[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS
Legislative Integrity Monitor
Goblin House Intelligence
Congress → Officials → Laura Friedman

Laura Friedman

Democratic · Representative, CA ·30

Laura Friedman is the Democratic U.S. Representative (CA's 30th congressional district). The platform has 6 voting records on file (2025-2026) and 43 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Score Components
28 LOW
Connection Density 20%
0 → 0
Donor Influence 15%
22 → 3
Silence Risk 25%
31 → 8
Contradiction Risk 25%
40 → 10
Intelligence Volume 15%
49 → 7
Constituency Deviation 0%
36 → 0
Voting Misalignment 0%
0 → 0
% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: non-English primary language at home: 48.3%
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Armenian-language households: 100,425
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: D+37
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: unemployment rate: 8.5%
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median property value: $1,138,500
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: foreign-born population: 35.8% (266,000 people)
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median age: 39.8
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 51.8%
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 31%
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 8.3–12.8%
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $91,416
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 36 — Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 68.4% Yes — 31.6% No
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 1 — Behavioral Health Services and Bond Measure (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 50.2% Yes — 49.8% No
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 54 (share 0.1)
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.11)
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 51 (share 0.12)
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Providence St. Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) (3000 employees)
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: DreamWorks Animation (Glendale campus) (2000 employees)
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Warner Bros. Discovery (Burbank HQ) (8000 employees)
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Walt Disney Company / Disney Studios (Burbank HQ) (10000 employees)
secondary ✓ Verified
Jane Fonda Climate PAC donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00806893/
American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00797670/
Defend The Vote donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00764233/
Flip Forward PAC donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00725101/
Vote Mama donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00692137/
Medicare For All donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00685552/
Elect Democratic Women donor $10,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00685297/
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00513176/
National Union Of Healthcare Workers Federal Committee On Political Education donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00461418/
National Elevator Constructors PAC (Nec PAC) donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00383950/
Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association PAC (Swapa PAC) donor $10,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00360669/
Alliance Of Theatrical Employees PAC donor $7,500 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00344325/
Allied Pilots Association Political Action Committee donor $10,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00267849/
League Of Conservation Voters Action Fund donor $5,950 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00252940/
Association Of Professional Flight Attendants Political Action Committee donor $7,500 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (8 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00246421/
National Air Traffic Controllers Assoc PAC donor $7,500 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00238725/
Operating Engineers Local 12 Voluntary Legislative Fund donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00219568/
EMILY's List donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00193433/
Women'S Political Committee Federal donor $10,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00188193/
American Federation Of Teachers Cope- Voluntary A/C donor $5,000 to Laura Friedman's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00157545/
BillVoteDateAlignment
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United… Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Water Resources Development Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
Ratepayer Protection Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
PROOF Act Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Retire through Ownership Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood… Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 9576 and H.R. 10326, providing… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in… Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 9576 and H.R. 10326, providing… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
GUARD Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers… Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Whistleblower Protection Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act Yea 2026-09-14 unknown
National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act Yea 2026-09-14 unknown
Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act Nay 2026-09-03 unknown
Protecting Domestic Mining Act Nay 2026-09-02 unknown
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require… Nay 2026-09-02 unknown
In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
Providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period… Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
AGOA Extension Act Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act Yea 2026-08-31 unknown
Last contradiction analysis: Never
platform_vs_disclosure 30/100
Platform: "Friedman campaigns on a corporate-PAC-free pledge and co-founded the California Legislative Progressive Caucus. Her website states: 'Laura's campaign doesn't take a dime from corporate PACs and completely relies on…
[ Show full platform position ]
Friedman campaigns on a corporate-PAC-free pledge and co-founded the California Legislative Progressive Caucus. Her website states: 'Laura's campaign doesn't take a dime from corporate PACs and completely relies on grassroots supporters like you!'
"
Vote: on "While refusing corporate PAC money, Friedman accepts contributions from trade-association PACs…"
Friedman's 'no corporate PAC' pledge is technically maintained but functionally porous: she accepts substantial PAC funds from trade associations with corporate lobbying agendas (NAR, Motion Picture Association, Sugar Cane League) and AIPAC. The distinction between corporate PACs and trade-association PACs is legally…
[ Show full analysis ]
Friedman's 'no corporate PAC' pledge is technically maintained but functionally porous: she accepts substantial PAC funds from trade associations with corporate lobbying agendas (NAR, Motion Picture Association, Sugar Cane League) and AIPAC. The distinction between corporate PACs and trade-association PACs is legally clear but substantively thin — trade associations represent pooled corporate interests and lobby for industry-favorable policy. This pattern is common among progressive Democrats who eschew direct corporate PAC money while accepting union and trade-association funds.
Last silence detection: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:08:59 GMT (via scheduled run)
party committees
Flip Forward PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: party committees
other / unclassified
Flip Forward PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: other / unclassified
colleagues' leadership pacs
Medicare For All (amounts: $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs
ideological & single-issue
Women'S Political Committee Federal, League Of Conservation Voters Action Fund, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Elect Democratic Women, Vote Mama, Defend The Vote, Jane Fonda Climate PAC, EMILY's List (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $5,950 (2024), $5,000…
[ Show full donor-interest summary ]
Women'S Political Committee Federal, League Of Conservation Voters Action Fund, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Elect Democratic Women, Vote Mama, Defend The Vote, Jane Fonda Climate PAC, EMILY's List (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $5,950 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: ideological & single-issue
Jane Fonda Climate PAC Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2024)
American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC Law & lobbying firms $5,000 (2026)
Defend The Vote Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2026)
Flip Forward PAC Party committees $5,000 (2024)
Vote Mama Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2024)
Medicare For All Colleagues' leadership PACs $5,000 (2026)
Elect Democratic Women Ideological & single-issue $10,000 (2024)
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2024)
National Union Of Healthcare Workers Federal Committee On Political Education Labor unions $5,000 (2024)
National Elevator Constructors PAC (Nec PAC) Labor unions $5,000 (2026)
Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association PAC (Swapa PAC) Labor unions $10,000 (2026)
Alliance Of Theatrical Employees PAC Labor unions $5,000 (2026)
Allied Pilots Association Political Action Committee Labor unions $10,000 (2026)
League Of Conservation Voters Action Fund Ideological & single-issue $5,950 (2024)
Association Of Professional Flight Attendants Political Action Committee Labor unions $7,500 (2026)
TopicPriorityAlignmentDeviation
Animal Welfare 55 20 55
Housing Affordability and Homelessness 92 50 42
Public Safety and Criminal Justice 85 45 40
Voting Rights and Democratic Process 65 50 30
Economy, Jobs, and Small Business 80 55 30
Foreign Policy, Armenian Genocide Recognition, and International Affairs 76 60 25
Environment, Climate, and Clean Energy 74 65 20
Healthcare Access and Behavioral Health 79 70 20
Civil Rights, Reproductive Freedom, and LGBTQ+ Protections 87 85 15
Homeland Security and Federal Appropriations Process 70 80 15
Immigration and Immigrant Communities 94 88 12
Federal Budget, Social Security, and Medicare 88 90 10
No platform commitments archived
No committee memberships recorded
Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

ComponentWeightSignal
Contradiction Risk30%Stated positions contradicted by the record (recent findings boosted)
Donor Influence20%Distinct documented donors (FEC Schedule A PACs); inferred donors do not count
Connection Density20%Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups; donor links excluded
Silence Risk15%Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Intelligence Volume15%Documented facts from verified sources
Constituency Deviation0%Shown, not weighted — a model estimate, not a record
Voting Misalignment0%Shown, not weighted — needs platform commitments almost nobody has; the roll-call record on /votes is the vote signal

Each component is the member's standing among all scored members of Congress, and the weighted sum is the overall score. Tiers are ranks: Critical is the top 5%, High the next 10%, Elevated the next 20%, Moderate the next 30%, and Low the rest.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains.
$2.5BDonor Contributions
0Money Chains
0Traced Hops
Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

View Full Entity Profile →