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Lola Smallwood-Cuevas

State Senator · Senate District 28 · Party: Democratic

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Senate District 28
Party
Democratic
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Last verified Oct 2, 2026.

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Record at a glance

3004
Final-passage votes
4352
All recorded votes

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This tab shows Lola Smallwood-Cuevas's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked by a person, with a status that changes only with evidence.

How the platform is recorded

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  • AB 2775

    Chiropractic Act.

    3rd Reading AB2775 Berman By Wahab

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 503

    Health care services: artificial intelligence.

    Unfinished Business SB503 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1997

    Land use: housing development approvals: timelines and processes.

    3rd Reading AB1997 Lee By Allen

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1417

    Mutual water companies: assessments and water charges: notice.

    Unfinished Business SB1417 Pérez et al. Concurrence

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1848

    California Seed Law: annual registration fee: Seed Advisory Board.

    3rd Reading AB1848 Ransom By McNerney

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 950

    Health care coverage: dementia.

    Unfinished Business SB950 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1279

    Speed safety systems.

    Unfinished Business SB1279 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2691

    Elections: elective office: felony conviction.

    3rd Reading AB2691 Addis et al. By Wahab

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 956

    Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.

    3rd Reading AB956 Quirk-Silva et al. By Wiener

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1761

    Electricity: calculation methodology: nonbypassable charges: data disclosure.

    3rd Reading AB1761 Rogers et al. By Padilla

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2510

    CalWORKs.

    3rd Reading AB2510 Arambula By Smallwood-Cuevas

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1980

    Labor: apprenticeship: Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeships Grant Program.

    3rd Reading AB1980 Caloza By Smallwood-Cuevas

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1659

    Juvenile court school pupils: joint transition planning policy: courses of study.

    3rd Reading AB1659 Ransom et al. By Weber Pierson

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1943

    Pupil safety: notifications: firearms.

    3rd Reading AB1943 Gipson et al. By Blakespear

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 222

    Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.

    Unfinished Business SB222 Wiener et al. Concurrence

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2768

    Student financial aid: waiver or deferment of fees and costs: foster youth.

    3rd Reading AB2768 Ahrens et al. By Pérez

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 750

    Department of Housing and Community Development.

    3rd Reading AB750 Quirk-Silva et al. By Caballero

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2490

    Teacher credentialing: emergency career substitute teaching permit: alternative qualifications.

    3rd Reading AB2490 Valencia et al. By Caballero

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 2480

    Housing development: density bonus: student housing developments.

    3rd Reading AB2480 Ávila Farías et al. By Grayson

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2039

    Attorneys.

    3rd Reading AB2039 Zbur et al. By Reyes

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1023

    Health care coverage: antiretroviral drugs, drug devices, and drug products.

    Unfinished Business SB1023 Laird et al. Concurrence

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1012

    Employment of inmates.

    Unfinished Business SB1012 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1539

    Presidential elections: qualifications for office.

    3rd Reading AB1539 Addis et al. By Umberg

    Aug 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1552

    Public postsecondary education: civic engagement: recommendations report.

    3rd Reading AB1552 Jackson By Laird

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2305

    Attorneys: corporate legal funders.

    3rd Reading AB2305 Kalra et al. By Umberg

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2348

    Medi-Cal: enhanced care management and community supports.

    3rd Reading AB2348 Bonta By Menjivar

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1172

    Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law: tax sharing agreements.

    Unfinished Business SB1172 Hurtado Concurrence

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2774

    Physical Therapy Board of California.

    3rd Reading AB2774 Berman By Wahab

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1364

    Child custody.

    Unfinished Business SB1364 Menjivar et al. Concurrence

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2785

    Elections: redistricting information.

    3rd Reading AB2785 ELECTIONS (Pellerin) By Wiener

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 692

    Vehicles: homelessness.

    Unfinished Business SB692 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2343

    Alcohol and other drug programs: consumer protection platform.

    3rd Reading AB2343 Patel et al. By Umberg

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1186

    Expedited birth certificates upon adoption.

    Unfinished Business SB1186 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2395

    Child support: compromise of arrears program.

    3rd Reading AB2395 Sharp-Collins By Smallwood-Cuevas

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 990

    Highways: exit information.

    Unfinished Business SB990 Grove Concurrence

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1093

    Mobilehome parks: disaster assistance.

    Unfinished Business SB1093 Allen Concurrence

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2588

    District agricultural associations: board of directors: vacancies.

    3rd Reading AB2588 Hadwick et al.

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1632

    Trespass.

    3rd Reading AB1632 Johnson By Archuleta

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 1328

    Public postsecondary education: Equity in Higher Education Act: campus contact.

    Unfinished Business SB1328 Cervantes Concurrence

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1854

    Legally protected health care activities.

    3rd Reading AB1854 Krell et al. By Weber Pierson

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1440

    Pesticide testing.

    3rd Reading AB1440 E.S. & T.M. (Connolly) By Allen

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2483

    Wildland firefighters: Formerly Incarcerated Firefighter Certification and Employment Program.

