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Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
State Senator · Senate District 28 · Party: Democratic
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Last verified Oct 2, 2026.
Official source ↗Photo: Photo via Open States
Record at a glance
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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 recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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AB 1601
County employees' retirement: cost-of-living adjustments.
3rd Reading AB1601 Rogers By Cabaldon
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SB 1196
Small energization projects: electrical service connections.
Unfinished Business SB1196 McNerney et al. Concurrence
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AB 2402
Health studio contracts: fee limits: multiservice health club studio.
3rd Reading AB2402 Boerner By Jones
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AB 2180
Local government: Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act: proportional cost of service.
3rd Reading AB2180 Ward et al. By Arreguín
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AB 2263
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: employee housing: transit-oriented joint development projects.
3rd Reading AB2263 Kalra et al. By Cortese
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AB 1712
City of Santa Fe Springs: sale of water utility property.
3rd Reading AB1712 Pacheco By Archuleta
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AB 2523
Public postsecondary education: governing bodies: biography and contact information.
3rd Reading AB2523 Fong By Gonzalez
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SB 1005
Local agency: payment: rounding amount.
Unfinished Business SB1005 Caballero et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
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AB 2107
Expanded Learning Opportunities Program: offering access: unduplicated pupils.
3rd Reading AB2107 Pellerin By Pérez
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AB 2476
Electricity: integrated resource plans: Department of Water Resources: procurement.
3rd Reading AB2476 Ellis By Grove
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SB 1055
Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency: contracts.
Unfinished Business SB1055 Laird Concurrence
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AB 2001
Criminal procedure: state summary criminal history information.
3rd Reading AB2001 Stefani By Wiener
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SB 1082
Pupil attendance: interdistrict transfers: agreements: policies.
Unfinished Business SB1082 Niello Concurrence
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AB 1894
Fish and wildlife: invasive mussels: imported water.
3rd Reading AB1894 Blanca Rubio By Rubio
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SB 952
State Water Project: renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources.
Unfinished Business SB952 Laird Concurrence
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AB 1908
Settlement agreements: victims' compensation funding.
3rd Reading AB1908 McKinnor et al. By Durazo Urgency Clause
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SB 1129
State Bar of California: community justice worker program.
Unfinished Business SB1129 Caballero Concurrence
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AB 1647
Juveniles: transfer to criminal court: criminal procedure.
3rd Reading AB1647 Bryan et al. By Cortese
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AB 1910
Public health: pelvic floor health advisement.
3rd Reading AB1910 Boerner By Smallwood-Cuevas
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SB 607
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District: contributions and loans.
Unfinished Business SB607 Wiener et al. Concurrence
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AB 2503
California Interscholastic Federation: pupil health: heat illness: guidelines.
3rd Reading AB2503 Wallis By Padilla
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AB 2346
Vehicles: electric bicycles and speed limits.
3rd Reading AB2346 Wilson et al. By Weber Pierson
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SB 832
Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group: membership: revitalization plan.
Unfinished Business SB832 Allen et al. Concurrence
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AB 1817
Mobilehome parks: termination of tenancy: failure to comply with a rule or regulation.
3rd Reading AB1817 Addis By Reyes
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SB 930
Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act: end-to-end encryption.
Unfinished Business SB930 Reyes Concurrence
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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$835,514
- Spent$767,601
- From individuals (itemized)$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 assignedTop employers of individual donors
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES$2,612
- NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDERS GROUP$2,000
- LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$1,828
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES LABOR CENTER$1,641
- CITY OF LOS ANGELES$1,519
- AG & ASSOCIATES$1,250
- L NORWOOD AND ASSOCIATES LLC$708
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$700
- HANDELMAN CONSULTING$554
- SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION 2015$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$19,600
- California Professional Firefighters PAC$18,300
- California State Council of Laborers PAC$17,700
- California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers PAC$14,400
- California Nurses Association PAC (CNA-PAC)$13,200
- California Federation of Teachers COPE$11,800
- California State Council of Service Employees$11,800
- Service Employees International Union Local 1000 Candidate PAC$11,800
- Service Employees International Union Local 721, CTW, CLC State & Local$11,800
- Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians$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$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$130,475 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$107,962 received
- Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026$76,659 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026$114,216 received
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.
MethodologyDisclosures
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
Committees
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Issues
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