SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, as part of this year’s California Small Business Day celebration, Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) recognized Crescenta Valley Insurance as the 43^rd Assembly District’s 2019 Small Business of the Year.  She presented the award to President Rick Dinger and his wife Heather Dinger at a luncheon hosted by the California Small Business Association (CSBA).

            California Small Business Day is an annual celebration created by the passage of House Resolution 57 in 2000.  Over 1,500 business owners and representatives of small businesses from across California gathered this year, to be honored by legislators and other state leaders.  The day was created to honor the small businesses and entrepreneurs of California who make outstanding contributions to the economy, workforce, and communities throughout our state.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) honored the Burbank Arts for All Foundation as the 43rd Assembly District’s 2019 Nonprofit of the Year.  Burbank Arts for All Foundation was honored as part of the fourth annual California Nonprofits Day at the State Capitol.  Each year, approximately 100 nonprofit organizations are honored from communities across California by

SACRAMENTO –  Yesterday, the legislature moved one step closer towards making California’s first Office of Outdoor Recreation a reality.

SACRAMENTO – On Tuesday, the California State Assembly passed legislation introduced by Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) implementing a statewide prohibition on the sale and transfer of new fur products in California.  The measure, Assembly Bill 44, would make California the first state in the nation to ban the sale or transfer of fur.