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Lola Smallwood-Cuevas

State Senator · Senate District 28 · Party: Democratic

3004 final-passage votes on record.

Record at a glance

3004
Final-passage votes
4352
All recorded votes

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OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 28
Party
Democratic
SourceOct 2, 2026

Last verified Oct 2, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

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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 in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.

How the platform is recorded

Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.

  • SB 1056

    Criminal procedure.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1003

    Prohousing enhanced infrastructure financing districts.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1106

    Agentic artificial intelligence.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1323

    Health care providers: patient access: immigration enforcement.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1392

    Smog check: exemption: collector motor vehicles.

    3rd Reading SB1392 Cortese et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1381

    State special schools: information.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1154

    Public contracts: best value procurement: community college districts.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1048

    State Seal of Climate Literacy.

    3rd Reading SB1048 Becker et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 947

    Employment: automated decision systems.

    3rd Reading SB947 McNerney et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1417

    Mutual water companies: assessments and water charges: notice.

    3rd Reading SB1417 Pérez et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1108

    Grassland Ecological Area Conservancy.

    3rd Reading SB1108 Caballero et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1250

    State highway system: wildlife connectivity.

    3rd Reading SB1250 Cortese et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1392

    Smog check: exemption: collector motor vehicles.

    3rd Reading SB1392 Cortese et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1425

    High-Speed Rail Authority: property: operating right-of-way.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 129

    Relative to the Rusty Areias Highway.

    3rd Reading SCR129 Cortese et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 891

    Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program.

    3rd Reading SB891 Cervantes et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1145

    California Environmental Quality Act: surplus land disposal requirements: exemption.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1180

    Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act: California Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1156

    Vehicles: driving under the influence.

    3rd Reading SB1156 Caballero et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 944

    Medi-Cal: acupuncture.

    3rd Reading SB944 Wiener et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 934

    Sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts.

    3rd Reading SB934 Wiener et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1202

    Medi-Cal: dashboard and outreach.

    3rd Reading SB1202 Weber Pierson et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1349

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

    3rd Reading SB1349 Gonzalez et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 950

    Health care coverage: dementia.

    3rd Reading SB950 Weber Pierson et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1185

    Pharmaceutical facilities: skilled and trained workforce.

    3rd Reading SB1185 Cortese et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1077

    CalFresh: federal government shutdowns.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 964

    Prescription drug coverage: dose adjustments.

    3rd Reading SB964 Smallwood-Cuevas

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 111

    Relative to International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia.

    3rd Reading SR111 Padilla et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1138

    Load-serving entities: resource adequacy requirements.

    3rd Reading SB1138 Padilla et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1209

    Insurance: examination of insurers.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1024

    Firefighter postpartum and recovery leave.

    3rd Reading SB1024 Menjivar et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 903

    Mental health professionals: artificial intelligence.

    3rd Reading SB903 Padilla et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1119

    Companion chatbots: children's safety.

    3rd Reading SB1119 Padilla et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1149

    Employees: bereavement leave.

    3rd Reading SB1149 Durazo et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 908

    Residential windows: retrofitting: residential window replacement projects: California Building Code compliance.

    3rd Reading SB908 Wiener et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1361

    Transit-oriented housing developments: local governments: transit agencies and projects.

    3rd Reading SB1361 Durazo et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1408

    Contra Costa Transportation Authority: transactions and use tax.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1406

    Sales and Use Tax Law: vehicles: shell companies.

    3rd Reading SB1406 McNerney et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1247

    Social media platforms: child influencers.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1309

    Health care coverage: lung cancer.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 988

    California Motor Vehicle Glass Act.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1392

    Smog check: exemption: collector motor vehicles.

    3rd Reading SB1392 Cortese et al. Reconsider

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 872

    Delta Levees and Canal Subsidence Fund.

    3rd Reading SB872 McNerney et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1271

    Midwifery: workforce data: availability to be a clinical preceptorship.

    3rd Reading SB1271 Reyes et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1196

    Small energization projects: electrical service connections.

    3rd Reading SB1196 McNerney et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 899

    Fire prevention: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: wildfire smoke.

    3rd Reading SB899 Grove et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 998

    Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.

    3rd Reading SB998 Gonzalez et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1383

    Housing development: density bonus: incentives or concessions: labor standards.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 884

    Elections in 2026 through 2029.

    3rd Reading SB884 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1344

    Civil actions: housing development projects.

    3rd Reading SB1344 Cabaldon et al.

    May 19, 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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