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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 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 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 500

    Energy: usage data.

    Unfinished Business SB500 Stern Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1043

    Age verification signals: software applications and online services.

    3rd Reading AB1043 Wicks et al. By Umberg

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 870

    California Children's Services Program: county designation.

    2nd Reading AB870 Hadwick By Seyarto

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1454

    Pupil literacy: credential program standards and professional development: instructional materials.

    3rd Reading AB1454 Rivas et al. By Weber Pierson

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 293

    Real property tax: transfer of base year value: generational transfers: wildfire.

    Unfinished Business SB293 Pérez Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 378

    Education finance: Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program.

    3rd Reading AB378 Valencia et al. By Cervantes

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 715

    Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention.

    2nd Reading AB715 Zbur et al. By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 105

    Relative to human rights in Gaza.

    3rd Reading SCR105 Wahab et al.

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1156

    Williamson Act contracts: cancellation fees: photovoltaic solar facilities.

    3rd Reading AB1156 Wicks By Laird

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 777

    Abandoned cemeteries: report.

    That the Assembly amendments be concurred in

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 258

    Crimes: rape.

    Unfinished Business SB258 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 596

    Elections: ballot disclosures.

    2nd Reading AB596 Ortega By Cervantes

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 568

    Pupil health: epinephrine delivery systems: schoolsites and childcare programs.

    Unfinished Business SB568 Niello Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 144

    Health.

    3rd Reading AB144 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 881

    Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.

    3rd Reading AB881 Petrie-Norris et al. By Stern

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 159

    Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: exemptions: wildfire.

    Unfinished Business SB159 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 777

    Abandoned cemeteries: report.

    Unfinished Business SB777 Richardson Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 403

    End of Life Option Act: sunset.

    Unfinished Business SB403 Blakespear Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 78

    Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements.

    Unfinished Business SB78 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 963

    Public works: prevailing wages: access to records.

    3rd Reading AB963 Petrie-Norris By Durazo

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 753

    Special business regulations: shopping carts.

    Unfinished Business SB753 Cortese Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1079

    Civil appeals: stay of enforcement.

    3rd Reading AB1079 Ávila Farías By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 149

    Public resources trailer bill.

    3rd Reading AB149 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 940

    Economic development: industry strategies.

    2nd Reading AB940 Wicks et al. By Grayson

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1388

    Law enforcement: settlement agreements.

    3rd Reading AB1388 Bryan By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 643

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Program.

    Unfinished Business SB643 Caballero et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 157

    Public safety.

    Unfinished Business SB157 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 847

    Peace officers: confidentiality of records.

    3rd Reading AB847 Sharp-Collins et al. By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 596

    Health facilities: administrative penalties.

    Unfinished Business SB596 Menjivar Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 695

    California Community Colleges Access and Continuity for Deported Students Act.

    3rd Reading AB695 Fong et al. By Rubio Urgency Clause

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1127

    Firearms: converter pistols.

    3rd Reading AB1127 Gabriel et al. By Blakespear

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 645

    Juries: peremptory challenges.

    Unfinished Business SB645 Umberg Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 774

    Department of Real Estate and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: Bureau of Automotive Repair.

    Unfinished Business SB774 Ashby Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 162

    Elections.

    Unfinished Business SB162 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 151

    Early childhood education and childcare.

    Unfinished Business SB151 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 154

    Greenhouse gases: climate corporate accountability: climate-related financial risk: regulations: California Environmental Quality Act exemption.

    3rd Reading AB154 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 234

    California FAIR Plan Association governing committee.

    3rd Reading AB234 Calderon et al. By Caballero Urgency Clause

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 572

    Criminal procedure: interrogations.

    3rd Reading AB572 Kalra et al. By Cortese

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 789

    Political Reform Act of 1974: security expenses.

    3rd Reading AB789 Bonta et al. By Cabaldon

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1108

    County officers: coroners: in-custody deaths.

    3rd Reading AB1108 Hart et al. By Limón

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1036

    Criminal procedure: postconviction discovery.

    3rd Reading AB1036 Schultz By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 838

    Housing Accountability Act: housing development projects.

    Unfinished Business SB838 Durazo Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 732

    Agriculture: neglected or abandoned crops: public nuisances: pests.

    3rd Reading AB732 Macedo By McNerney

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 366

    Ignition interlock devices.

    3rd Reading AB366 Petrie-Norris et al. By Archuleta

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1143

    State Fire Marshal: home hardening certification program.

    3rd Reading AB1143 Bennett By Limón

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1098

    California Education Interagency Council.

    2nd Reading AB1098 Fong et al. By Padilla

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 400

    Labor: elective compensation under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

    Unfinished Business SB400 Cortese Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 364

    Outdoor advertising displays: permits: new alignments.

    Unfinished Business SB364 Strickland et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 37

    Attorneys: unlawful solicitations and advertisements.

    Unfinished Business SB37 Umberg Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1178

    Peace officers: confidentiality of records.

    3rd Reading AB1178 Pacheco et al. By Archuleta

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
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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