Veteran US Senator Dianne Feinstein passes away at 90
California Women's Parole Board. Feinstein, however, didn't hold public office until he was 35 years old and was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Feinstein unsuccessfully campaigned for mayor twice in the 1970s while serving as the first female president of the Board of Supervisors.
When disaster struck the city, she had already decided she would not run again, according to ABC7 news. Feinstein was appointed following the tragic murder of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone by Supervisor Dan White in 1978. Feinstein was elected mayor for the first time in 1979 and immediately set about changing the city.
Born as Dianne Goldman on June 22, 1933, in San Francisco, she was brought up by a Russian Orthodox mother and a Jewish father. Feinstein completed her education at Stanford University, where she received her degree in 1955. She later went on to wed three times.
She survived a recall attempt during the ten years she was in office, which was mostly driven by opponents of her plan to outlaw handguns in San Francisco. She was in charge of changing the city's skyline, which some criticised as "Manhattanizing" San Francisco, as per ABC7 news report. Feinstein was appointed following the tragic murder of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone by Supervisor Dan White in 1978.
Feinstein was elected mayor for the first time in 1979 and immediately set about changing the city. In Congress, Feinstein served as the first woman to chair the Senate Rules Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee. She was the chief author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which put a ten-year ban on some semi-automatic weapons.
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