She rose from city supervisor to Senate chamber.
Dianne Feinstein has been California's senator for almost 30 years. She owes her start to San Francisco."It's an incredible honor," said Feinstein in a statement."I'm forever grateful to the people of California who sent me here to represent them. It has been a great pleasure to watch more and more women walk the halls of the Senate [...] We have seen tremendous progress, but we still have work to do.
Dianne Feinstein was appointed to the Women's Parole Board in 1960, where she served on until 1966. She met her second husband in 1962. Here, Chief Justice Rose Bird, left, of the California State Supreme Court, administers the oath of office to Feinstein. Her politics were seen as relatively moderate for San Francisco. Partway through her occupancy, she faced backlash from the LGBTQ+ community when she vetoed legislation that would have permitted domestic partnership in 1982. The same year, she advocated for a ban on handguns in the City, which garnered criticism from anti-racist group The White Panthers, who staged a recall campaign against her. They were unsuccessful.
She is pictured here at the 49ers victory parade with head coach Bill Walsh and owner Eddie Di Bartolo. She won the nomination for the Democratic party, but lost the race against Republican senator Pete Wilson. She was also fined almost $200k after the fact for a failure to properly report campaign contributions and expenditures on the campaign.
During her first year, the Senate approved her proposal to ban the production semiautomatic assault weapons, a continuation of her stance on gun control while serving as mayor in San Francisco. The ban lasted until 2014. In 2021, Feinstein became the longest serving U.S. Senator from California, and is currently the oldest sitting Senator in the chamber.
Dianne Feinstein was appointed to the Women's Parole Board in 1960, where she served on until 1966. She met her second husband in 1962. Here, Chief Justice Rose Bird, left, of the California State Supreme Court, administers the oath of office to Feinstein. Her politics were seen as relatively moderate for San Francisco. Partway through her occupancy, she faced backlash from the LGBTQ+ community when she vetoed legislation that would have permitted domestic partnership in 1982. The same year, she advocated for a ban on handguns in the City, which garnered criticism from anti-racist group The White Panthers, who staged a recall campaign against her. They were unsuccessful.
She is pictured here at the 49ers victory parade with head coach Bill Walsh and owner Eddie Di Bartolo. She won the nomination for the Democratic party, but lost the race against Republican senator Pete Wilson. She was also fined almost $200k after the fact for a failure to properly report campaign contributions and expenditures on the campaign.
During her first year, the Senate approved her proposal to ban the production semiautomatic assault weapons, a continuation of her stance on gun control while serving as mayor in San Francisco. The ban lasted until 2014.
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