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===Jerry Brown===
===Jerry Brown===
[[File:Democrat_Gov._Jerry_Brown_with_Jim_Jones.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Gov. Jerry Brown campaigning with the Rev. Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], youtube</ref>]]
Gov. Jerry Brown spoke at the [[People's Temple]]. Jones "made his followers available to support [[progressive]] [[Democratic party]] candidates."<ref>Los Angeles Herald Examiner, "The Political Pull of Jim Jones", November 21, 1978</ref> Of particular interest to politicians was the Temple's ability to produce 2,000 people for campaign work or attendance at an event with only six hours notice.<ref>Lindsay, Robert. "How Rev. Jim Jones Gained His Power Over Followers." ''New York Times''. 26 November 1978.</ref>
[[Health and Human Services]] Secretary Joseph Califano stated "your humanitarian principles and your interest in protecting individual liberty and freedom have made an outstanding contribution to furthering the cause of human dignity." President Carter sent a representative to a dinner at the Temple at which Jones and Gov. Jerry Brown spoke.<ref>Mehren, Elizabeth, "Politicians Defend Associations With Jones", Oakland Tribune, November 21, 1978</ref> Gov. Brown was considering Jones for an appointment to the University of California Board of Regents.<ref>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/12/18/actually-jim-jones-cult-was-bay-area-democrats/</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>
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>