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Above: Program from the YMCA LA 55th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Brotherhood Breakfast.
Above: Friedman with AADAP administrators and service providers.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — U.S. Representative Laura Friedman (CA-30) toured the Asian American Drug Abuse Program’s (AADAP) Mickle’s House, the organization’s newest Recovery House and Recovery Bridge Housing program for women in recovery, as well as their young children.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, January 15, 2026, U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman announced new bipartisan, bicameral legislation, the Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services (HUBS) Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Thursday, January 15, 2025, U.S. Representatives Laura Friedman, Chu, Barragán, Lieu, and Whitesides welcomed FEMA’s reversal on post-wildfire soil testing.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, January 8, 2026, Congresswoman Laura Friedman (CA-30) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed legislation to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits, which expired at the end of last year:
“After months of fighting, Democrats successfully forced a vote and passed ACA tax credits extension through the House. This will help millions of Americans afford health insurance. Letting them expire would have been unconscionable.
LOS ANGELES — After 27 years, it is finally time to fill the empty lifeguard stands. In 2026, beleaguered California entertainment industry workers will see the return of what was once a major local employer: the TV show “Baywatch.”
On the first anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades Fires, Congressmembers Judy Chu (CA-28) and Laura Friedman (CA-30) spent the day in Washington, DC, representing their district constituents amid the ongoing struggle to deliver lifesaving relief and critical resources from the government.