Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. She won, becoming California's senior senator, and was re-elected in 1994, 2000, 2006 and 2012. 34 " , " " -" ". [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. [100] The EARN IT act effectively outlaws end-to-end encryption, depriving the world of secure, private communications tools. also angered by her veto (rejection) of a measure that would have Harkin (1939) said, "Just by being on the Senate floor, Jimmy Carter (1924). "[29] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. 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. , , , . Dianne Feinstein was elected San Francisco's first female mayor in [145][146] In 1962, shortly after beginning her career in politics, Feinstein married her second husband, neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein, who died of colon cancer in 1978. 1984. Feinstein became acting mayor as she was president of the Board of Supervisors. [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. Although she ran a tough campaign New York: Morrow, 2000. Sacred Heart High School was for boys only at the time. [5] The special election was triggered by the resignation of Pete Wilson, who defeated her in the 1990 gubernatorial election. Francisco." [106] In 1996 she opposed Proposition 215 to legalize the medical use of cannabis in California. Richard Blum, the longtime husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday evening following a battle with cancer, the senator announced Monday. According to multiple sources, Feinstein's mother was abusive. She served as the board's first female president in 1978, during which time the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk drew national attention to the city. [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. On November 5, 2022, she also became the longest-serving woman in U.S. Senate history. She served as the board's first female president in 1978, during which time the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk by Dan White drew national attention. A Feinstein spokesperson said she "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". recover from the tragic events that had put her in office. [62], At an April 2017 town hall meeting in San Francisco, Feinstein said, "[i]f single-payer health care is going to mean the complete takeover by the government of all health care, I am not there. She was also married to her second husband at the time, neurosurgeon 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. During her tenure, she led the renovation of the city's cable car system and oversaw the 1984 Democratic National Convention. during her youth, which resulted in her deep respect for different Her maternal grandparents, the Rosenburgs, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. .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. " 1994", . decided I would not again be a candidatefor anything.". 3, including Dianne Feinstein. She recalled later that this was the main factor When her first marriage ended in "[67], When Feinstein first ran for statewide office in 1990, she favored capital punishment. occasionally stumbled. Feinstein is the first woman to have chaired the Senate Rules Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, and the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration. 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. After graduating career was over. copying) of another human being a crime, to allow local school districts But after Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee, she fully backed his candidacy. [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. In October of that year she stated that she stood by those comments. In October 2013, she said she stood by that. [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. on spot", "Fight over ethanol brewing in D.C. 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[59], Feinstein has supported the Affordable Care Act, repeatedly voting to defeat initiatives aimed against it. [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. [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. , ", , [2]. appointed in 1962 to a four-year term on the state's -60 . Feinstein was born in San Francisco, California, on June 22, 1933. " ", -17 2006 . Days after Obama amassed enough delegates to win the Democratic Party nomination, Feinstein lent her Washington, D.C., home to both Clinton and Obama to have a private one-on-one meeting. a San Francisco superior court judge. police staffing and policies and succeeded in reducing crime rates. Feinstein authored the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired in 2004. , . Brondfield, Jerome. Feinstein then decided to make the announcement that her political Sister of Private and Private, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein. Russian-American mother, Betty Rosenburg Goldman. Blum, she lost to Wilson by a narrow margin. , . The bill would have exempted 900 models of guns used for sport and hunting. They said the information gathered by intelligence on the phone communications is used to connect phone lines to terrorists and that it did not contain the content of the phone calls or messages. Feinstein and Berman divorced three years later. Born: June 22, 1933 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. Dianne Feinstein , the 89-year-old senator from California who has served in the chamber for three decades, said she will not seek re-election in 2024. I love that woman!. [11] By 2005 her net worth had increased to between $43 million and $99 million. During her early years on the job she tried to please all the when she was sixteen. Dianne's religious training also included her confirmation at Temple Emanuel in San Francisco in 1949. [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]. 1957), has been the presiding judge of the San Francisco Superior Court for twelve years, through 2012.[9][10]. She appears again briefly in archival footage, announcing the death of Moscone and Milk in the 2008 film Milk. [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. 