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Lola Smallwood-Cuevas

State Senator · Senate District 28 · Party: Democratic

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Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 28
Party
Democratic

Source

Last verified Oct 2, 2026.

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Photo: Photo via Open States

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

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

  • AB 2437

    Impounded vehicles.

    3rd Reading AB2437 Chen By Jones

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 685

    Special education: nonpublic schools and agencies.

    Unfinished Business SB685 Cortese Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1153

    Disaster preparedness: urban retail water suppliers and public water systems: wildfire.

    Unfinished Business SB1153 Caballero et al. Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1960

    Wildfire Prevention Grants Program: wildfire mitigation validation.

    3rd Reading AB1960 Bennett et al. By Allen

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1699

    Good Fire Act: Prescribed Fire Liability Pilot Program: burn bosses: California Environmental Quality Act.

    3rd Reading AB1699 Rogers et al. By Grayson Urgency Clause

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1083

    Noncertificated public school employees: private school employees: egregious misconduct: statewide data system: Commission on Teacher Credentialing: adverse actions: contracts and background checks for educational services.

    Unfinished Business SB1083 Pérez Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2103

    Office of Data and Innovation: Engaged California Program.

    3rd Reading AB2103 Irwin By Cabaldon

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2739

    Water: affordability and system stabilization.

    3rd Reading AB2739 Soria et al. By Menjivar

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 691

    Body-worn cameras: policies.

    Unfinished Business SB691 Wahab Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1887

    Prescription drug coverage for rare diseases.

    3rd Reading AB1887 Zbur et al. By Blakespear

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1934

    State Fire Marshal: home hardening certification program implementation plan.

    3rd Reading AB1934 Bennett et al. By Pérez

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 958

    California Environmental Quality Act: environmental impacts: building height.

    Unfinished Business SB958 Weber Pierson Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2478

    Kinship family approval.

    3rd Reading AB2478 Schultz et al. By Ochoa Bogh

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1609

    Customer service chatbots.

    3rd Reading AB1609 Zbur By Umberg

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 69

    FAIR Plan policy notices and renewals.

    3rd Reading AB69 Calderon et al. By Padilla

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2784

    State Bar of California.

    3rd Reading AB2784 JUD. (Kalra) By Umberg

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 457

    Housing element compliance: committed assistance: in-kind services: realistic capacity formula.

    Unfinished Business SB457 Becker Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2467

    Elementary and secondary education: omnibus.

    3rd Reading AB2467 ED. (Patel) By Pérez Urgency Clause

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 28

    Solid waste landfills: subsurface temperatures.

    3rd Reading AB28 Schiavo et al. By Blakespear

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1078

    Gift certificates: cash redemption.

    Unfinished Business SB1078 Laird et al. Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1896

    Public employment: disqualifications.

    3rd Reading AB1896 Mark González et al. By Gonzalez

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1361

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

    Unfinished Business SB1361 Durazo et al. Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1367

    Planning and zoning: detention facilities.

    Unfinished Business SB1367 Cervantes et al. Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2734

    Vehicles: special interest license plates.

    3rd Reading AB2734 Hart By Blakespear

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2513

    Wildfire: Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program: local assistance grant program: regional landscape grants.

    3rd Reading AB2513 Petrie-Norris By Blakespear

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 561

    Appointment of public guardians.

    Unfinished Business SB561 Blakespear et al. Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2434

    Inmates: visitation.

    3rd Reading AB2434 Bonta et al. By Caballero

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 328

    California Environmental Quality Act: exempt surplus land.

    Unfinished Business SB328 Grayson et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2017

    State holidays: Eid.

    3rd Reading AB2017 Haney et al. By Wahab

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1213

    Zero- and near-zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles: incentives: transparency.

    Unfinished Business SB1213 Reyes Special Consent Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1256

    Subdivision Map Act: action or proceeding.

    Unfinished Business SB1256 Jones Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1405

    Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.

    3rd Reading AB1405 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Wiener

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1976

    Streets and highways: pedestrian and bicycle facilities.

    3rd Reading AB1976 Wicks By Blakespear

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2032

    Fish and wildlife: invasive mussels: golden mussels.

    3rd Reading AB2032 Ransom By Ashby Urgency Clause

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1359

    Natural Gas Ratepayer Protection Act.

    Unfinished Business SB1359 Stern Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 632

    Community colleges: California College Promise.

    Unfinished Business SB632 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1540

    988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: LGBTQ+ youth.

    3rd Reading AB1540 Mark González et al. By Menjivar Urgency Clause

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2152

    California Environmental Quality Act: essential local fire station projects: infrastructure project streamlining.

    3rd Reading AB2152 Mark González et al. By Pérez

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1090

    Planning and zoning: housing development projects: urban lot splits: subdivisions: 2025 Eaton Wildfire: Altadena.

    Unfinished Business SB1090 Pérez et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2281

    Office of Elections Cybersecurity.

    3rd Reading AB2281 Berman By Stern

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1206

    Insurance: omnibus.

    Unfinished Business SB1206 INS. (Padilla) Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 342

    Contractors: unlicensed work.

    Unfinished Business SB342 Umberg et al. Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1423

    Regional planning: standardized spatial planning datasets.

    Unfinished Business SB1423 Stern Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 900

    Political Reform Act of 1974: top contributors: disclosures.

    Unfinished Business SB900 McNerney et al. Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1555

    Community colleges: exemption from nonresident tuition fee: College of the Siskiyous.

    3rd Reading AB1555 Hadwick et al. By Laird

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 259

    Elections: vote by mail ballots.

    Unfinished Business SB259 Wahab Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 577

    Public entities.

    Unfinished Business SB577 Laird et al. Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1312

    Cemeteries.

    Unfinished Business SB1312 Richardson Concurrence

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1099

    Developmental services: initial intake.

    3rd Reading AB1099 Bryan By Ashby

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2121

    Community colleges: current expense of education: exclusions.

    3rd Reading AB2121 Berman By Cabaldon

    Aug 30, 2026 · Result: Passed

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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.

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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Issues

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