Diane Feinstein s Life For Serving The People Of...

Biography Diane Feinstein was born in 1933 in San Francisco. Dianne Feinstein has devoted her life to serving the people of California, first at the local level and later at the national one. In 1960, Feinstein was elected by Governor Pat Brown to the state s Women s Board of Parole, making her the youngest member in the nation. Dianne Feinstein held her position with Board of Parole for six years, and in 1968 she became a member of the San Francisco Committee on Crime. During 1969, Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming again the first woman ever to serve as the board s president. During the same period, Dianne Feinstein also ran for mayor twice, losing to her contenders both times. In 1978, Diane Feinstein became the acting mayor of San Francisco after the sitting mayor was killed and the following year she was elected and remained in her position as a Mayor, a position she held until 1988. In 1992, after an unsuccessful attempt to win the California govern orship, Feinstein ran in a special election for a seat in the U.S. Senate and became the first woman elected U.S. senator from California. Political History After winning a seat in the Senate in 1992, Feinstein was re-elected in 1994, 2000, 2006 and 2012 and has been a senator from California for a total of 24 years or 4 terms. As California s Senator, Dianne Feinstein has built a name as an independent voice, working in a bipartisan way to find rational solutions to the problems