Feinstein's $16.5 million view in Pacific Heights

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/29/6 | Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross

[SmithL]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her mega-millionaire husband, Richard Blum, are pulling up stakes on their quiet Presidio Terrace home and moving uptown to a Pacific Heights mansion -- with views to die for.

The $16.5 million mansion -- which sits at the foot of Vallejo Street, between the Presidio and some of the city's most hoity-toity addresses -- offers a sweeping view of the bay.

It's right off what Herb Caen christened the "Gold Rush" -- the final two blocks of upper, upper Broadway, where the residents include Ann and Gordon Getty, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, and Mimi Haas -- as in the Levi Strauss Haases.

"And everyone is extending a warm welcome,'' said former Mayor Willie Brown, who hangs with the hill crowd. "They figure it will mean better homeland security."

[Frank_2001]

Well actually her father was a surgeon, and her second husband was a BRAIN surgeon (hubba hubba!;), so she didn't exactly start out poor. Life's tough, eh?;))

[buffyt]

But those of us who only make $100K or $200K a year are GREEDY because we would like a tax cut, would like to keep more of OUR money, who would never be able to afford a million dollar home, let alone a $16,500K home....
the Limo liberals call us GREEDY!

[linda_22003]

Not even a little bit.