Press Releases

Above: Friedman speaks with members of her Immigration Advisory Committee.

BURBANK, CA — U.S. Representative Laura Friedman (CA-30) convened a meeting with her Immigration Advisory Committee. The committee, which is made up of local legal aid clinics and immigrant rights groups, discussed ongoing issues around immigration enforcement under the Trump Administration.

Calls on Congress to move immediately with legislation that brings jobs and production back to the United States

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, August 31, 2026, U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman (CA-30) released the following statement after President Trump's Truth Social post calling on Republicans and Democrats to immediately draft bipartisan legislation creating a national film tax credit:

BURBANK, CA —  Today, August 31, 2026, U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman (CA-30) celebrated the official phase out of paraquat in California after every manufacturer of products containing the toxic ingredient voluntarily agreed to pull them from the market. The phase-out is the direct result of legislation Friedman authored in the California Assembly which forced state regulators to fast-track a scientific review the pesticide industry had fought for years to delay.

Above: Rep. Friedman, Waters, Chu, Lieu, and Kamlager-Dove on the dais at today’s panel.

Above: Rep. Friedman speaks to a crowd of architects. 

LOS ANGELES, CA — U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman (CA-30) sat down for a conversation with members of the Association for Women in Architecture + Design (AWA+D) on the topics of the Congresswoman’s housing policy and work in the Assembly on housing and land use reform. The conversation was moderated by Staci Nesbitt and Renee Dake Wilson.

Above: Rep. Friedman speaks with WIC administrators.

LOS ANGELES, CA —  U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman (CA-30) toured the Van Ness WIC Center, one of two WIC agencies serving thousands of pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women as well as children under 5 years of age in the area. Friedman spoke to program administrators about their chief concerns regarding federal funding of WIC.

Above: Friedman reads to toddlers at LACOE and Para Los Niños’ Head Start on Vine.

Above: Friedman joins health care providers and advocates at McCambridge Park in Burbank.