    3rd Reading AB2483 Elhawary et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2663

    Alcoholic beverages: retail on-sale license: off-sale privileges.

    3rd Reading AB2663 Rogers et al. By Wiener Urgency Clause

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 744

    Alcoholic beverage control: tied-house restrictions: exceptions: off-sale retail services.

    3rd Reading AB744 Michelle Rodriguez By Blakespear

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2534

    Domestic Violence Prevention Act: forced marriage.

    3rd Reading AB2534 Kalra et al. By Wahab

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2257

    Corrections: jail administrators.

    3rd Reading AB2257 Hart By Laird

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1349

    Taxation: tax expenditures: Legislative Analyst's Office: assessment, report, and recommendation.

    Unfinished Business SB1349 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1807

    Immigration enforcement: use of state-owned property.

    3rd Reading AB1807 Gabriel et al. By Durazo

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1180

    Department of Financial Protection and Innovation: state payments.

    3rd Reading AB1180 Valencia By Niello

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1794

    Pharmacy: enteral nutrition supplements or replacements.

    3rd Reading AB1794 Ransom By Blakespear

    Aug 24, 2026 · Result: Passed

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Lola Smallwood-Cuevas controls in 2025–2026, as reported to the California Secretary of State. These are facts about money; they don't explain any vote or action in office.

Raised · 2025–2026

$835,514

Spent $767,601

Totals

  • Raised
    6 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $835,514
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $767,601
  • From individuals (itemized)
    257 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $93,143 11%

Sums of each statement's own figures for its period. Contributions under $100 aren't itemized, so they're in "Raised" but not in the lists below.

Top contributing industries (approximate)

  • Labor unions
    $296,594
  • Health care
    $47,846
  • Issue and advocacy groups
    $46,562
  • Education
    $40,547
  • Tribal governments
    $24,100
  • Lawyers and lobbyists
    $22,267
  • Technology and telecommunications
    $21,500
  • Finance, insurance and banking
    $18,570

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 74% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.

How industries are assigned

Top employers of individual donors

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
    16 donors · Education
    $2,612
  • NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDERS GROUP
    3 donors · Not classified
    $2,000
  • LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    9 donors · Education
    $1,828
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES LABOR CENTER
    5 donors · Education
    $1,641
  • CITY OF LOS ANGELES
    4 donors · Government and public sector
    $1,519
  • AG & ASSOCIATES
    3 donors · Not classified
    $1,250
  • L NORWOOD AND ASSOCIATES LLC
    3 donors · Not classified
    $708
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    4 donors · Education
    $700
  • HANDELMAN CONSULTING
    4 donors · Not classified
    $554
  • SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION 2015
    3 donors · Labor unions
    $308

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $30,336 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

  • United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund
    3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $19,600
  • California Professional Firefighters PAC
    8 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $18,300
  • California State Council of Laborers PAC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $17,700
  • California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers PAC
    4 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $14,400
  • California Nurses Association PAC (CNA-PAC)
    6 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $13,200
  • California Federation of Teachers COPE
    5 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $11,800
  • California State Council of Service Employees
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Issue and advocacy groups
    $11,800
  • Service Employees International Union Local 1000 Candidate PAC
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $11,800
  • Service Employees International Union Local 721, CTW, CLC State & Local
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $11,800
  • Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
    2 contributions · organization · Tribal governments
    $11,800

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Lola Smallwood-Cuevas's own committees aren't counted.

Independent expenditures for and against

Spent to support: $1,175

  • Los Angeles County Democratic Party ? State Candidate Committee
    race: State Senate · 1 report · May 19, 2026
    $1,175

Spent to oppose: $0

None reported.

Spending on ads and outreach about Lola Smallwood-Cuevas by committees that don't coordinate with the campaign; this money isn't given to the campaign. From Form 496 reports, which are filed for independent expenditures of $1,000 or more made in the 90 days before an election; spending outside that window isn't included. Each spender links to its committee record, where its own donors are listed.

Campaign committees and statements (1)

The committees Lola Smallwood-Cuevas controls, and each campaign statement (Form 460) with its own totals for its period. A committee can be for another office or a future race, or an officeholder account; each is listed under its own name.

LOLA SMALLWOOD-CUEVAS FOR SENATE 2026

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $195,950 · cash at end $381,981 Statement ↗
    $130,475 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $76,714 · cash at end $447,452 Statement ↗
    $107,962 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $43,884 · cash at end $416,284 Statement ↗
    $76,659 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $205,049 · cash at end $258,177 Statement ↗
    $114,216 received
Committee record ↗

From the Cal-Access export of Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:54:52 GMT. California replaces Cal-Access with a new disclosure system after the November 2026 election.

Methodology

Disclosures

Statements of economic interests (Form 700)

California officials file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) each year: their investments, real property, income and gifts. Statewide officers and members of the Legislature file theirs with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which publishes them.

  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 2, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 3, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 15, 2022 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗

Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How

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