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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.

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  • SB 418

    Health care coverage: prescription hormone therapy and nondiscrimination.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 454

    State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.

    3rd Reading SB454 McNerney et al.

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 283

    Energy storage systems.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 294

    The Workplace Know Your Rights Act.

    3rd Reading SB294 Reyes et al.

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 360

    Land conservation: California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Act: County of San Bernardino.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 631

    Charter School Revolving Loan Fund.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 715

    Elections.

    3rd Reading SB715 Allen et al.

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 535

    Obesity Care Access Act.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 572

    Vehicles: advanced driver assistance system: crash reports.

    3rd Reading SB572 Gonzalez Reconsider

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 734

    Criminal procedure: discrimination.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

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  • SB 253

    State Bar of California.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 446

    Data breaches: customer notification.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 66

    Relative to Law Day.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 41

    Pharmacy benefits.

    3rd Reading SB41 Wiener et al.

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 590

    Paid family leave: eligibility: care for designated persons.

    3rd Reading SB590 Durazo et al.

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 445

    High-speed rail: third-party agreements, permits, and approvals: regulations.

    3rd Reading SB445 Wiener et al.

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 572

    Vehicles: advanced driver assistance system: crash reports.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 9

    Accessory Dwelling Units: ordinances.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 30

    Diesel-powered on-track equipment: decommissioning: resale and transfer restrictions.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 646

    Prenatal multivitamins.

    3rd Reading SB646 Weber Pierson

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 234

    Wildfires: workgroup: toxic heavy metals.

    3rd Reading SB234 Niello et al.

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 76

    Relative to food allergy awareness.

    3rd Reading SCR76 Valladares et al.

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 624

    Nonminor dependents: tax guidance.

    3rd Reading SB624 Caballero et al.

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 734

    Criminal procedure: discrimination.

    3rd Reading SB734 Caballero Reconsider

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 303

    Employment: bias mitigation training: unlawful discrimination.

    3rd Reading SB303 Smallwood-Cuevas

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 281

    Pleas: immigration advisement.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 291

    Contractors: workers' compensation insurance.

    3rd Reading

    May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 486

    Regional housing: public postsecondary education: changes in enrollment levels: California Environmental Quality Act.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 27

    Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.

    3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 480

    Autonomous vehicles.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 395

    Alcoholic beverages: additional licenses: hospitality zone.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 394

    Water theft: fire hydrants.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 491

    State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: chair: report to the Legislature.

    3rd Reading SB491 Laird et al.

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 757

    Local government: nuisance abatement.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 820

    Inmates: mental health.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 276

    City and County of San Francisco: merchandising sales.

    3rd Reading SB276 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 760

    Behested payments: public appeal for payment.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 510

    Pupil instruction: treatment of African Americans.

    3rd Reading SB510 Richardson et al.

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 371

    Transportation network companies: insurance coverage.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 489

    Local agency formation commissions: written policies and procedures: Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 83

    State Department of Health Care Services: substance abuse treatment: disclosures.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 741

    Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 33

    Relative to GM1 Gangliosidosis Awareness Day.

    3rd Reading SCR33 Padilla et al.

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 8

    Peace officers: injury or illness: leaves of absence.

    3rd Reading SB8 Ashby et al.

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 754

    Menstrual products: disposable tampons and pad products: concerning chemicals.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 324

    Medi-Cal: enhanced care management and community supports.

    3rd Reading SB324 Menjivar et al.

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 50

    Relative to climate change.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 346

    Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.

    3rd Reading SB346 Durazo et al.

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 508

    California Environmental Quality Act: transportation impact mitigation.

    3rd Reading SB508 Valladares et al.

    May 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 390

    Community facilities district: inclusion or annexation of territory: County of San Mateo.

    3rd Reading

    May 27, 2025 · 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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