This happened before the Guyana business.
Jones was a player in SF politics and his Peoples Temple muscle was used to grab control of the local Democratic party establishment through stealing elections and organizing graft.
The piece de resistance was stealing the SF mayoral election for Moscone.
The new party establishment installed with Jones’ help included Moscone and Milk, who brought in the next generation of SF pols, which included many who later went on to power later.
Oddly enough, the real kingmaker of the time, Willie Brown, does not seem to have had much to do with Jones.
But he certainly had a lot to do with Kamala Harris.
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LOL..... Willie was too male and too busy grabbing the young ladies ...... including little, sly Kamala.