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[[File:When Willie met Kamala.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic 2020 presidential frontrunner [[Kamala Harris]] with Willie Brown. Brown authored the 1975 law making homosexuality legal in California and compared the Rev. Jim Jones of the [[People's Temple]] to  Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. Harris made [[gay marriage]] legal in California by not defending [[Proposition 8]] in federal court.]]

[[File:When Willie met Kamala.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic 2020 presidential frontrunner [[Kamala Harris]] with Willie Brown. Brown authored the 1975 law making homosexuality legal in California and compared the Rev. Jim Jones of the [[People's Temple]] to  Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. Harris made [[gay marriage]] legal in California by not defending [[Proposition 8]] in federal court.]]

'''Willie Brown''' is the former [[progressive]] Mayor of [[San Francisco]] and Speaker of the California Assembly. Brown was an enthusiastic supporter of the Rev. [[Jim Jones]] and facilitated Jones' rise in California and the national [[Democratic party]] politics.<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref> Brown remained loyal to Jones even after the [[Jonestown massacre]].<ref>[https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0m3nb07q&chunk.id=d0e6044&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e2799&brand=ucpress&query=Other+politicians+stumbled+over+themselves+to+distance+their+past+association+from+Jones]</ref>

'''Willie Brown''' is the former [[progressive]] Mayor of [[San Francisco]] and Speaker of the California Assembly. Brown was an enthusiastic supporter of the Rev. [[Jim Jones]] and facilitated Jones' rise in California and the national [[Democratic party]] politics.<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref> Brown remained loyal to Jones even after the [[Jonestown massacre]].<ref>Richardson, James, ''[https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0m3nb07q&chunk.id=d0e6044&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e2799&brand=ucpress&query=Other+politicians+stumbled+over+themselves+to+distance+their+past+association+from+Jones Willie Brown A Biography],'' University of California Press, 1996, p. 252</ref>

==People's Temple==

==People's Temple==