Actually, JJ, the Kool-Aid pastor, had a comparatively small following but enormous political clout with the SF liberal establishment, including its media. They like to pretend that he wasn't their boy, just as they conveniently "forget" their support of murderous thugs like the black panthers.
"...They like to pretend that he wasn't their boy..."
Yep Jim Jones with his Rainbow Family and mostly minority church was a darling of San Francisco.
Tim Reiterman did plenty of research on his bio RAVEN but...censored Jim Jones recorded harangue while his folks were commiting "revolutionary suicide". He kept saying don't cry or scream because "that is no way for Socialists to die". The Reverend Jones was just as much as an atheist as Pol Pot.