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Senator Dianne Feinstein will be honored Thursday with a grand memorial service at San Francisco City Hall, bringing a complete end to a groundbreaking political life that began in the same building more than half a century earlier.

The commemoration will take place on the steps of the building at approximately 1 p.m. and is expected to include a large number of well-connected guests in addition to family and friends. It is closed to the public but is streamed live here.

President Biden will speak via recorded remarks, while Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to deliver remarks in person. Others planning to speak at the memorial include Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Feinstein’s granddaughter Eileen Mariano.

Feinstein, who died Friday at the age of 90, lay in state at City Hall on Wednesday, as the public was encouraged to visit and sign a book of condolence.

Feinstein has represented California in the U.S. Senate since 1992, and much of her vast political legacy was built over her three decades on Capitol Hill.

Yet she always called San Francisco home.

It was here where she first entered local politics by winning a seat on the Board of Supervisors in 1969, and it was here that she was catapulted onto the national political stage in 1978 when Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated, forcing them out power was elevated. chairman of the board to mayor.

She was the first woman in the city’s history to serve as mayor, and she served for ten years until 1988. Many residents still remember her as much for her local contributions, such as helping to save the city’s streetcars , as well as for her national contributions, as she does. work that passed a federal ban on assault weapons in 1994.

Feinstein continued to harass her successors at City Hall on municipal issues

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issues big and small, to their amusement and dismay.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed former labor leader Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat until the next election.