Overview
- LAPD’s Robbery‑Homicide Division is investigating after the couple were found dead in their Brentwood home, with local reports citing stab wounds.
- The Reiners’ 32-year-old son was booked on suspicion of murder shortly after the discovery, and the investigation remains active.
- Reiner conceived California’s 1998 Proposition 10, which created First 5 California and county commissions that have directed more than $11 billion to prenatal and early‑childhood programs.
- He co-founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights to mount legal challenges to Proposition 8, a campaign that helped restore marriage equality in California.
- Public reaction ranged from official condolences by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to a politicized claim by the president criticized as insensitive.