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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, March 10, 2025, U.S.
As the Trump administration continues to threaten federal funding for a wide array of departments, programs and projects across the country, local officials and transit experts are on alert to understand how or if Metro will be affected, as the city waits for millions of allocated dollars to expand the rail lines, as well as an answer to a multibillion dollar request for the 2028 Olympics.
Democrats are looking to prevent President Donald Trump from “illegally withholding or diverting funding” appropriated in the Republican-led continuing resolution set for a vote on Tuesday through an eleventh-hour amendment.
Introduced by Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA) on Monday, the amendment would ensure that the president “recognizes, and states that they will uphold, Congress’ constitutional authority to authorize and appropriate funds and will disburse those funds faithfully and in full.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, March 3, 2025, U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman (CA-30) announced that she will be bringing Eric Rowley, President of Burbank Fire Fighters Local 778, as her guest to President Trump’s Joint Session of Congress. Rowley represents the brave men and women on the front lines of California’s increasingly destructive wildfires and climate-driven disasters.
- Rep. Friedman said the Trump administration’s efforts to freeze funds previously approved by Congress threaten the L.A. River revitalization effort and other projects.
- An Army Corps’ spokesperson said the agency recognizes the importance of the L.A.
Above: Friedman and Larsen discussing parts of the LA River Restoration Project.
CALIFORNIA — Today, February 21, 2025, U.S. Representative Laura Friedman (CA-30) released the following statement blasting the Trump Administration and Richard Grenell for threatening to impose conditions on aid to California families desperately in need of relief:
Gesturing toward the nearly completed Wilshire/La Brea Metro station, U.S. Representative Laura Friedman warned "The Trump Administration proposed cuts to federal investments to support this stop, this train stop that is months away from opening."
"How crazy is that?"
Metro is extending the D Line subway to Westwood, with the first of three new sections expected to open later this year.
U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman led a tour of the Los Angeles River Restoration Project along with members of Congress, project coordinators and journalists on Thursday, Feb. 20, to highlight her concern that President Trump’s proposed federal budget cuts could threaten climate initiatives.
The multi-billion-dollar project aims to revive about 11 miles of the Los Angeles River, roughly from Griffith Park to downtown Los Angeles, while at the same time maintaining current levels of flood risk management.
Above: Friedman and Larsen before touring a new Metro station built with investments from the federal government.