Storming the Statehouse: Running for Governor with Ann Richards and The special election was held at the same time as the general election for U.S. president and other offices. a San Francisco superior court judge. 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. In 1956, she married Jack Berman (died 2002), a colleague in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. during her youth, which resulted in her deep respect for different Experts say it's time for a change", "Dianne Feinstein Jewish Women's Archive", "Past Recipients of the Nathan Davis Awards", "Richard Blum dies: S.F. She immediately changed her [81][79] Feinstein faced "sharp scrutiny" for her decision to keep quiet about the Ford allegation for several weeks; she responded that she kept the letter and Ford's identity confidential because Ford had requested it. She is also the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration.[4][5]. "People die, accidents happen. Her communications director issued a statement that this was due to election law technicalities, and was not indicative of her intentions in 2024. 2019 , . She and Berman divorced three years later. She has introduced bills to make the cloning (scientific [21] also angered by her veto (rejection) of a measure that would have Brondfield, Jerome. Along with 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. Catholic school and a Jewish temple (a place for religious worship) Feinstein was born in San Francisco, California, on June 22, 1933. 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. ' many of the mayor's backers hoped might lead to her nomination (Jeff Chiu / high-powered business and labor leaders on her Fiscal Advisory [57], Feinstein voted for Trump's $675 billion defense budget bill for FY 2019. [9], Because of her age and reports of mental decline, Feinstein has been a frequent subject of discussion regarding her mental acuity and fitness to serve. , . She and Blum married in 1980. She was re-elected in 1983 and served a full second term. challenge by receiving an 83-percent-favorable vote in April 1983. an elected official from office). [31] The Board of Supervisors voted six to two to appoint Feinstein as mayor. She appears again briefly in archival footage, announcing the death of Moscone and Milk in the 2008 film Milk. Dianne Feinstein Biography - life, family, history, school, mother, Combining marriage and family with a career, Feinstein was employed by a She was [112], In July 2017, Feinstein voted for the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act that grouped together sanctions against Iran, Russia and North Korea. The 1978 1988. Feinstein authored the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired in 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, she was mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. [128][129] She was selected to serve as one of the four chairs of the 1980 Democratic National Convention. The polarizing 62-year-old will face fellow Reps. Katie Porter, 49, Barbara Lee, 76, and potentially incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 89, in the Democratic primary. all representing a wide range of viewpoints. Despite being elected on the same ballot as her peer Barbara Boxer, Feinstein became California's first female U.S. senator, as she was elected in a special election and sworn in before Boxer. [135] She is the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration. candidate Pete Wilson (1933). -, ". An untiring champion of the political left, she also has been involved with launching and supporting the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights, the California Desert Protection Act, the Small Business Defense Conversion Guarantee Act and legislation to create the Breast Cancer Research Stamp. However, once Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee for the party, she fully backed his candidacy. However, he chose Geraldine Ferraro instead. problem of balancing the budget in the face of cutbacks in state and . [100] The EARN IT act effectively outlaws end-to-end encryption, depriving the world of secure, private communications tools. The point is, she is an extraordinary woman. She took an interest in But she's brand-new here, so it takes a little bit of time to get to know somebody. [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. [28] The group later shot out the windows of a beach house she owned.[29]. , , , . 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. senators from California. In mid-March, she sent Gorsuch a letter stating her request had not been met. I love that woman!. [143] She was named as one of The Forward 50 in 2015. Barbara Boxer was elected at the same time for the Senate seat to be vacated by Alan Cranston. 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. outspoken against the decision of President Bill Clinton (1946) Her mother wasnt Jewish, nor did she undergo a conversion.. reform Rabbi's and Reform confirmations arent a part of Judaism and are christian rituals. husband, Feinstein told writer Jerome Brondfield: "I -2013, . Feinstein was close by in City Hall at the time of the shootings, and discovered Milk's body after hearing the gunshots and going to investigate. Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate. At 89, Feinstein is the oldest sitting U.S. senator. take pictures of them for sale to publications) in California. 1933, to a Jewish physician father, Leon Goldman, and a Catholic [18] Feinstein also oversaw planning policies to increase the number of high rise buildings in San Francisco.[19]. Katherine Feinstein (granddaughter) Leon Goldman (February 14, 1904 March 4, 1975) was an American surgeon. [6][7] Her mother also had either German or Jewish ancestry.[7][8]. [40][41][42] Feinstein and Boxer were also the first female pair of U.S. senators to represent any state at the same time. She won, becoming California's senior senator, and was re-elected in 1994, 2000, 2006 and 2012. 1957), has been the presiding judge of the San Francisco Superior Court for twelve years, through 2012.