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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

Today
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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.

  • AB 692

    Employment: contracts in restraint of trade.

    3rd Reading AB692 Kalra et al. By Pérez

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 634

    Local government: homelessness.

    Unfinished Business SB634 Pérez et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 507

    Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives.

    3rd Reading AB507 Haney et al. By Wiener

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 105

    Budget Acts of 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

    Do pass

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1466

    Groundwater adjudication.

    3rd Reading AB1466 Hart By Laird

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 162

    Elections.

    Do pass

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 660

    California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework.

    Unfinished Business SB660 Menjivar et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 582

    Health and care facilities: licensing during emergencies or disasters.

    Unfinished Business SB582 Stern et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 3

    Elections: signature verification and results.

    Unfinished Business SB3 Cervantes et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 398

    Election crimes: payment based on voting or voter registration.

    Unfinished Business SB398 Umberg et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 333

    Transactions and use taxes: San Luis Obispo Council of Governments.

    Unfinished Business SB333 Laird et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 146

    Human services.

    Do pass

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 610

    Disaster assistance: tenants, mobilehome parks, and mortgages.

    Unfinished Business SB610 Pérez et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 798

    State Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program: diapers and wipes.

    3rd Reading AB798 Calderon et al. By Limón

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1319

    Protected species: California Endangered Species Act.

    3rd Reading AB1319 Schultz et al. By Limón

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

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  • AB 70

    Solid waste: organic waste: diversion: biomethane.

    3rd Reading AB70 Aguiar-Curry By Grayson

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1324

    CalWORKs.

    3rd Reading AB1324 Sharp-Collins et al. By Limón

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1069

    Older adults: emergency shelters.

    3rd Reading AB1069 Bains et al. By Limón

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 243

    Postsecondary education: student financial aid dependency status: juveniles.

    3rd Reading AB243 Ahrens By Wahab

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 153

    Transportation budget trailer bill.

    Do pass

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 71

    California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transit projects.

    Unfinished Business SB71 Wiener et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1445

    Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts.

    3rd Reading AB1445 Haney et al. By Ashby

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1074

    CalWORKs.

    3rd Reading AB1074 Patel By Limón

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 778

    Migrant childcare and development programs.

    Unfinished Business SB778 Limón Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 64

    Vital records.

    3rd Reading AB64 Pacheco et al. By Limón

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 727

    Pupil and student safety: identification cards.

    3rd Reading AB727 Mark González et al. By Pérez

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 515

    Trial: statement of decision.

    3rd Reading AB515 Pacheco By Umberg

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 786

    Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges.

    Unfinished Business SB786 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 263

    Scott River: Shasta River: watersheds.

    3rd Reading AB263 Rogers et al. By McGuire

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 382

    Pedestrian safety: school zones: speed limits.

    3rd Reading AB382 Berman By Grayson

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 656

    Account cancellation.

    3rd Reading AB656 Schiavo et al. By Ashby

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 432

    Menopause.

    3rd Reading AB432 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Rubio

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 275

    Eligible training provider list.

    Unfinished Business SB275 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1504

    California Massage Therapy Council.

    3rd Reading AB1504 Berman By Ashby

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 512

    Health care coverage: prior authorization.

    3rd Reading AB512 Harabedian et al. By Becker

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1037

    Public health: substance use disorder.

    3rd Reading AB1037 Elhawary By Menjivar

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 261

    Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.

    Unfinished Business SB261 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 843

    Health care coverage: language access.

    3rd Reading AB843 Garcia By Menjivar

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 753

    Childcare: facility licensure: teacher requirements.

    3rd Reading AB753 Garcia By Reyes Urgency Clause

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 742

    Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.

    3rd Reading AB742 Elhawary et al. By Weber Pierson

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 676

    California Environmental Quality Act: judicial streamlining: state of emergency: wildfire.

    Unfinished Business SB676 Limón et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 437

    California State University: claim eligibility: genealogy and descendancy.

    Unfinished Business SB437 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1195

    Juveniles: incarcerated parent: visitation.

    3rd Reading AB1195 Quirk-Silva By Arreguín

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 812

    Recall and resentencing: incarcerated firefighters.

    3rd Reading AB812 Lowenthal et al. By Arreguín

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1078

    Firearms.

    3rd Reading AB1078 Berman et al. By Blakespear

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 454

    State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.

    Unfinished Business SB454 McNerney et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1250

    Transit operators: paratransit: recertification of eligibility.

    3rd Reading AB1250 Papan By Strickland

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 262

    Housing element: prohousing designations: prohousing local policies.

    Unfinished Business SB262 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 461

    Truancy.

    3rd Reading AB461 Ahrens et al. By Pérez

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 5

    Enhanced infrastructure financing districts and community revitalization and investment areas: allocation of taxes: agricultural land exclusion.

    Unfinished Business SB5 Cabaldon Concurrence

    Sep 9, 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
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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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