[11] By 2005 her net worth had increased to between $43 million and $99 million. After a failed 1990 attempt to win the California governorship, Feinstein regrouped and ran in a special election for a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1992. [21] -1994, 2000, 2006, 2012 -2018. She said there was no cause for concern and that she had no plans to leave the Senate. an elected official from office). During her tenure on the Board of Supervisors, she unsuccessfully ran for mayor of San Francisco twice, in 1971 against Mayor Joseph Alioto, and in 1975, when she lost the contest for a runoff slot (against George Moscone) by one percentage point to Supervisor John Barbagelata. In a tweet following the confrontation, Feinstein said that she remains committed "to enact real, meaningful climate change legislation. Many members of the community were . [134], Feinstein chaired the United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and acted as mistress of ceremonies, introducing each participant at the 2009 presidential inauguration. She was elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978 with initial opposition from Quentin Kopp. And I'm really hopeful we don't get to it.". She was given a high-profile speaking role on the opening night of the August Democratic National Convention, urging delegates to reject the Kennedy delegates' proposal to "open" the convention, thereby allowing delegates to ignore their states' popular vote, a proposal that was soundly defeated. Over time, she has moved left of center as California became one of the most Democratic states,[52][53][54] although she has never joined the ranks of progressives, and was once a member of the Senate's moderate, now-defunct Senate New Democrat Coalition.[55]. [105], Feinstein has opposed a number of reforms to cannabis laws at the state and federal level. later she was selected to serve out the balance of Moscone's Although the [107] In 2015 she was the only Democrat at a Senate hearing to vote against the RohrabacherFarr amendment, legislation that limits the enforcement of federal law in states that have legalized medical cannabis. and to live-in companions of unmarried city employees. She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. Early political career[edit] In 1961, Feinstein worked to end housing discrimination in San Francisco. Mikulski, Barbara, and Catherine Whitney. ", "Why California Hasn't Moved On From Dianne Feinstein", "Senate New Democrat Coalition | New Democrat Network", "COMMENCEMENTS; Feinstein, at Stanford, Warns Of Too Hasty Military Trims", "Feinstein stuns San Francisco crowd: Trump 'can be a good president', "Here's how Sens. [76], In February 2017, Feinstein requested that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch provide information on cases in which he had assisted with decision-making regarding either litigation or craft strategy. Gubernatorial election[edit] In 1990, Feinstein made an unsuccessful bid for Governor of California. [30] Supervisors John Molinari, Ella Hill Hutch, Ron Pelosi, Robert Gonzales, and Gordon Lau endorsed Feinstein for an appointment as mayor by the Board of Supervisors. She also seemingly had the respect of President Donald Trump and other Republican lawmakers, enhancing her across-the-aisle credentials, though it remained to be seen if that would be a detriment as the state's Democratic leadership tacked further left. In 2000 Feinstein received a special recognition award from the Susan G. , -1962 , -1978. [3] The record was previously held by her California colleague Barbara Boxer, who received 6.96 million votes in her 2004 re-election. She and Blum married in 1980. She went to Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. January 1993 only fifteen women had ever served in the Senate. [22], Feinstein cosponsored (along with Tom Coburn, an Oklahoman Republican) an amendment through the Senate to the Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 that eliminated the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. (19291978) and Supervisor Harvey Milk (19301978). San Francisco, California [147], In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. Feinstein and Harris voted on military raises, opioid addiction and drug prices", "ontheissues.org: Vote number 11-SV019 extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps on Feb 17, 2011 regarding bill H.514 FISA Sunsets Extension Act Results: Passed 8612", Feinstein voting record on Health Care issues, Feinstein: 'I Am Not There' on Single-Payer Health Care System, Town Hall Crowd Boos, Dianne Feinstein faces down boos at San Francisco town hall, will hold another in L.A. Thursday, "Feinstein says Senate Democrats 'very close' to defeating Republican health care bill", "Feinstein: Health care reform will work if Trump abandons 'sabotage', "Feinstein's surprise call for death penalty puts D.A. paparazzi (photographers who follow famous people around in attempt to Their daughter, Katherine Feinstein Mariano (b. 1979 . Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (/fanstan/ FYNE-styne; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. [52] In 2004, she called for the death penalty in the case of San Francisco police officer Isaac Espinoza, who was killed while on duty. 31,000 " , . During her tenure on the Board of Supervisors, she unsuccessfully ran for mayor of San Francisco twice, in 1971 against mayor Joseph Alioto, and in 1975, when she lost the contest for a runoff slot (against George Moscone) by one percentage point, to supervisor John Barbagelata. As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included Dan White and was generally opposed to Moscone. election (according to a city rule, mayors were limited to two terms). was elected to the Senate, she and Barbara Boxer became the first female Birthplace: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States. Instead, the CIA just went and searched the committee's computer. Dianne Feinstein is a left-leaning politician who has dedicated her life to serving the people of California, first on the local level and later [94][95], After the 2016 FBIApple encryption dispute, Feinstein and Richard Burr sponsored a bill that would be likely to criminalize all forms of strong encryption in electronic communication between citizens. Dianne Feinstein. She attended public school through the eighth grade and eventually became the only Jewish student at an elite Roman Catholic high school, the Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. In 1951 she entered Stanford University, first as a premed student and then as a political science and history major. In 1992, she was fined $190,000 for failure to properly report campaign contributions and expenditures associated with that campaign.[21]. Blum died Sunday. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. , . These subsidies had resulted in an annual expenditure of $6 billion. In the 1980 presidential election, while a majority of Bay Area Democrats continued to support Senator Ted Kennedy's primary challenge to President Jimmy Carter even after it was clear Kennedy could not win, Feinstein was a strong supporter of the CarterMondale ticket. According to the Los Angeles Times, Feinstein emphasized her centrism when she first ran for statewide offices in the 1990s, at a time when California was more conservative. Feb. 28 (UPI) --Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband Richard Blum died Sunday at the family's California home after an extended battle with cancer.He was 86. She introduced a new assault weapons bill in 2013 that failed to pass. 1984. " -" " -", . Dianne Feinstein is a left-leaning politician who has dedicated her life to serving the people of California, first on the local level and later on the national one. [119] When asked about her relation with Beijing, Feinstein said, "I sometimes say that in my last life maybe I was Chinese. "[29] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. [30], NSA surveillance programs[edit] After the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures involving the National Security Agency (NSA), Feinstein took measures to continue the collection programs. "[119], Feinstein has criticized Beijing's missile tests near Taiwan and has called for dismantlement of missiles pointed at the island. decided I would not again be a candidatefor anything.". , (NRA). all representing a wide range of viewpoints. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. The following year, Feinstein married Jack Berman, whom she met in the San Francisco district attorney's office, and later had a daughter. "[118], Feinstein supports a conciliatory approach between China and Taiwan and fostered increased dialogue between high-level Chinese representatives and U.S. senators during her first term as senator. "[26], Assault weapons ban[edit] Feinstein introduced the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which became law in 1994 and expired in 2004. Gonzales initially ran to be appointed by the Board of Supervisors as mayor, but dropped out. Harkin (1939) said, "Just by being on the Senate floor, Storming the Statehouse: Running for Governor with Ann Richards and election. [109] In her opening remarks at a January 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, she said she was concerned the Trump administration's decision to terminate temporary protected status might be racially motivated, based on comments Trump made denigrating African countries, Haiti, and El Salvador. [79] Ford requested that her allegation be kept confidential. On November 27, 1978, Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by former supervisor Dan White. She was the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2017 to 2021 and had chaired the International Narcotics Control Caucus from 2009 to 2015. Feinstein took charge of the effort, and helped win federal funding for the bulk of the rebuilding job. [57], Feinstein voted for Trump's $675 billion defense budget bill for FY 2019. She studied history and political science and was Below the countdown to Dianne Feinstein upcoming birthday. In the run up to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, there was considerable media and public speculation that Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale might pick Feinstein as his running mate. Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. Widow of Bertram Feinstein and Richard C. Blum. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1992. But she's fine with NSA bulk data collection", "Leak of Senate encryption bill prompts swift backlash", "Senate bill effectively bans strong encryption", "Burr And Feinstein Release Their Anti-Encryption Bill And It's More Ridiculous Than Expected", "A sneaky attempt to end encryption is worming its way through Congress", "Sen. 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[35] Feinstein did not attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver because she had fallen and broken her ankle earlier in the month. Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed."[17]. WebAbout This Item. [88] Foreign Policy wrote that she had a "reputation as a staunch defender of NSA practices and [of] the White House's refusal to stand by collection activities targeting foreign leaders". This senior member is Feinstein after Patrick Leahy retired on January 3, 2023. In 2012, she set the record for the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election in history, with 7.75 million, making her the first Senate candidate to get 7 million votes in an election. In 1960, she married Bertram Feinstein, a noted surgeon. The Senate passed the amendment on June 16, 2011. She has voted against the Paul Ryan Budget's Medicare choice, tax and spending cuts; and allowing tribal Indians to opt out of federal healthcare. Feinstein was then married to investment banker Richard C. Blum from 1980 until his death from cancer in 2022. Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. many of the mayor's backers hoped might lead to her nomination There is no specific list you can look at and make a judgment: 'Well everything is going to be just fine.' Perhaps because of her statewide ambitions, Feinstein was seen as a relatively moderate Democrat in one of the country's most liberal cities. . recover from the tragic events that had put her in office. [40] Feinstein was reelected in 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. [6][7] Her mother also had either German or Jewish ancestry.[7][8]. Along with [24] Governor Pat Brown appointed her to the California Women's Parole Board in 1960. career was over. "She Gives Her Heart to San Introduced in 2004, the subsidy provided a 45-cent-per-gallon credit on pure ethanol, and a 54-cent-per-gallon tariff on imported ethanol. Readers Digest Born in San Francisco, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University. she wore after losing a bet with the contractor. Via https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/members-and-advisors/bios/richard-blum.html, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141328214/betty-goldman, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, ANU Museum of the Jewish People (formerly Beit Hatfutsot) Exhibit Project, Dianne Emiel Feinstein (born Goldman ). Otherwise, we risk losing, for both state and nation, the greatest resources of scientific, technical and human capital ever gathered together in human history. Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times. election was part of a new women's revolution, since prior to Dianne Feinstein Ex-mayor of San Francisco 11/1978 following assassination ofGeorge Moscone, then elected to 2 terms ran for CA governor 1990 US Senator from CA since 1992. ' 2005, " "[3]. The employee was later interviewed by authorities and forced to retire by Feinstein. WebChildren. Days after Obama amassed enough delegates to win the nomination, Feinstein lent her Washington, D.C., home to Clinton and Obama for a private one-on-one meeting. But after Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee, she fully backed his candidacy. These subsidies had resulted in an annual expenditure of $6 billion. [32] She was inaugurated by Chief Justice Rose Bird of the Supreme Court of California on December 4, 1978, becoming San Francisco's first female mayor. [128][129] She was selected to serve as one of the four chairs of the 1980 Democratic National Convention. Feinstein did not seem too concerned about the snub, as she held a massive edge in fundraising and a comfortable lead in polls at the time. [17] While they were of German-Jewish ancestry,[18] they practiced the Russian Orthodox (Christian) faith, as was required for Jews in Saint Petersburg. [8] Upon Don Young's death in March 2022, she became the oldest sitting member of Congress. Feinstein helped win federal funding for the bulk of the work. On November 27, 1978, San Francisco mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by a rival politician, Dan White, who had resigned from the Board of Supervisors only two weeks prior. November 27, 1978, where she planned to make her decision public, a She was quickly corrected by a staffer who informed her that the announcement had already been published.[47]. Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein was born on June 22, 1933, as Dianne Emiel Goldman in San Francisco. Her mother Betty Rosenburg was a former model and her father Leon Goldman was a surgeon. 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