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Brown continued to praise Jones after the mass suicide, feeling that attacks on Jones were attacks on the black community. Brown stated he had "no regrets" over his past association the Temple and that he would not dissociate himself from it like other politicians. "They all like to say, 'Forgive me, I was wrong', but that's bulls—t. It doesn't mean a thing now, it just isn't relevant."<ref>Richardson, James, [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ ''Willie Brown A Biography''], University of California Press, 1996, p. 252 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybaoie8?url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>
Brown continued to praise Jones after the mass suicide, feeling that attacks on Jones were attacks on the black community. Brown stated he had "no regrets" over his past association the Temple and that he would not dissociate himself from it like other politicians. "They all like to say, 'Forgive me, I was wrong', but that's bulls—t. It doesn't mean a thing now, it just isn't relevant."<ref>Richardson, James, [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ ''Willie Brown A Biography''], University of California Press, 1996, p. 252 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybaoie8?url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>
==Gay rights==
In 1975, Willie Brown authored and lobbied the successful passing of the Consenting Adult Sex Bill that legalized homosexuality in California, thus earning the strong and lasting support of San Francisco's gay community. Similarly, he voted against AB 607, which banned same-sex marriage in 1977, further building his reputation as a supporter of the civil rights of gays and lesbians. During the 1970s,
==Kamala Harris==
==Kamala Harris==