In this episode of Meet The Candidates, Kari Steele sat down with Laura Friedman, an American politician and former film producer serving in the California State Assembly and a candidate for California's 30th congressional district. Listen to the full interview below and anywhere you are on demand, on the free iHeartRadio app.
Laura Friedman Bio:
First elected to the California State Assembly in November 2016, Laura Friedman represents the cities of Burbank, Glendale, and Los Angeles, as well as the communities of La Crescenta, Lake View Terrace, Montrose, North Hollywood, Shadow Hills, Sherman Oaks, Sunland-Tujunga, Studio City, Toluca Lake, and Valley Village.
Laura’s legislative work is focused in three primary areas: addressing the housing affordability and homelessness crisis, combating climate change, and protecting vulnerable communities. During her time in the Assembly, Laura has secured over $60 million in funding for active transportation projects in her district, and authored a package of bills to create new avenues for communities to tackle the affordable housing crisis, encourage water conservation, strengthen environmental sustainability, protect communities against devastating wildfires, improve access to higher education and health care, and ensure that California’s foster youth have the support that they need as they transition to adulthood.
Long recognized as a steadfast advocate for the environment, sustainable communities, and active transportation, Laura served as the Chair for the Assembly Committee on Transportation from 2020 through 2023. Her time as Chair marked a shift towards forward-thinking policies such as investing in mass transit, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, zero-emission vehicles, road safety, and sustainability. She has championed data-driven transportation policy that focuses on the link between housing and transportation, and improving road safety for all users, including landmark legislation to provide local communities with greater flexibility to set speed limits on their roadways. Before moving to the Transportation Committee, Laura served as the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources.