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Laura S Friedman

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2024 Leaving office (amendment)
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2025-03-141 gifts
2024 Leaving office (amendment)
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2025-02-241 travel
2024 Leaving office (amendment)
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2025-02-121 gifts
2024 Leaving office
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2024-12-1719 investments, 2 businesses & trusts, 18 gifts, 2 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $1,028.04 in gifts to them in 2024 from 4 sources this statement doesn't list

Lobbyist employers' reports to the Secretary of State (Cal-Access) list activity expenses that benefited them in 2024, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP $345 (dinner and award); WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES; THE $310 (disneyland tickets); WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY (FKA WARNERMEDIA AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.) $292 (tickets); California Environmental Voters $81.04 (meal).

What to check
  • Whether they attended or accepted it: the report is the lobbyist employer's account.
  • What Schedule D doesn't require (Form 700 instructions): gifts returned within 30 days; free admission and food at an event where they made a speech, from its organizer; up to two tickets to a campaign or 501(c)(3) fundraiser from the organization holding it; informational material; plaques worth less than $250.
  • Whether it's on the statement under another name.
  • That the report's beneficiary is this person (matched by name and office).
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP $345
  • 2024-04-18 Dinner and award at Assemblymembers and staff $345 (of $1,130 for everyone it lists) · lobbyist employer report
WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES; THE $310
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY (FKA WARNERMEDIA AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.) $292
California Environmental Voters $81.04
Rule: Lobbying gifts not on the statement
“A gift is reportable if its fair market value is $50 or more. In addition, multiple gifts totaling $50 or more received during the reporting period from a single source must be reported.”Form 700 (2025/2026), Instructions – Schedule D ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Amendments · the statement

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check
  • Compare with the original statement for the same year.
Rule: An amended statement

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Context Amendments · the statement

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check
  • Compare with the original statement for the same year.
Rule: An amended statement

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Context Amendments · the statement

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check
  • Compare with the original statement for the same year.
Rule: An amended statement

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Behested payments

What Laura S Friedman reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $10,500 in 8 payments to 8 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Emma Shultz $3,000 · Milena Rossi $3,000 · Diego Gamboa Martinez $1,000 · Xin Lu $1,000 · Lilit Tadevosyan $750

Paid byTo, forAmount
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Emma Shultz · Women in California Leadership Scholarship Award
Charitable · 2024-07-29		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Milena Rossi · Women in California Leadership Scholarship Award
Charitable · 2024-07-29		$3,000
California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation
Granite Bay		Diego Gamboa Martinez · Scholarship Award - Essay Category
Charitable · 2024-04-24		$1,000
California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation
Granite Bay		Xin Lu · Scholarship Award - Arts Category
Charitable · 2024-04-24		$1,000
California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation
Granite Bay		Lilit Tadevosyan · Scholarship Award - Essay Category
Charitable · 2024-04-24		$750
California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation
Granite Bay		Aleen Kojikian · Scholarship Award - Arts Category
Charitable · 2024-04-24		$750
California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation
Granite Bay		Sylvia Balyan · Scholarship Award - Essay Category
Charitable · 2024-04-24		$500
California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation
Granite Bay		Ile Joy Cheng · Scholarship Award - Arts Category
Charitable · 2024-04-24		$500

From the FPPC's Form 803 data (search and download). “Campaign donor” links to a donor who gave to two or more 2026 state candidates.

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Laura S Friedman since 2024: $1,054 across 7 items from 5 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP
$345 in all		Dinner and award at Assemblymembers and staff · 2024-04-18 · report$345
WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES; THE
$310 in all		DISNEYLAND TICKETS at THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY · 2024-07-31 · report$310
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY (FKA WARNERMEDIA AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.)
$292 in all		TICKETS at WARNER BROS. STUDIO · 2024-06-17 · report$292
California Environmental Voters
$81 in all		Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-08-21 · report$30.36
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-05-15 · report$33.43
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-01-17 · report$17.25
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THEATRE OWNERS OF CALIFORNIA/NEVADA
$26 in all		Food & Beverage at Cinemark USA and Universal Pictures · 2024-04-30 · report$26.11

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