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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]] [[Democrat]] Mayor of [[San Francisco]] and Speaker of the California Assembly.

'''Willie Brown''' is the former [[progressive]] [[Democrat]] Mayor of [[San Francisco]] and Speaker of the California Assembly. Brown was an enthusiastic supporter of the Rev. [[Jim Jones]] and facilitated his Jones rise in California and the national [[Democratic party]] politics. Brown remained loyal to Jones even after the [[Jonestown massacre]].

==People's Temple==

==People's Temple==

In an interview of [[Jim Jones]] by Willie Brown for a television show about the [[Peoples Temple]], Brown stated "You've managed to make the many peoples associated with the Peoples Temple a part of a family. If you're in need of [[health care]], you GET health care. If you're in need of legal assistance of some sort, you get that. If you're in need of transportation, you get that."<ref>PBS, [https://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/media/pdf/transcript/Jonestown_transcript.pdf ''Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple''], 2007 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybUrjao?url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/jonestown/filmmore/pt.html |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>  On another occasion, Brown stated "San Francisco should have ten more Jim Joneses."<ref>Kilduff, Marshall and Ron Javers. ''Suicide Cult:  The Inside Story of the Peoples Temple Sect and the Massacre in Guyana''. Bantam Books, New York, 1978. ISBN|978-0-553-12920-5. page 49.</ref>   

In an interview of Jim Jones by Willie Brown for a television show about the [[Peoples Temple]], Brown stated "You've managed to make the many peoples associated with the Peoples Temple a part of a family. If you're in need of [[health care]], you GET health care. If you're in need of legal assistance of some sort, you get that. If you're in need of transportation, you get that."<ref>PBS, [https://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/media/pdf/transcript/Jonestown_transcript.pdf ''Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple''], 2007 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybUrjao?url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/jonestown/filmmore/pt.html |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>  On another occasion, Brown stated "San Francisco should have ten more Jim Joneses."<ref>Kilduff, Marshall and Ron Javers. ''Suicide Cult:  The Inside Story of the Peoples Temple Sect and the Massacre in Guyana''. Bantam Books, New York, 1978. ISBN|978-0-553-12920-5. page 49.</ref>   

Willie Brown, Gov. [[Jerry Brown]], [[George Moscone]], Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally and S.F. District Attorney Joseph Freitas among others attended a large testimonial dinner in Jim Jones' honor in September 1976.<ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-3. page 105.</ref><ref>Tim Reiterman (1982) "Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People" ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2 page 307</ref>  Willie Brown served as master of ceremonies and introduced Jones, stating "Let me present to you what you should see every day when you look in the mirror in the early morning hours ... Let me present to you a combination of [[Martin Luther King|Martin King]], [[Angela Davis]], [[Albert Einstein]] ... [[Chairman Mao]]."<ref>Layton, Deborah 1999. p. 105</ref><ref>Tim Reiterman (1982) "Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People" ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2 page 308</ref><ref>Kinsolving, Kathleen and Tom. [http://www.culteducation.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown43.html "Madman in Our Midst: Jim Jones and the California Cover Up."] Ross Institute. 1998. {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybRwHQX?url=http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown43.html |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref> At another testimonial dinner, Brown introduced Jones, referring to him as "a young man came upon the scene, became an inspiration for a whole lot of people. He’s done fantastic things."<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27585 ''Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 784''] {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybXcfln?url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/TapeTranscripts/Q784.htm |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>  

Willie Brown, Gov. [[Jerry Brown]], [[George Moscone]], Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally and S.F. District Attorney Joseph Freitas among others attended a large testimonial dinner in Jim Jones' honor in September 1976.<ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-3. page 105.</ref><ref>Tim Reiterman (1982) "Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People" ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2 page 307</ref>  Willie Brown served as master of ceremonies and introduced Jones, stating "Let me present to you what you should see every day when you look in the mirror in the early morning hours ... Let me present to you a combination of [[Martin Luther King|Martin King]], [[Angela Davis]], [[Albert Einstein]] ... [[Chairman Mao]]."<ref>Layton, Deborah 1999. p. 105</ref><ref>Tim Reiterman (1982) "Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People" ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2 page 308</ref><ref>Kinsolving, Kathleen and Tom. [http://www.culteducation.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown43.html "Madman in Our Midst: Jim Jones and the California Cover Up."] Ross Institute. 1998. {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybRwHQX?url=http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown43.html |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref> At another testimonial dinner, Brown introduced Jones, referring to him as "a young man came upon the scene, became an inspiration for a whole lot of people. He’s done fantastic things."<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27585 ''Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 784''] {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybXcfln?url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/TapeTranscripts/Q784.htm |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>