Dianne Feinstein’s Most Important Job Was an Unofficial One
Appreciating California’s Last Ambassador to the United States
The death of Dianne Feinstein isn’t just the end of a pathbreaking life. Or a generational shift in power in the U.S. Senate.
It’s the severing of a crucial link holding California and the United States together.
In her half-century in public office, Feinstein played many roles and came to mean many different things to Californians, especially those in her hometown of San Francisco. But for the Golden State as a whole, her most important job was an unofficial one: She was California’s ambassador …