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
- 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 final-passage votes only. Choose “All votes” to include procedural and other votes, clearly labeled.
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SB 27
Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.
Unfinished Business SB27 Umberg Concurrence
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SB 161
State employment: state bargaining units.
Unfinished Business SB161 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence
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SB 630
State parks: real property: acquisitions and leases.
Unfinished Business SB630 Allen et al. Concurrence
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SB 79
Housing development: transit-oriented development.
Unfinished Business SB79 Wiener et al. Concurrence
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AB 962
Pupil safety: comprehensive school safety plans: use of smartphones.
3rd Reading AB962 Hoover By Allen
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AB 299
Motels, hotels, and short-term lodging: disasters.
3rd Reading AB299 Gabriel et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause
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SB 24
Public utilities: review of accounts: electrical and gas corporations: rates: political influence activities.
Unfinished Business SB24 McNerney et al. Concurrence
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SB 233
Regional housing need: determination: consultation with councils of governments.
Unfinished Business SB233 Seyarto et al. Concurrence
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SB 307
Public postsecondary education: immigration enforcement.
Unfinished Business SB307 Cervantes Concurrence
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AB 1264
Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition.
3rd Reading AB1264 Gabriel et al. By Weber Pierson
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AB 985
Chiquita Canyon Landfill: property tax reassessment and penalties.
3rd Reading AB985 Schiavo et al. By Blakespear Urgency Clause
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AB 709
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: groundwater sustainability plans.
3rd Reading AB709 Jeff Gonzalez By Seyarto
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AB 1032
Coverage for behavioral health visits.
3rd Reading AB1032 Harabedian et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause
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SB 302
Personal Income Tax Law and Corporation Tax Law: exclusions: environmental credits.
Unfinished Business SB302 Padilla et al. Concurrence
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SB 710
Property taxation: active solar energy systems.
Unfinished Business SB710 Blakespear et al. Concurrence
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AB 1390
Public school governance: board member compensation.
3rd Reading AB1390 Solache et al. By Allen
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SB 517
Home improvement contract requirements: subcontractors.
Unfinished Business SB517 Niello Concurrence
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SB 292
Electricity: wildfire mitigation: deenergization events and reliability.
Unfinished Business SB292 Cervantes Concurrence
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SB 766
California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act.
Unfinished Business SB766 Allen et al. Concurrence
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SB 83
State Department of Health Care Services: substance abuse treatment: disclosures.
Unfinished Business SB83 Umberg Concurrence
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SB 224
Department of Water Resources: water supply forecasting.
Unfinished Business SB224 Hurtado Concurrence
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SB 509
Office of Emergency Services: training: transnational repression.
Unfinished Business SB509 Caballero et al. Concurrence
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AB 357
Coastal resources: coastal development permit application: higher education housing project.
3rd Reading AB357 Alvarez By Wiener
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AB 738
Energy: building standards: photovoltaic requirements.
3rd Reading AB738 Tangipa et al. By Grove
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SB 595
Local government: investments and financial reports.
Unfinished Business SB595 Choi Concurrence
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SB 683
Privacy: use of a person's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness: injunctive relief.
Unfinished Business SB683 Cortese 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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