Senator Dianne Feinstein's death leaves her daughters wrangling over ... trends now
Dianne Feinstein's daughter and three stepdaughters are set to inherit the late senator's $102 million property portfolio, as well as her $62 million private jet.
The California congresswoman, who died in DC Friday aged 90, leaves behind an Italianite mansion with stunning views of San Francisco Bay that's worth $21 million.
Democrat Feinstein - whose vast wealth raised eyebrows - died in a Washington DC mansion she owned that's worth $7.4 million.
She also owned a $5 million Hawaii duplex, $7.5 million beach house in Marin County, California and a $62 million Gulfstream G650 jet she used to shuttle between her property empire.
Feinstein's already-vast coffers were further swelled by the sale of two other enviable homes in recent years - an Aspen ranch sold last year for $25 million, and a Lake Tahoe compound sold for $36 million. She is also believed to have had around $70 million cash in the bank.
Much of her wealth has stemmed from her billionaire second husband Richard Blum, the financier and founder of investment firm Blum Capital Partners, who passed away in February 2022. Feinstein has one daughter, Katherine, as well as three stepdaughters with her late spouse.
But the portfolio, estimated to be worth upwards of $160 million, is now the subject of a tense argument between the couple's offspring, according to the New York Post.
Feinstein's San Francisco home was built in 1917 and looms large over the picturesque Bay area, with estimates placing its value at $21 million
Following the death of her husband in 2022, Feinstein offloaded her sprawling 36-acre Bear Paw ranch in Aspen, Colorado for $25 million
The longtime lawmaker jetted between her lavish properties in a Gulfstream G65 private jet (seen in a stock image), which go for over $61 million pre-owned
Much of Feinstein's considerable wealth was fueled by her political clout and marriage to financier Richard Blum (pictured together)
An ugly court battle over the cluster of mansions has already erupted after Feinstein's daughter and power of attorney Katherine sued the marital trust that the senator and Blum held much of their properties and bank accounts in.
After Blum passed away from cancer aged 86 last year, Feinstein inherited an annual income of $1 million through his trust, which was held separately from the marital trust.
Following Feinstein's death, her daughter Katherine, a San Francisco judge, is set to share the couple's sprawling estate with Blum's three daughters Annette Blum, Heidi Blum Riley and Eileen Blum Bourgarde.
How they divide up the portfolio remains to be seen - with the couple's San Francisco home likely the largest point of contention as one of the most expensive properties up for grabs.
The lavish home, built in 1917, is a striking mansion situation on the city's iconic Lyon Steps with panoramic views over the San Francisco Bay.
Valued at $21 million, the home is almost three times as valuable as her DC pad in the upmarket American University Park neighborhood, appraised at $7.4 million.
It was constructed in 1936 and features stunning landscaped gardens including a pool house and a guest house. Feinstein purchased the home in 2001, nine years after she first entered the Senate, for $5.1 million.
