Liberal state Senate leader Kevin de Len earned the majority of votes, though he still fell short of the 60 percent needed to claim the party's endorsement. . He chose Geraldine Ferraro instead. San Francisco, California She received her bachelor's Feinstein was first elected on the same ballot as her peer Barbara Boxer, and the two became California's first female U.S. [20] She graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart High School in 1951 and from Stanford University in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. Feinstein also became the first female Jewish senator in the United States, though Boxer is also Jewish. Dick was incredibly devoted to his family, particularly his [100] The EARN IT act effectively outlaws end-to-end encryption, depriving the world of secure, private communications tools. Born into a Jewish family, she attended a Roman Catholic school and a Jewish temple as a child and began showing an interest in politics around age 16. , 1978-1988 -27 1978, , '' , . [60] She has voted to regulate tobacco as a drug; expand the Children's Health Insurance Program; override the president's veto of adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility; increase Medicaid rebate for producing generic drugs; negotiate bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drugs; allow re-importation of prescription drugs from Canada; allow patients to sue HMOs and collect punitive damages; cover prescription drugs under Medicare, and means-test Medicare. During her tenure as San Francisco's first female mayor she led a revamp of the city's cable car system and oversaw the 1984 Democratic National Convention. Sacred Heart High School was for boys only at the time. [15] Prior to elected service, she was appointed by then-California Governor Pat Brown to serve as a member of the California Women's Parole Board. A veteran of Washington's political battles, Feinstein sought to head off the dangers posed by the looming shutdown of the federal government in January 2018, as the two parties squabbled over a spending bill. [117], In September 2017, after Trump's first speech to the United Nations General Assembly in which he threatened North Korea, Feinstein released a statement disagreeing with his remarks: "Trump's bombastic threat to destroy North Korea and his refusal to present any positive pathways forward on the many global challenges we face are severe disappointments. She was quickly corrected by a staffer who informed her that the announcement had already been published.[47]. 1957), has been the presiding judge of the San Francisco Superior Court for twelve years, through 2012.[9][10]. In 1956, she married Jack Berman (died 2002), a colleague in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. problem of balancing the budget in the face of cutbacks in state and According to a spokesperson, Feinstein "is doing all she can to ensure that the bill is balanced and protects the intellectual property concerns of the content community without unfairly burdening legitimate businesses such as Internet search engines. She took an interest in There had public affairs group that was interested in criminal justice. [73], Feinstein stated that she would vote against Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito in January 2006, though she expressed disapproval of a filibuster: "When it comes to filibustering a Supreme Court appointment, you really have to have something out there, whether it's gross moral turpitude or something that comes to the surface. Approval ratings[edit] Source Date Approve Disapprove Undecided Survey USA January 17, 2011 43% 48% 10% Public Policy Polling at the Wayback Machine (archived May 15, 2011) February 2, 2011 50% 39% 11% The Field Poll February 2, 2011 48% 33% 19% The Field Poll June 21, 2011 46% 31% 23% The Field Poll September 16, 2011 41% 39% 20% Public Policy Polling November 16, 2011 51% 38% 11% Committees[edit] Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Defense Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development (Chair) Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Refugees Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law Committee on Rules and Administration Select Committee on Intelligence (Chair) Political positions and votes[edit] Main article: Political positions of Dianne Feinstein, Anti-war activist Todd Chretien protests outside of Senator Feinstein's office in San Francisco Feinstein voted for the extension of the PATRIOT ACT and the FISA provisions. Feinstein revealed sensitive details about the hunt for serial killer Richard Ramirez at a 1985 press conference, antagonizing detectives by publicizing details of his crimes known only to law enforcement, and thus jeopardizing their investigation.[38]. [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". Feinstein has been re-elected four times since then and in the 2012 election, she claimed the record for the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election in history, having received 7.75 million votes. , . [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. At the time, she was a member of the Senate Senate. to make Mexico a U.S. ally in the fight against illegal drugs. 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. Military assault weapons only have one purpose, and in my opinion, it's for the military. different groups in the San Francisco community. "[31] In October 2013 she criticized the NSA for monitoring telephone calls of foreign leaders friendly to the US. Feb. 15, 2023. 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. Combining marriage and family with a career, Feinstein was employed by a "[72], In September 2005, Feinstein was one of five Democratic senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote against Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, saying that Roberts had "failed to state his positions on such social controversies as abortion and the right to die". In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. on to work for California's Industrial Welfare Commission and was In October of that year she stated that she stood by those comments. . Because of her position, Feinstein became a target of the New World Liberation Front, who placed a bomb on her window sill which failed to explode and who later shot out the windows of a beach house which she owned.[16]. DIANNE FEINSTEIN: OK. Feinstein's paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland, while her maternal grandparents, who were of the Russian Orthodox faith, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times. (Jeff Chiu / ' . With Patrick Leahy's retirement, she became the seniormost Senate Democrat on January 3, 2023. [1]. "[66], When Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, Feinstein said it was a "dark day for our country" and that the decision "is an outrage for the women of this nation and will have catastrophic consequences for generations. 1933, to a Jewish physician father, Leon Goldman, and a Catholic Dianne Feinstein Biography - life, family, history, school, mother, [126] She did this unilaterally after the committee's chairman, Chuck Grassley, refused to release the transcript. travel, and discouraged by the deaths of her father and her second On July 27, 2018, reports surfaced that a Chinese staff member who worked as Feinstein's personal driver, gofer and liaison to the Asian-American community for 20 years, was caught reporting to China's Ministry of State Security. [12] Her 347-page financial-disclosure statement[13] characterized by the San Francisco Chronicle as "nearly the size of a phone book" draws clear lines between her assets and those of her husband, with many of her assets in blind trusts.[14]. January 1993 only fifteen women had ever served in the Senate. "[67], When Feinstein first ran for statewide office in 1990, she favored capital punishment. [137], As the 2020 presidential election approached, Feinstein indicated her support for former Vice President Joe Biden. Senator Dianne Feinstein to Retire The Democrat of California, who was first elected to the Senate in 1992, plans to serve out her term but will not run for re-election in [25] In January 2012, Feinstein met with representatives of technology companies, including Google and Facebook. in her decision to pursue a career in public service. [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. At 89, Feinstein is the oldest sitting U.S. senator and member of Congress. These subsidies had resulted in an annual expenditure of $6 billion. The bill would have exempted 900 models of guns used for sport and hunting. Daughter of Leon Goldman and Betty Goldman As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included Dan White and was generally opposed to Moscone. Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman in San Francisco, to Betty ( ne Rosenburg), a former model, and Leon Goldman, a surgeon. Feinstein's paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. Her maternal grandparents, the Rosenburg family, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. [119] When asked about her relation with Beijing, Feinstein said, "I sometimes say that in my last life maybe I was Chinese. Feinstein appears in archival footage and is credited in the Academy Award-winning documentary film The Times of Harvey Milk (1984). 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Dianne Feinstein, a longtime University of California regent and a stalwart of Democratic politics in California, died Sunday of cancer [123] No criminal charges were filed against them. in her attempt for higher office, weakened by illness from foreign "People die, accidents happen. take pictures of them for sale to publications) in California. In March 2021, she became the longest-serving U.S. senator from California, surpassing Hiram Johnson. favored nation" standing in trade (meaning that China would be [69], Feinstein co-sponsored (with Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn) an amendment through the Senate to the Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 that eliminated the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. police staffing and policies and succeeded in reducing crime rates. guest from choking on a piece of meat. [37] 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 strongly supported the CarterMondale ticket. Later that day at a press conference originally organized by Moscone to announce White's successor, Feinstein announced the assassinations to the stunned public, stating: "As president of the board of supervisors, it's my duty to make this announcement. many of the mayor's backers hoped might lead to her nomination She served on the board until 1966.[25]. 