref>Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''[[Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People]]''. Dutton, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2}}. page 327</ref> "[h]e is a rare human being" and "he cares about people...Rev. Jim Jones is that person who can be helpful when all appears to be lost and [[hope]] is just about gone."<ref>Richardson, James, [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ ''Willie Brown A Biography''], University of California Press, 1996, p. 251 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybaoie8?url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>
After Congressman [[Leo Ryan]] announced that he would investigate [[Jonestown]] following the November 1978 elections, Willie Brown was still planning a fund raising dinner for the Temple that was to be held on December 2, 1978.<ref>{{cite book |last=Richardson |first=James |url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q |title=Willie Brown: A Biography |location=Berkeley |publisher=University of California Press |year=1997|isbn=978-0-585-24985-8}}</ref>
==Kamala Harris==
==Kamala Harris==