Laura Friedman
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, California District 30 (since 2025)
- Occupation
- Member, U.S. House of Representatives
- Lives in
- Glendale
Background
- Has represented California's 30th District in the U.S. House since January 3, 2025. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served in the California State Assembly from 2016 to 2024 (District 43, then District 44). source: ballotpedia.org
- Elected to the Glendale City Council in 2009 and re-elected in 2013; served as mayor of Glendale 2011-2012. source: ballotpedia.org
- Earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester in 1988. source: ballotpedia.org
- Worked as a producer and head of development in the entertainment industry and ran an antiques business. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served on the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
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- Housing affordability and homelessness source: ballotpedia.org
- Health care as a right source: ballotpedia.org
- Addressing climate change source: ballotpedia.org
- Workers' rights and a $15 federal minimum wage source: ballotpedia.org
- Women's rights, including equal pay source: ballotpedia.org
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