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After clinic closures and care reductions across Northern California, Rep. Laura Friedman’s Restoring Health Care Act seeks to reverse federal restrictions and protect essential services for thousands who rely on Medicaid.
SALINAS, Calif. — Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of sexual and reproductive care in California. So, leaders and Planned Parenthood themselves are adamant on continuing this fight on health care until a solution is reached.
Hundreds of people gathered in Pan Pacific Park on Aug. 5 for National Night Out Against Crime hosted by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Wilshire Division.
Music played, kids enjoyed a bounce house and games and community members mingled with police officers. Pink’s Hot Dogs, Rocco’s Neighborhood Pizza and Chick-Fil-A served food, and booths offered information about city services and service providers.
U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) gave her first legislative update in West Hollywood since taking office at the Aug. 4 West Hollywood City Council meeting.
Last week U.S. Senator Adam Schiff and U.S. Representative Laura Friedman introduced a bill to name a U.S. Postal Service facility in Glendale after former U.S. Navy Secretary Paul Ignatius to honor his legacy of military service.
Ignatius was the highest-ranking Armenian American in the U.S. government when serving as the 59th U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on July 29 over an attempt to defund Planned Parenthood. The lawsuit, filed with 22 other states, alleges that Trump exceeded his authority by attempting to withhold Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood clinics across the state in the “Big Beautiful Bill” budget act.
Glendale, CA — On Saturday, July 26, the Filipino American Business Association of Glendale (FABAG-GLAC), in partnership with the Glendale YMCA, hosted a vibrant celebration marking Philippine-American Friendship Day, featuring a Summer Luau, installation of new 2025-26 officers and board members, and induction of new members.
After a federal judge indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a provision of the new tax cut and spending law that would cut off Medicaid funding from many Planned Parenthood affiliates, Democrats said they plan to introduce legislation that would repeal that provision entirely. |
Burbank Congressional Representative Laura Friedman echoed last week’s call for safer streets in West Hollywood.
The Beverly Press quotes the 30th District House member as saying,
WASHINGTON D.C., DC — After the devastating Fourth of July flooding in Kerr County that claimed the lives of 137 people, FEMA is under intense scrutiny from members of Congress over its response to the disaster, including claims that thousands of calls from survivors went unanswered in the critical days that followed.
David Richardson, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, defended the Trump administration’s handling of the recent catastrophic floods in Texas, insisting to members of Congress on Wednesday that recent policy changes did not slow the government’s response.