Dianne Feinstein Archives - California Globe

EXCLUSIVE: Feinstein Husband in Discussions for Ambassador Post

December 26, 2020 5:03 pmDecember 28, 2020 2:44 pm

The California Globe has confirmed with two sources that Richard C Blum, who is married to California’s senior US Senator, Dianne Feinstein, is in talks with the Biden transition committee about an ambassadorship. The understanding is that if such an...

2020 General Election Preview: 29th Senate District

October 7, 2020 2:37 amOctober 8, 2020 8:57 am

The 29th Senate District: Located mainly in northern Orange County with dips in both LA County and San Bernardino County, the 29th Senate District is mainly suburbia. Richard Nixon’s hometown of Yorba Linda is here, as is Fullerton, half of...

2020 General Election Preview: 74th Assembly District

October 3, 2020 7:51 amOctober 7, 2020 8:51 am

The 74th Assembly District: The 74th Assembly District is slotted right into the Southwest of Orange County, encompassing cities such as Irvine, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, and Newport Beach. It’s a wealthy district. In fact it’s so wealthy...

Senator Feinstein’s Husband Found To Have Given ‘Inappropriate’ Help In UC Admissions

September 25, 2020 3:22 pmSeptember 25, 2020 4:27 pm

On Thursday, the California State Auditor’s Office announced that Richard Blum, a UC Board of Regents member and husband of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), had helped get lower qualified students into UC schools by ‘inappropriate’ and ‘problematic’ means. Blum found...

2020 March Primary Preview: 21st Congressional District

February 19, 2020 5:46 am

The 21st Congressional District: Taking up the lower San Joaquin Valley with bits and pieces of Fresno, Kern, Kings, and Tulare Counties, the 21st Congressional District stretches from outer Bakersfield to outer Fresno. An overwhelmingly Hispanic region at 71% of...

From Ruby Ridge to San Francisco

January 21, 2020 6:42 amJanuary 21, 2020 8:53 am

On Sunday night, Fox News ran the second part of their “Scandalous” documentary series on the Ruby Ridge standoff in 1992. The siege, which claimed two innocent lives, took place in northern Idaho, but a California senator played a role...

California Legislature May See a ‘Right to Shelter’ Homeless Bill Soon

January 7, 2020 8:29 pm

‘Right to shelter’ laws, which would make cities unable to turn away anyone seeking shelter for the night, are likely making a return in the halls of the state Capitol Building. Failure of past proposals In previous years, any talk...