Boxer, Feinstein both supported SOPA/PIPA

The grassroots and corporate tech rebellion against two Internet censorship bills [1]was, by all accounts, a stunning success and a demonstration of the clout of online politics and web organizing -- and the emergence of Big Tech as a potential counterbalance to Big Entertainment. But it's worth noting as the dust settles that two of the biggest supporters of SOPA and PIPA were the senators from California, Barbara Boxer [2] and Diane Feinstein. [3]

Raw Story points out that Boxer was a major recipeint of Hollywood money [4]:

Far and away, the top beneficiary in the Senate from interest groups that support PIPA is Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), who’s taken in just short of a million dollars from those groups, according to data from OpenSecrets.org. She’s also the most recent Senator to co-sponsor PIPA, adding her name to the list on Dec. 12.

Most of the Bay Area delegation opposed the bill. S.F.'s Nancy Pelosi was against it early on [5], as was Barbara Lee of Oakland [6]. Jackie Speier [7] of San Mateo and the South Bay's Pete Stark [8] were also both opposed. If Lynn Woolsey, the retiring rep. from Marin, has taken a position, it's not clear what it is; she's listed by most of the anti-censorship groups as undecided.

But for the two senators, both from Northern California, the SoCal position carried the day.