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Hollywood executives scrambled Monday to interpret President Trump’s call for stiff tariffs on movies produced outside the U.S. — a bombshell proposal that would upend how movies have been made for years.
Trump on Sunday night announced that he was authorizing a 100% tariff on movies “coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.” The proposal, like many other Trump-imposed tariffs, is aimed at bringing a key industry back home.
THE BUZZ: COPENHAGEN CONFAB — JD Vance chuckled as Donald Trump predicted the U.S will acquire Greenland “one way or the other.”
Laura Friedman is not so enthused by the president’s fixation.
Hundreds of people gathered in Beverly Hills for Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24. Demonstrators took to the 8500 block of Wilshire Boulevard outside the Consulate General of Turkey, waved Armenian flags, chanted phrases including “Armenians united will never be divided” and condemned the actions of Turkey and Azerbaijan.
U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) hosted a town hall at Los Angeles City College on April 14. There, she continued engaging directly with constituents on the most pressing issues facing families across the region – from unaffordable housing and rising healthcare costs to attacks on democratic institutions and essential federal services. The town hall was live-streamed on CSPAN.
The sweeping bill that would increase California film and television tax credits from $330 million to $750 million has been advanced by the Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism Committee in the state assembly and the Revenue and Tax Committee in the state senate.
Los Angeles has seen its dominance as the film and television capital of the world start to chip away as companies leave California for other states and countries with lower production costs.
But it’s not just Hollywood’s pride that’s at stake.
Those worried about the mass exodus of production companies say that when film crews and others in the industry leave, it has a negative ripple effect on the local and state economies.
When workers relocate out of L.A., for example, they’re not spending their money at local shops or restaurants.
U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman, who represents Burbank and Glendale, led members of IATSE, SAG-AFTRA, the Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, and Teamsters Local 399 to announce a new push to bring film and television production back to Los Angeles.
- Members of Congress who represent Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu are pushing for a federal law that would require mortgage lenders to give some borrowers a break on their mortgages after natural disasters
The Southern California lawmakers who represent
A new lawsuit is now the 14th filed by California against the Trump administration.
“Inside the Issues” host Renee Eng speaks with Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, on her recent constituent town hall event, President Donald Trump's tariffs, Los Angeles wildfire legislation and more.
Then, Dan Schnur — politics professor at USC, UC Berkeley, and Pepperdine — breaks down the political impact of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's rally tour, and reviews Trump's recent polling numbers.
U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman, along with local seniors and veterans, gathered in front of the Hollywood Social Security Office to demand answers from the Trump administration on its plan for massive new tariffs that would raise everyday costs — and cuts to Social Security access that could leave vulnerable communities without the services they’ve earned.