[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". -1994, 2000, 2006, 2012 -2018. [24] Governor Pat Brown appointed her to the California Women's Parole Board in 1960. She also disagreed with the decided I would not again be a candidatefor anything.". [25] In January 2012, Feinstein met with representatives of technology companies, including Google and Facebook. Dianne Feinstein was born in San Francisco, California, on June 22, During her early years on the job she tried to please all the Widow of Bertram Feinstein and Richard C. Blum. 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. Ex-wife of Jack Berman 3, including Dianne Feinstein. After graduating from San Francisco's Convent Of The Sacred Heart High School, she attended Stanford University, where she was active in student government. . 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. [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. [77] Feinstein formally announced her opposition to his nomination on April 3, citing Gorsuch's "record at the Department of Justice, his tenure on the bench, his appearance before the Senate and his written questions for the record". Harkin (1939) said, "Just by being on the Senate floor, all representing a wide range of viewpoints. -1955. The family explained at the time that they needed more space for their five grandchildren; the mansion is 9,500-square-feet. She and Berman divorced three years later. DIANNE FEINSTEIN: OK. Military assault weapons only have one purpose, and in my opinion, it's for the military. [68] By 2018, she opposed capital punishment. 34 " , " " -" ". Feinstein won election to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in [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. As mayor, Feinstein angered the city's large gay community by vetoing domestic partner legislation in 1982. Her communications director issued a statement that this was due to election law technicalities, and was not indicative of her intentions in 2024. [148] Her net worth increased to between $43 and $99 million by 2005. [101], Feinstein introduced the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which became law in 1994 and expired in 2004. [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. San Francisco: Harper-CollinsWest, 1994. Boxer (1940), Feinstein was elected to the Senate in 1992; the These subsidies had resulted in an annual expenditure of $6 billion. 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. As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included Dan White and was generally opposed to Moscone. 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. She appears again briefly in archival footage, announcing the death of Moscone and Milk in the 2008 film Milk. Her first term as California's first female senator was a busy and productive one, as she co-authored the Gun Free Schools Act and the Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Act, both signed into law in 1994. senators from California. [143] She was named as one of The Forward 50 in 2015. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. 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]. 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. (: Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein); -22 1933 , , 1992. -1984 , , . Their daughter, Katherine Feinstein Mariano (b. [113], In September 2016 in advance of UN Security Council resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories Feinstein signed an AIPAC-sponsored letter urging Obama to veto "one-sided" resolutions against Israel. 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. "[119], Feinstein has criticized Beijing's missile tests near Taiwan and has called for dismantlement of missiles pointed at the island. Below the countdown to Dianne Feinstein upcoming birthday. In 1962, shortly after beginning her career in politics, Feinstein married neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein; her second husband died of colon cancer in 1978. On March 28, 2021, Feinstein became the longest-serving U.S. senator from California, surpassing Hiram Johnson. Feinstein also served as a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco. Born in San Francisco, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University. later she was selected to serve out the balance of Moscone's guest from choking on a piece of meat. Birthplace: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States. You can't make that judgment. in an old-fashioned, black wool, knee-length bathing suitwhich Leon Goldman (February 14, 1904 March 4, 1975) was an American surgeon. Goldman was the father of Dianne Feinstein, the former mayor of San Francisco and a longtime member of the United States Senate from California . Her lifetime average score is 90%. [10][11][12] In January 2023, California representatives Katie Porter and Adam Schiff announced their candidacy for the Senate seat Feinstein holds. The year 1978 was a tragic one for Feinstein. [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. [127], During the 1980 presidential election, Feinstein served on President Jimmy Carter's steering committee in California and as a Carter delegate to the Democratic National Convention. United States. Feinstein appears in archival footage and is credited in the Academy Award-winning documentary film The Times of Harvey Milk (1984). The employee was later interviewed by authorities and forced to retire by Feinstein. [28] The group later shot out the windows of a beach house she owned.[29]. -11 2002, . In 1990, she ran for governor of California but lost. 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]. Although the [9][140], Feinstein was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Golden Gate University in San Francisco on June 4, 1977. career was over. Widow of Bertram Feinstein and Richard C. Blum "[104] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. leasing of a former Navy base to China's government-owned Here is what we are proposing. " ", ( ). violence, balance the demands of different groups, and help the city 2019 , . Feinstein helped win federal funding for the bulk of the work. -1980 ' . [141] She was awarded the Legion of Honour by France in 1984. [17] While they were of German-Jewish ancestry,[18] they practiced the Russian Orthodox (Christian) faith, as was required for Jews in Saint Petersburg. The bill would have exempted 900 models of guns used for sport and hunting. [1]. . 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. 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 "[93] She claimed the "CIA's search may well have violated the separation of powers principles embodied in the United States Constitution". and to live-in companions of unmarried city employees. 4 U.S. Presidents Who Won the Nobel Peace Prize, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads, Name: Dianne Feinstein, Birth Year: 1933, Birth date: June 22, 1933, Birth State: California, Birth City: San Francisco, Birth Country: United States. , . -2017 . [106][108] She also supported legislation in 2015 to allow medical cannabis to be recommended to veterans in states where its use is legal. Morris, Celia. As president of the Board of Supervisors upon the death of Mayor Moscone, Feinstein succeeded to the mayoralty on December 4, 1978. Because of her position, Feinstein became a target of the New World Liberation Front, an anti-capitalist terrorist group that carried out bombings in California in the 1970s. husband, Feinstein told writer Jerome Brondfield: "I WebChildren. candidate Pete Wilson (1933). 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 won the recall election and finished her second term as mayor on January 8, 1988. a stamp to raise money specifically for breast cancer research. when she was sixteen. In 2016 she opposed Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, to legalize recreational cannabis in California. 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