State · State Senate
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
State Senator · Senate District 28 · Party: Democratic
3004 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 28
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
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No platform recorded yet
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 in code before it's published, 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 34
California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: local publicly owned electric utilities: large hydroelectric generation.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB34 Patterson et al.
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AB 35
Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024: Administrative Procedure Act: exemption: program guidelines and selection criteria.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB35 Alvarez et al. Urgency Clause
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SB 417
The Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.
Unfinished Business SB417 Limón et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
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AB 1736
Political Reform Act of 1974: lobbyist employers: fictitious appearances.
Consent Calendar 2nd
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SB 623
Automobile accidents: civil actions: transportation network companies.
Unfinished Business SB623 Umberg et al. Concurrence
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ACR 206
Relative to Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Awareness Month.
Special Consent ACR206 Stefani et al. By Blakespear
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AB 2641
Sales and use taxes: exclusion: pawnbrokers: transfer of vested property.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB2641 Michelle Rodriguez
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ACA 20
A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Sections 20 and 22 of Article XVI thereof, relating to state finance.
W/O REF. TO FILE ACA20 Gabriel By Laird
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AB 1629
Dental coverage.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development]
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AB 2160
Medi-Cal: lactation services.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 1682
Health care coverage: scalp cooling.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 1904
Teachers: credentialed educator apprenticeship programs.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 2302
Food safety: infant formula.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
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AB 2538
Medi-Cal: hospice providers: forms.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 2009
Blood banks and plasma centers.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 1054
Public employees' retirement: deferred retirement option program: public employee health benefits.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 2066
Triggering event: pregnancy.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 2562
Alcohol or other drug recovery and treatment programs and facilities: suicide prevention.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 1843
Communicable diseases: hepatitis C.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 1929
Health care coverage: investments: disclosure.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 2244
Non-Ultraprocessed Certified food standard.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 2030
Dietary supplements for weight loss and over-the-counter diet pills.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 1564
Employer-employee relations: confidential communications.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 2486
Medi-Cal: Whole Child Model program.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 2348
Medi-Cal: enhanced care management and community supports.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 2598
Health care facilities: notification of next of kin.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 2540
Public health: public postsecondary education: student health centers: abortion by medication techniques.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
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AB 2352
Medi-Cal providers: nonprofit public benefit corporations.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 1383
Public employees' retirement benefits.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 2575
Health care services: artificial intelligence.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection]
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AB 2194
Medi-Cal: special commissions.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
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AB 2135
Long-term health care facilities.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 2613
Health care service plans: provider contract termination: notice.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 2321
Occupational safety and health: investigations.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 1970
Health care coverage: mental health or substance use disorders.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 387
Nevaeh Youth Sports Safety Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
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AB 2129
State employees: compensation: firefighters.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 2227
Farm labor contractors: surety bonds.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 2093
State 988 system.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management]
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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
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