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. [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. [16], Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman[1] in San Francisco to Leon Goldman, a surgeon, and his wife Betty (ne Rosenburg), a former model. , , 10 " ". 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. 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. In 1956 Feinstein married Jack Berman, a man who would eventually become WebKey Accomplishments. 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. As mayor, Feinstein angered the city's large gay community by vetoing domestic partner legislation in 1982. Feinstein was introduced to politics by an uncle who began former supervisor, Dan White, fatally shot Mayor George Moscone "[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". taking her to San Francisco Board of Supervisors (city council) meetings 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. murders forced Feinstein into the position of acting mayor. -1990 , , . [135] She is the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration. 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WebFeinstein's paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland, while her maternal grandparents, who were of the Russian Orthodox faith, were from Saint Petersburg, -1933 , , , , , , . In the 1960s she worked in city government, and in 1970 she was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. [2] Goldman [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. [27][28] Feinstein commented on the bill, saying, "The common thread in each of these shootings is the gunman used a semi-automatic assault weapon or large capacity ammunition magazines. [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. ' . She was quickly corrected by a staffer who informed her that the announcement had already been published.[47]. to use Department of Education funding to build new and smaller schools, "[138][139], The role of president pro tempore, third in line to the US presidency, traditionally goes to the senior member of the majority party. However, he chose Geraldine Ferraro instead. Feinstein was elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978 with initial opposition from Quentin L. Kopp. that have become important to her during her decades-long career in problem of balancing the budget in the face of cutbacks in state and The year 1978 was a tragic one for Feinstein. She also called for the U.S. to "quickly engage North Korea in a high-level dialogue without any preconditions". At 89, Feinstein is the oldest sitting U.S. senator. This senior member is Feinstein after Patrick Leahy retired on January 3, 2023. -3 1992 -1990 ( ' . Feinstein was the first woman member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the first woman to chair the Senate Rules and Administration Committee. Widow of Bertram Feinstein and Richard C. Blum. [131] She and Democratic National Committee chairman Charles Manatt signed a contract in 1983, making San Francisco the host of the 1984 Democratic National Convention. also active in student government. By tradition, this made her eligible for Senate president pro tempore, but she declined the position, which went to Patty Murray instead. 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. 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 In 2000 Feinstein received a special recognition award from the Susan G. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor and became the first woman to serve in that position. 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. She has secured In 1956, she married Jack Berman (died 2002), a colleague in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. She was Dianne Feinstein was born in San Francisco, California, on June 22, Feinstein and Saxby Chambliss also defended the NSA's request to Verizon for all the metadata about phone calls made within the U.S. and from the U.S. to other countries. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. While they were of German-Jewish ancestry, they practiced the Russian Orthodox (Christian) faith, as was required for Jews in Saint Petersburg. [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. 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. Committee, she brought the city budget under control, introduced However, once Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee for the party, she fully backed his candidacy. [1]. Below the countdown to Dianne Feinstein upcoming birthday. WebSenator Feinstein is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee where she serves as chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. As mayor, Feinstein angered the city's large gay community by refusing to march in a gay rights parade and by vetoing domestic partner legislation in 1983. On the Senate floor on December 9, 2014, the day parts of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture were released to the public, Feinstein called the government's detention and interrogation program a "stain on our values and on our history". [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 also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. an elected official from office). Along with 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. ' , FISA. There had 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. public service. Combining marriage and family with a career, Feinstein was employed by a -1994, 2000, 2006, 2012 -2018. 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. [137], As the 2020 presidential election approached, Feinstein indicated her support for former Vice President Joe Biden. Feinstein was re-elected in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. went on to win her second and last full term in the November 1983 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. Richard Blum, husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a longtime University of California regent and a stalwart of Democratic politics in California, died Sunday of cancer Wilson's former Senate seat in the 1992 election. However, half an hour before the press conference on term. 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