John Jacobs is Political Editor and columnist for the McClatchy newspapers based at the Sacramento Bee. He spent a year reporting for the Washington Post and fifteen years reporting for the San Francisco Examiner, his last seven years as Chief Political Writer. He is the coauthor, with Tim Reiterman, of Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People (1982).

• PLATES AUTHOR'S NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTSPROLOGUEONEBEGINNINGSTWOBEATEN BY A DEAD MANTHREECHINATOWN AND THE BATTLE FOR POTRERO HILLFOURFIRECRACKERS AND FARM WORKERSFIVEAB 59SIXTHE COCKATOO'S HEADLooking EastSEVENCAPITOL HILL AT LASTEIGHTTHE "BURTON MACHINE"NINE"EATING ITALIAN" ANDTHE POLITICS OF BLACK LUNGTENTHE LEGISLATORELEVENTHE PATH TO POWERTWELVEREVOLUTION IN THE HOUSETHIRTEENTRIUMPH AT HOMEFOURTEENONE VOTEFIFTEENCOMEBACKS AND TALL TREESSIXTEENPARK BARRELSEVENTEENPROXY FIGHTS AND MORE PARKSEIGHTEENYOUR MOTHER'S ARMSNINETEENAIN'T THAT A BITCH!TWENTYTHE MAN WHO WOULD BE SPEAKEREPILOGUENOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

John Jacobs is Political Editor and columnist for the McClatchy newspapers based at the Sacramento Bee. He spent a year reporting for the Washington Post and fifteen years reporting for the San Francisco Examiner, his last seven years as Chief Political Writer. He is the coauthor, with Tim Reiterman, of Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People (1982).

• PLATES AUTHOR'S NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTSPROLOGUEONEBEGINNINGSTWOBEATEN BY A DEAD MANTHREECHINATOWN AND THE BATTLE FOR POTRERO HILLFOURFIRECRACKERS AND FARM WORKERSFIVEAB 59SIXTHE COCKATOO'S HEADLooking EastSEVENCAPITOL HILL AT LASTEIGHTTHE "BURTON MACHINE"NINE"EATING ITALIAN" ANDTHE POLITICS OF BLACK LUNGTENTHE LEGISLATORELEVENTHE PATH TO POWERTWELVEREVOLUTION IN THE HOUSETHIRTEENTRIUMPH AT HOMEFOURTEENONE VOTEFIFTEENCOMEBACKS AND TALL TREESSIXTEENPARK BARRELSEVENTEENPROXY FIGHTS AND MORE PARKSEIGHTEENYOUR MOTHER'S ARMSNINETEENAIN'T THAT A BITCH!TWENTYTHE MAN WHO WOULD BE SPEAKEREPILOGUENOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

John Jacobs is Political Editor and columnist for the McClatchy newspapers based at the Sacramento Bee. He spent a year reporting for the Washington Post and fifteen years reporting for the San Francisco Examiner, his last seven years as Chief Political Writer. He is the coauthor, with Tim Reiterman, of Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People (1982).

• PLATES AUTHOR'S NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTSPROLOGUEONEBEGINNINGSTWOBEATEN BY A DEAD MANTHREECHINATOWN AND THE BATTLE FOR POTRERO HILLFOURFIRECRACKERS AND FARM WORKERSFIVEAB 59SIXTHE COCKATOO'S HEADLooking EastSEVENCAPITOL HILL AT LASTEIGHTTHE "BURTON MACHINE"NINE"EATING ITALIAN" ANDTHE POLITICS OF BLACK LUNGTENTHE LEGISLATORELEVENTHE PATH TO POWERTWELVEREVOLUTION IN THE HOUSETHIRTEENTRIUMPH AT HOMEFOURTEENONE VOTEFIFTEENCOMEBACKS AND TALL TREESSIXTEENPARK BARRELSEVENTEENPROXY FIGHTS AND MORE PARKSEIGHTEENYOUR MOTHER'S ARMSNINETEENAIN'T THAT A BITCH!TWENTYTHE MAN WHO WOULD BE SPEAKEREPILOGUENOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX