It must be tough keeping track of all the workmen doing your chores when you have as many multi—million dollar mansions as Senator Dianne Feinstein and her fabulously wealthy husband Richard Blum. The latest addition to the property collection is a 16 million dollar house in San Francisco, located adjacent to a public right—of—way along steps run up a hill. The workmen doing the gardening and renovation on the njew digs ripped up an entire formal garden located on public land. Here is the before photo, and here is the after photo, via the San Francisco Chronicle's ace investigative reporters Matier & Ross. And yes, that house in the background is the Senator's new SF digs. There is no question of bad faith or malign intent. M&R explain: If it sounds like her crew went too far in digging up a public space, we should point out there is some ambiguity —— because the landscaping around the Lyon Street steps is supposed to be maintained by the...(Read Full Post)