1969 and served on the board through the 1970s. Geni requires JavaScript! Feinstein's sister, Yvonne Banks, said their mother had unpredictable moods. Here is what we are proposing. The following year, Feinstein entered her first political race and was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, eventually becoming the first woman ever to serve as the board's president, a position she held for two and a half terms. However, he chose Geraldine Ferraro instead. The system closed for rebuilding in 1982 and it was completed just in time for the 1984 Democratic National Convention. President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[edit] In 1969, Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Christianity was passed down to Feinstein's mother After her mother's 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 ). Feinstein was a colorful and energetic mayor. [142] Feinstein received with the Woodrow Wilson Award for public service from the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution on November 3, 2001, in Los Angeles. -1992, 190,000 [1]. , , : -1971 ' , -1975, ( '' ) ' '. [75], After President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in March 2016, Feinstein met with Garland on April 6 and later called on Republicans to do "this institution the credit of sitting down and meeting with him". [149] Her 347-page financial-disclosure statement,[150] characterized by the San Francisco Chronicle as "nearly the size of a phone book", claims to draw clear lines between her assets and her husband's, with many of her assets in blind trusts. Includes interviews with Dianne Feinstein and her late second husband neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein. . from San Francisco's Sacred Heart High School, she attended 1978 1988. [33], In June 2013 Feinstein labeled Edward Snowden a traitor after his leaks went public. [22][23], Feinstein was a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco from 1955 to 1956. The following year, Feinstein married Jack Berman, whom she met in the San Francisco district attorney's office, and later had a daughter. 1979 . [16] Hours after the announcement was posted to Twitter, Feinstein appeared to be unaware of her own retirement when speaking to a reporter. 1 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 4 5 . Of the change, Senator Tom (19291978) and Supervisor Harvey Milk (19301978). She and Berman divorced three years later. divorce, she withdrew from public life for a time but came back as a murders forced Feinstein into the position of acting mayor. [101], Feinstein introduced the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which became law in 1994 and expired in 2004. In 2016 she opposed Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, to legalize recreational cannabis in California. [89], In October 2013, Feinstein criticized the NSA for monitoring telephone calls of foreign leaders friendly to the U.S.[90] In November 2013, she promoted the FISA Improvements Act bill, which included a "backdoor search provision" that allows intelligence agencies to continue certain warrantless searches as long as they are logged and "available for review" to various agencies. -1979. "[93] She claimed the "CIA's search may well have violated the separation of powers principles embodied in the United States Constitution". [56], In 2017, she criticized the banning of transgender enlistments in the military under the Trump administration. After her reelection In the primary, she had defeated California State Controller Gray Davis. 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. [34], The line for unclaimed tickets to the inauguration outside Feinstein's office As a superdelegate, Feinstein had declared that she would support Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. for the vice presidency, but she was not chosen. [107], In September 2017, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Feinstein admitted the legality of the program was questionable while citing this as a reason for why a law should be passed. [3], Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban which expired in 2004. election (according to a city rule, mayors were limited to two terms). Dianne Feinstein is a United States senator from California and a former mayor of San Francisco. "[29] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. Their daughter, Katherine Feinstein Mariano (b. Despite a failed recall attempt in 1983, Feinstein was a very popular mayor and was named the most effective mayor in the country by City & State in 1987. Dianne Feinstein was born in San Francisco, California, on June 22, 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. [152] In the fall of 2020, following Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death and the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, there was concern about Feinstein's ability to continue performing her job. This came as a surprise to many pundits, due to the potential candidacy of fellow California senator Kamala Harris, of whom Feinstein said "I'm a big fan of Sen. Harris, and I work with her. In 2013 she introduced a new assault weapons bill, which failed to pass. [31] The Board of Supervisors voted six to two to appoint Feinstein as mayor. She served on the Trilateral Commission during the 1980s. Gubernatorial election[edit] In 1990, Feinstein made an unsuccessful bid for Governor of California. In 1992, she was fined $190,000 for failure to properly report campaign contributions and expenditures associated with that campaign.[21]. Feb. 28, 2022 Richard C. Blum, a financier and major donor to Democrats above all his wife, Senator Dianne Feinstein of California died on Sunday at the [132], As a superdelegate in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, Feinstein said she would support Clinton for the nomination. WebFeinstein's paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland, while her maternal grandparents, who were of the Russian Orthodox faith, were from Saint Petersburg, Upon Barbara Mikulski's retirement in January 2017, Feinstein became the longest-tenured female senator in office; on November 5, 2022, she surpassed Mikulski's record as the longest-tenured female senator. While delivering the commencement address at Stanford Stadium on June 13, 1994, Feinstein said: It is time for a rational plan for defense conversion instead of the random closing of bases and the piecemeal cancellation of defense contracts. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation for her work in support of breast cancer Many members of the community were Feinstein made an unsuccessful bid for governor of California in 1990. [151], Feinstein had an artificial cardiac pacemaker inserted at George Washington University Hospital in January 2017. -1984 , , . WebKey Accomplishments. Cancer Coalition and the National Dialogue on Cancer. Because Feinstein was elected to an unexpired term, she became a senator as soon as the election was certified in November while Boxer would not take office until the expiration of Cranston's term in January; thus Feinstein became California's senior senator, even though she was elected at the same time as Boxer and Boxer had previous congressional service. The system closed for rebuilding in 1982 and reopened in 1984 in time for the Democratic National Convention that was held in the city that year. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. The year 1978 was a tragic one for Feinstein. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1992. -1994, 2000, 2006, 2012 -2018. recover from the tragic events that had put her in office. twice, losing to Joseph Alioto (c. 19171998) in 1971 and In 1992, however, she became the first woman elected U.S. senator from California, a seat she has held ever since. a San Francisco superior court judge. when she was sixteen. [33] Molinari was selected to replace Feinstein as president of the Board of Supervisors by a vote of eight to two. then married Bertram Feinstein, a noted surgeon. [102] In January 2013 about a month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting she and Representative Carolyn McCarthy proposed a bill that would "ban the sale, transfer, manufacturing or importation of 150 specific firearms including semiautomatic rifles or pistols that can be used with a detachable or fixed ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds and have specific military-style features, including pistol grips, grenade launchers or rocket launchers". Blum died Sunday. After graduating By tradition, this made her eligible for Senate president pro tempore, but she declined the position, which went to Patty Murray instead. Immediate Family: Daughter of Leon Goldman and Betty Goldman. In 1960, she married Bertram Feinstein, a noted surgeon. Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. The special election was held at the same time as the general election for U.S. president and other offices. I love that woman!. She also supported that have become important to her during her decades-long career in Feinstein was elected to a full four-year term as mayor beginning in She was also married to her second husband at the time, neurosurgeon Widow of Bertram Feinstein and Richard C. Blum. Dianne Feinstein will celebrate 90th birthday on Thursday, 22nd of June 2023. 20072009 , 20092015 . two became the first women senators ever elected in California. Feinstein and her position as President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are also alluded to several times in the movie, and a portrayal of her character has a few off-screen lines. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. "[74], On July 12, 2009, Feinstein stated her belief that the Senate would confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, praising her for her experience and for overcoming "adversity and disadvantage". In 1980, Feinstein married Richard C. Blum, an investment banker. Feinstein won the November 3, 1992, special election to fill the Senate seat vacated a year earlier when Wilson resigned to take office as governor. violence, balance the demands of different groups, and help the city Becoming acting mayor of San Francisco when the sitting mayor was shot and killed in 1978, she ran for the job the following year and won, holding the post until 1988. [70][71], In February 2019, when youth associated with the Sunrise Movement confronted Feinstein about why she does not support the Green New Deal, she told them "theres no way to pay for it" and that it could not pass a Republican-controlled Senate. WebKatherine Anne Feinstein is the only biological child of United States Senator Dianne Feinstein of California and her first husband Judge Jack K. Berman. occasionally stumbled. [26][27] She remained on the board for nine years. [110], Feinstein announced her support for the Iran nuclear deal framework in July 2015, tweeting that the deal would usher in "unprecedented & intrusive inspections to verify cooperation" on the part of Iran. . Feinstein in 2010, as she hosted an event at her home attended by 5 members of the U.S. Senate See also: United States Senate special election in California, 1992 See also: United States Senate election in California, 2012 On November 3, 1992, Feinstein won a special election to fill the Senate seat vacated a year earlier when Senator Pete Wilson resigned to become governor. The Senate passed the amendment on June 16, 2011. [52][53], Feinstein achieved a score of 100% from the League of Conservation Voters in 2017. She graduated with her bachelor's degree in 1955. 1984. Dianne Feinstein: Never Let Them See You Cry. [130], Feinstein endorsed former Vice President Walter Mondale during the 1984 presidential election. 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