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====San Francisco politics====
====San Francisco politics====
[[File:Willie Brown and Jim Jones.jpg|right|300px|thumb|At a September 1976 testimonial dinner honoring Jim Jones, Willie Brown is at the far left and Jones is at the far right.<ref>http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/</ref>]]
Jones almost immediately was involved with [[San Francisco]] politics, being instrumental in the election of liberal [[George Moscone]] to the office of mayor in 1975; Jones in turn was given the lucrative post of housing commissioner. [[Willie Brown]] brought Jones in contact with the state's [[Democratic party]] machine. Jones met with then-candidate for vice president [[Walter Mondale]], and would speak with other leading Democrats at their San Francisco headquarters after the election in 1976, among them First Lady [[Rosalynn Carter]] and California governor [[Jerry Brown]]. [[Harvey Milk]], a leading gay politician in San Francisco would say to Jones: "Rev Jim, It may take me many a day to come back down from the high that I reach today. I found something dear today. I found a sense of being that makes up for all the hours and energy placed in a fight. I found what you wanted me to find. I shall be back. For I can never leave." [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Articles/sawyer.htm] In support of Jones when the allegations of abuse surfaced, both Mayor Moscone and Milk would write letters to [[President Carter]] and agencies concerned; Moscone would publicly deny the allegations ever took place and prevented a local investigation from happening.
Jones almost immediately was involved with [[San Francisco]] politics, being instrumental in the election of liberal [[George Moscone]] to the office of mayor in 1975; Jones in turn was given the lucrative post of housing commissioner. [[Willie Brown]] brought Jones in contact with the state's [[Democratic party]] machine. Jones met with then-candidate for vice president [[Walter Mondale]], and would speak with other leading Democrats at their San Francisco headquarters after the election in 1976, among them First Lady [[Rosalynn Carter]] and California governor [[Jerry Brown]]. [[Harvey Milk]], a leading gay politician in San Francisco would say to Jones: "Rev Jim, It may take me many a day to come back down from the high that I reach today. I found something dear today. I found a sense of being that makes up for all the hours and energy placed in a fight. I found what you wanted me to find. I shall be back. For I can never leave." [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Articles/sawyer.htm] In support of Jones when the allegations of abuse surfaced, both Mayor Moscone and Milk would write letters to [[President Carter]] and agencies concerned; Moscone would publicly deny the allegations ever took place and prevented a local investigation from happening.