He died on April 20, on April 20, Democrat, the Progressive Democrat who served two contracts in Congress, then Bobner, the progressive democratic that served two contracts in Congress and then successfully nominated the San Diego mayor, and promised to get rid of the city hall – but his career was within months amid a storm of sexual harassment charges – on April 20.
His family announced death. This announcement did not provide a reason or say where he died, but San Diego Union-Tribune stated that he died in a living house with the help of Costa Missa, California.
Mr. Felner, who was known for his combat style, resigned as a mayor under pressure in August 2013, after 18 women accused him of sexual misconduct in his time as a mayor and during his years in Congress.
Women included a retired background Admiral in the navy, the university dean and former Director of Communications to Mr. Werner, who said that Mr. Felner told her that he wanted to see her naked and asked her to work without underwear.
Let the position deny any violations. But after two months, he admitted that he was guilty of a felony from the wrong prison and a misdemeanor of the battery that involves two other women. He was sentenced to three months in prison at home and monitored three years.
“I did not intend to be the mayor of this, so,” He said.
His humiliating fall overwhelmed a long record of liberal activity, which he greatly represented in low -income areas, a variety of racist in San Diego and South California, and a profession as a progressive hero who followed his prison in Mississippi as a contestant in 1961.
The first Democratic mayor was elected San Diego in 20 years, and reached his position with comprehensive plans for a liberal business schedule of the second largest city in California, which was more conservative than other major cities in the state. The city’s business institution, including the Al -Tahrir page in the Federation, fought, which compared a caricature with Joker in “Batman” films.
Former professor of college history at San Diego State University, Mr. Fenner entered the electoral policy in 1979 by winning a seat in the San Diego School Council, which led to a seat in the city council in 1987.
He was elected to Congress in 1992 from the newly drawn fiftieth province in California, which included most of the state’s borders with Mexico, with a large number of Spanish population.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Fenner helped establish the progressive gathering of Congress. During his ten period, he rose to the Chairman of the House of Representatives on the affairs of the old warriors. He defended work, environmental and civil issues.
As a student in Cornell, he volunteered in the summer of 1961 horse riding, and protests on separate bus stations in the deep south.
Upon his arrival at the bus in Jackson, Miss, Mr. Fenner was arrested for disturbing peace and incitement to riots. Instead of publishing bonds, followed the tactics of the agreed demonstrators and before the two -month prison sentence in the notorious Mississippi Prison, known as the Parsman Farm.
“The journey of freedom has changed my whole life personally and politically,” Mr. Fenner later He said.
Robert Earl Welnner was born on September 4, 1942, in Pittsburgh, to Sarah and Joseph Wilner. His father was the work of the Labor Party, which continued to manage a series of mineral commercial companies.
After spending prison time in Mississippi, Mr. Fenner returned to Cornell, where he obtained a chemistry degree in 1963 and a doctorate. In the history of science in 1969.
Then he moved to San Diego and studied the history of the college there for 20 years.
His marriage to Barbara Christie in 1966 and Jane Merrill in 1985, both ended with divorce.
He survived by Ibn, Adam, and daughter, Irene, from his first marriage; Friends; And brother, Bernard.
In July 2013, just seven months after the state of Mr. Fener for a period of four years as a mayor, she was immersed in a snowstorm of sexual harassment charges. She held a former member of the city council who once worked with Mr. Fenerr, Donna Frry, a press conference in which she announced that many women had accused the mayor of unwanted progress, including touch and kissing.
“Bob Welner is tragicly unsafe to any woman approaching her,” Ms. Frei said, and she invited him to quit smoking.
Mr. Fenner apologized for any misconduct he committed, describing himself as a “very clear person” and “hugs of men and women.” But he refused to step down.
Within a few days, Irene McCormak Jackson, former communications director, filed a lawsuit and He said at a press conference That the mayor wear his arm around her neck and withdraw her “like a rag doll, while he was whispering sexual comments” in her ear.
More accused, including Old military warriors He said that Mr. Felner used his position on his authority to press them for intimate dates or communication.
Democrats called the elected and the former political animals to resign the mayor. Among the choir is the Senator Barbara Boxer from California, who has published an open letter calling for step down. He did this on August 23, but he remained challenging, This indicates that he was expelled by the “mob mentality”.
He later admitted that he was guilty of a felony of restricting a woman and a misdemeanor of kissing a woman against her will and touching the buttocks of another woman. The approval deal was reached by Kamala Harris, who ruled the case as the state prosecutor.
Mrs. Harris, who was later, said the democratic presidential candidate in 2024, who faces Donald J. Trump: “This behavior was not only a criminal, but also a severe abuse of power.” “No one is above the law.”
