Friedman, Laura
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Laura Syril Friedman (born December 3, 1966) is an American politician and former film producer who is the member for California's 30th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented California's 44th State Assembly district from 2016 to 2024. Prior to her election to the Assembly in 2016, Friedman was a member of the Glendale City Council from 2009 to 2016, where she served as mayor of Glendale from 2011 until 2012. She authored a bill to eliminate minimum parking requirements for housing near mass transit stations in California, which was signed into law in 2022.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Friedman, Laura
- First name
- Laura
- Last name
- Friedman
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- California 30th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- California 30th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $1,835,665.11
- Total disbursements
- $1,538,916.87
- Cash on hand
- $296,748.24
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $1,835,665.11 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $1,519,517.95;Share: 82.8%;Denominator: $1,835,665.11 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $309,393.00;Share: 16.9%;Denominator: $1,835,665.11 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,835,665.11 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,835,665.11 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,835,665.11 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $6,754.16;Share: 0.4%;Denominator: $1,835,665.11 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $1,325,497.00
- Itemized
- $1,325,497.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 2843 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $1,325,497.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $20,100.00;Transactions: 25;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $54,675.00;Transactions: 69;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $218,366.00;Transactions: 244;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $36,345.00;Transactions: 89;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $18,565.00;Transactions: 65;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $163,272.00;Transactions: 229;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $8,659.00;Transactions: 66;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $12,112.00;Transactions: 57;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $121,310.00;Transactions: 189;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $28,661.00;Transactions: 98;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $43,586.00;Transactions: 123;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $51,049.00;Transactions: 137;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $69,167.00;Transactions: 190;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $68,821.00;Transactions: 217;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $26,673.00;Transactions: 116;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $34,929.00;Transactions: 103;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $33,529.00;Transactions: 92;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $67,870.00;Transactions: 99;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $60,349.00;Transactions: 141;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $56,468.00;Transactions: 161;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $54,925.00;Transactions: 163;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $59,951.00;Transactions: 138;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $8,490.00;Transactions: 20;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $7,625.00;Transactions: 12;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $1,325,497.00 across 2,843 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $76,890.00;Transactions: 1,250 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $173,649.00;Transactions: 676 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $228,613.00;Transactions: 444 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $316,800.00;Transactions: 291 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $529,545.00;Transactions: 182 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 32% in district
- District share basis
- $415,610.00 in district and $890,601.00 out of district; $19,286.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $19,286.00 with 33 reported transactions; visible denominator is $1,325,497.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $415,610.00;Transactions: 1,222;Denominator: $1,325,497.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $800,430.00;Transactions: 1,434;Denominator: $1,325,497.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $90,171.00;Transactions: 154;Denominator: $1,325,497.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $19,286.00;Transactions: 33;Denominator: $1,325,497.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| GILES, JOHNNIE | $7,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| SHEN, FREDA | $6,700.00 | 18 transactions |
| MEDFORD, ROBERTA | $6,600.00 | 5 transactions |
| ROGERS, SUSAN | $6,600.00 | 5 transactions |
| HEDLUND, MARC | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| MINASYAN, VLAD | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| SENSENBRENNER, DAVID | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| CAMERON, RIMA | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| KIESEL, PAUL | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| AZOFF, IRVING | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $585,094.00 | 1422 transactions |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES | $10,424.00 | 19 transactions |
| CITY OF LOS ANGELES | $10,115.00 | 28 transactions |
| DAKE WILSON ARCHITECTS | $7,800.00 | 4 transactions |
| CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE | $7,050.00 | 9 transactions |
| ATLAS ENTERTAINMENT, LLC | $6,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| ADEPT | $6,800.00 | 4 transactions |
| NORAMAX PRODUCTIONS | $6,700.00 | 3 transactions |
| SAFE MED TRANZ, INC. | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| ART ADVISORS, LLC | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $68,989.00 | 76 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $68,989.00 and 76 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H4CA30149
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H4CA30149
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:F000483
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA30149:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA30149:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
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- wikidata_id
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