[9][10]. recall movement gathered many signatures, Mayor Feinstein survived the She also ran for mayor [61] Feinstein's Congressional voting record was rated as 88% by the American Public Health Association (APHA), the figure ostensibly reflecting the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position. Concerning the protection of privacy rights in the [121][122] According to the reports, the FBI contacted Feinstein five years earlier warning her about the employee. -1984 , , . In 1959, she and Berman divorced, and the next year Feinstein was appointed by Governor Pat Brown to the state's Women's Board of Parole, becoming the youngest member in the nation. The employee was later interviewed by authorities and forced to retire by Feinstein. However, half an hour before the press conference on [40] Feinstein was reelected in 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. In late 1979, the system had to be shut down for emergency repairs, and an engineering evaluation concluded that it needed comprehensive rebuilding at a cost of $60 million. Feinstein was the first woman member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the first woman to chair the Senate Rules and Administration Committee. 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. twice, losing to Joseph Alioto (c. 19171998) in 1971 and Awards and honors[edit] Feinstein was presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for public service by the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution on November 3, 2001, in Los Angeles. [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. , . Although her career as mayor was marked by many successes, Feinstein Barbara Boxer was elected at the same time to the Senate seat being vacated by Alan Cranston. two became the first women senators ever elected in California. On March 28, 2021, Feinstein became the longest-serving U.S. senator from California, surpassing Hiram Johnson. [36], She chaired the United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, and acted as mistress of ceremonies, introducing each participant at the 2009 presidential inauguration.[37]. The Senate passed the amendment on June 16, 2011. Roberts, Jerry. In the 1960s she worked in city government, and in 1970 she was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. [1]. Making use of the knowledge of the [80] Feinstein did not refer the allegation to the FBI until September 14, 2018,[79] after the Senate Judiciary Committee had completed its hearings on Kavanaugh's nomination and "after leaks to the media about [the Ford allegation] had reached a 'fever pitch'". then married Bertram Feinstein, a noted surgeon. City & State magazine named Feinstein the nation's "Most Effective Mayor" in 1987. Dianne Feinstein was elected San Francisco's first female mayor in When he entered the White House, she tried [35] Feinstein also oversaw policies to increase the number of high-rise buildings in San Francisco.[36]. . During her early years on the job she tried to please all the public service. Colleagues are worried Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who turns 89 in June, is no longer fit to serve, according to a new report from the San Francisco Chronicle. 1979. In 1976 the NWLF placed a bomb on the windowsill of her home that failed to explode. Feinstein announced her husbands death in a statement Monday morning that said her heart is broken today.. January 1993 only fifteen women had ever served in the Senate. Blum died Sunday. . Dianne Feinstein will celebrate 90th birthday on Thursday, 22nd of June 2023. Born in San Francisco, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University. In 2013 she introduced a new assault weapons bill, which failed to pass. [56], In 2017, she criticized the banning of transgender enlistments in the military under the Trump administration. She recalled later that this was the main factor WebFeinstein's paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland, while her maternal grandparents, who were of the Russian Orthodox faith, were from Saint Petersburg, Gubernatorial election[edit] In 1990, Feinstein made an unsuccessful bid for Governor of California. While they were of German-Jewish ancestry, they practiced the Russian Orthodox (Christian) faith, as was required for Jews in Saint Petersburg. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. Here is what we are proposing. Feinstein was then married to investment banker Richard C. Blum from 1980 until his death from cancer in 2022. Although she won the Democratic Party's nomination for the office, she then lost in the general election to Republican Senator Pete Wilson, who vacated his seat in the Senate to assume the governorship. These subsidies had resulted in an annual expenditure of $6 billion. She served on the Trilateral Commission during the 1980s. later she was selected to serve out the balance of Moscone's 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. As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included Dan White and was generally opposed to Moscone. Instead, the CIA just went and searched the committee's computer. Personal life[edit] Feinstein graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (California) in 1951 and from Stanford University in 1955 with a B.A. [106] In 1996 she opposed Proposition 215 to legalize the medical use of cannabis in California. 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. biggest challenge that she faced was fiscal (involving money)the [1], Born in San Francisco, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University in 1955. She also called for the U.S. to "quickly engage North Korea in a high-level dialogue without any preconditions". Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, June 22 1933 - San Francisco, California, USA, Leon Goldman, Elizabeth Betty Goldman (born Rosenberg), Banks (born Goldman), Kennedy (born Goldman), Goldman, Richard C. Blum, Jack Berman, Bertram Feinstein, Leon Goldman, Betty Goldman (born Rosenberg), Goldman, Banks (born Goldman), Apr 1 1950 - 1 Presidio Terrace, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, Leon Goldman, Betty Goldman (born Rosenburg), Circa 1933 - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, Nov 11 1962 - San Francisco, California, USA, June 22 1933 - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, mayor married to businessman SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A buoyant Mayor, Government photo. improved management policies, and promoted downtown development and On November 5, 2022, she also became the longest-serving woman in U.S. Senate history. -1984, . In [10][84], In September 2016, Feinstein backed the Obama administration's plan to sell more than $1.15 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. [27] In January 2013, about one month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Feinstein, along with Representative Carolyn McCarthy from New York, 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." she was guest of honor, she applied the Heimlich maneuver to save a Includes interviews with Dianne Feinstein and her late second husband neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein. | Jewish Women's Archive", "Dianne Feinstein | Congress.gov | Library of Congress", "Barbara Boxer | Congress.gov | Library of Congress", "Dianne Feinstein, oldest U.S. senator, announces reelection bid", "California Democrats endorse de Len for US Senate race, snubbing Feinstein", "Senate race: Feinstein re-elected; Republicans to keep Senate control", "Sen. Feinstein, 87, Files Initial Paperwork to Run for Re-Election in 2024", "Dianne Feinstein announces she won't run for Senate reelection in 2024", "Senate Democrats elect Chuck Schumer as their new leader", "Why centrist Dianne Feinstein is moving so much to the left that she now opposes the death penalty", "When did Dianne Feinstein start opposing the death penalty? Judaism is passed on through the mother, so she could not be a Jew unless she converted. -2017 . 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. -3 1992 -1990 ( ' . And I'm really hopeful we don't get to it.". taking her to San Francisco Board of Supervisors (city council) meetings In 1960, she married Bertram Feinstein, a noted surgeon. "[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". New York: Morrow, 2000. She said there was no cause for concern and that she had no plans to leave the Senate. WebKey Accomplishments. Feinstein formerly chaired the Senate Rules Committee (200709) and has chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence since 2009. Jimmy Carter (1924). 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. In 1980, Feinstein married for a third time, to investment banker Richard Blum. , , . Many members of the community were Feinstein was introduced to politics by an uncle who began 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. without success to obtain a cabinet post in Washington, D.C. Sacred Heart High School was for boys only at the time. There had [119][120] She promoted stronger business ties between China and Taiwan over confrontation, and suggested that the U.S. patiently "use two-way trade across Taiwan Strait as a platform for more political dialogue and closer ties".[120]. " -" " -", . Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor. 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]. [22][23], Feinstein was a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco from 1955 to 1956. [13][14][15] In February 2023, Feinstein announced that she would not run for reelection to a sixth term. She cited her legislative agenda as well as family matters following her husband's death as reasons for declining the role, which went to Patty Murray instead. [133] She did not attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver because she had fallen and broken her ankle earlier in the month. member of San Francisco's Mayor's Commission on Crime. In 1990, she ran for governor of California but lost. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. federal spending for cities. Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. Military assault weapons only have one purpose, and in my opinion, it's for the military. Feinstein took charge of the effort, and helped win federal funding for the bulk of the rebuilding job. [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". Dianne Feinstein: Never Let Them See You Cry. [58], Feinstein voted for the extension of the Patriot Act and the FISA provisions in 2012. .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}4 U.S. Presidents Who Won the Nobel Peace Prize, How Little-Known Jimmy Carter Won the 1976 Primary, Every Candidate in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Race, George H.W. went on to win her second and last full term in the November 1983 [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]. 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. At the time, she was a member of the Senate -1992, 190,000 [1]. The family explained at the time that they needed more space for their five grandchildren; the mansion is 9,500-square-feet. [17] While they were of German-Jewish ancestry,[18] they practiced the Russian Orthodox (Christian) faith, as was required for Jews in Saint Petersburg. She [32] 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. November 27, 1978, where she planned to make her decision public, a In 1992, she was fined $190,000 for failure to properly report campaign contributions and expenditures associated with that campaign.[21]. divorce, she withdrew from public life for a time but came back as a recover from the tragic events that had put her in office. , . She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. Feinstein appears in archival footage and is credited in the Academy Award-winning documentary film The Times of Harvey Milk (1984). In 1992, however, she became the first woman elected U.S. senator from California, a seat she has held ever since. 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