This is not the first time this issue has come up involving Feinstein and her husband, Richard Blum. Nor is it the second time.

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To see who really controls California politics, you needn't look any further than 3 places - the UC Board of Regents and the Stanford and USC Boards of Trustees. And yes, Blum is the chairman of the UC Board of Regents.

These people are pretty much untouchable. It would be a cold day in hell before any one of them gets caught with their hand in the cookie jar.