Feinstein is a longtime tech industry villain on the "catastrophically ignorant" track,[1][2] especially around encryption.[3][4] I'll especially remember her brushing off kids who lobbied her on the Green New Deal:[5]

> “I’ve gotten elected, I just ran,” she added. “I was elected by almost a million-vote plurality. And I know what I’m doing. So you know, maybe people should listen a little bit.”

The SF Chronicle ran a story in April about her progressing cognitive problems. She's 88.[6]

The race to replace her was already competitive before she'd even announced her retirement.[7]

1: https://www.politico.com/story/2012/06/feinstein-im-no-techn...

2: https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/sen-feinstein-sh...

3: https://www.techdirt.com/2016/04/08/burr-feinstein-release-t...

4: https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-i...

5: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/431238-kids-confront-fei...

6: https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstei...

7: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-01-20/california...