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Three congressional representatives serving the Pasadena and Altadena area called for major federal immigration enforcement reforms on Tuesday, responding to the deaths of two U.S. citizens shot by federal agents in Minneapolis this month.
EXCLUSIVE: The Art Directors Guild will honor first-term Rep. Laura Friedman(D-CA) with its 2026 President’s Award for her advocacy of state and federal tax incentives and her “steadfast support of good union jobs” in the entertainment industry.
On. Feb. 20, U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman (D-Burbank) announced that she is helping lead new federal legislation that would guarantee automatic refunds to small businesses that were impacted by the Trump Administration’s tariffs, which were just ruled illegal by the Supreme Court earlier this morning.
U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman (D-Burbank) toured construction of the West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation’s newest housing project, located at 910 N. Wetherly Drive, last month. The project will provide 89 quality and affordable rentals for low- and moderate-income families.
(DC Bureau) – With Congress questioning the Netflix-Warner Bros. merger in a hearing this week and the president’s push for tariffs on foreign-made films, Washington Correspondent Maddie Biertempfel sat down with former film producer-turned California Congresswoman Laura Friedman to talk about the latest issues in the entertainment industry.
Local officials responded to the Minneapolis killing of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents during a Jan. 28 press conference in Pan Pacific Park, led by Rep. Laura Friedman (D-Glendale), who appeared alongside Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-Pasadena). At the event, the trio called for impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and reduced funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
FAIRFAX DISTRICT, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As outrage mounts over the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal agents, Southern Californian lawmakers Wednesday intensified their calls for sweeping changes within the Department of Homeland Security.
For years the challenges kept coming for Hollywood’s rank and file. First there was the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which interrupted production. Then the historic double strikes in 2023, which did the same. Not to mention an overall contraction in the entertainment business and, to cap it off, fires ripping across swaths of Los Angeles in 2025, destroying the homes of some in the business who were already facing a crushing downturn in work.
The members of the Congressional Jewish Caucus — every Jewish House Democrat — wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on Wednesday urging her to rescind new conditions — presumably related to immigration enforcement and diversity programs — instituted earlier this year on recipients of Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding.