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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

Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.

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 752

    Child daycare facilities.

    3rd Reading AB752 Ávila Farías By Arreguín

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 288

    Employment: labor organization and unfair practices.

    3rd Reading AB288 McKinnor et al. By Umberg

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 44

    Energy: electrical demand forecasts.

    3rd Reading AB44 Schultz By McNerney

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 340

    General plans: housing element: emergency shelter.

    Unfinished Business SB340 Laird et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 524

    Farmland Access and Conservation for Thriving Communities Act.

    3rd Reading AB524 Wilson et al. By Hurtado

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 554

    Health care coverage: antiretroviral drugs, drug devices, and drug products.

    3rd Reading AB554 Mark González et al. By Cabaldon

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 640

    Local educational agencies: governance training.

    3rd Reading AB640 Muratsuchi et al. By Pérez

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 258

    Fairs: allocation of revenues: gross receipts for sales and use tax.

    3rd Reading AB258 Connolly et al. By Laird

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 701

    Signal jammers.

    Unfinished Business SB701 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 845

    Employment: complaints: agricultural employees.

    3rd Reading AB845 Arambula By Hurtado

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1275

    Regional housing needs: regional transportation plan.

    3rd Reading AB1275 Elhawary By Durazo

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 786

    California Pollution Control Financing Authority: name change.

    3rd Reading AB786 Solache By Gonzalez

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 278

    Health data: HIV test results.

    Unfinished Business SB278 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1410

    Utilities: service outages and updates: alerts.

    3rd Reading AB1410 Garcia By Rubio

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1392

    Elections: voter registration information: elected officials and candidates.

    3rd Reading AB1392 Sharp-Collins et al. By Grove

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 704

    Firearms: firearm barrels.

    Unfinished Business SB704 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1197

    Rental passenger vehicles: electronic surveillance technology: renter liability for loss due to theft.

    3rd Reading AB1197 Calderon By Grayson

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 68

    Major food allergens.

    Unfinished Business SB68 Menjivar Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1501

    Physician assistants and podiatrists.

    3rd Reading AB1501 Berman By Ashby

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1096

    Water: schoolsites: lead testing.

    3rd Reading AB1096 Connolly By Menjivar

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 20

    Occupational safety: high-exposure trigger tasks on artificial stone.

    Unfinished Business SB20 Menjivar et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1308

    Residential building permits: inspections: Housing Accountability Act.

    3rd Reading AB1308 Hoover et al. By Jones

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1094

    Crimes: torture of a minor: parole.

    3rd Reading AB1094 Bains et al. By Archuleta

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

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  • SB 50

    Connected devices: device protection requests.

    Unfinished Business SB50 Ashby Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 40

    Health care coverage: insulin.

    Unfinished Business SB40 Wiener et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 291

    Contractors: workers' compensation insurance.

    Unfinished Business SB291 Grayson Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 978

    Department of Transportation and local agencies: streets and highways: recycled materials.

    3rd Reading AB978 Hoover By Strickland

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 246

    Social Security Tenant Protection Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading AB246 Bryan et al. By Wahab

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 935

    State agencies: complaints: demographic data.

    3rd Reading AB935 Ransom et al. By Weber Pierson

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1167

    Electrical corporations and gas corporations: rate recovery: political activities and promotional advertising.

    3rd Reading AB1167 Berman et al. By McNerney

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 573

    Cigarette and tobacco products: licensing and enforcement.

    3rd Reading AB573 Rogers et al. By Rubio

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 827

    Local agency officials: training.

    Unfinished Business SB827 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 898

    The Family Urgent Response System.

    3rd Reading AB898 Bryan By Menjivar

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 625

    Housing developments: disasters: reconstruction of destroyed or damaged structures.

    Unfinished Business SB625 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 734

    Criminal procedure: discrimination.

    Unfinished Business SB734 Caballero Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 250

    Sexual assault: statute of limitations.

    3rd Reading AB250 Aguiar-Curry By Laird

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 21

    Single-room occupancy units: demolition and replacement: housing assistance programs: eligibility for homeless individuals and families.

    Unfinished Business SB21 Durazo et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 355

    Judgment debtor employers: Employment Development Department.

    Unfinished Business SB355 Pérez et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1455

    State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection: defensible space requirements: ember-resistant zones: emergency regulations: California Environmental Quality Act.

    3rd Reading AB1455 Bryan By Becker Urgency Clause

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 514

    Wildfire prevention: qualified entities: assessments: California Fire Service Training and Education Program Act.

    Unfinished Business SB514 Cabaldon Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 14

    Coastal resources: Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program.

    3rd Reading AB14 Hart et al. By Limón

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 450

    Public social services: support for older and aging immigrants.

    3rd Reading AB450 Carrillo et al. By Padilla

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 474

    Housing discrimination: nonprofit home-sharing program: eligibility for public social services.

    3rd Reading AB474 Ward By Ochoa Bogh

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 86

    Instructional materials: health education.

    3rd Reading AB86 Boerner By Ashby

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 818

    Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies.

    3rd Reading AB818 Ávila Farías et al. By Cabaldon

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 621

    Deepfake pornography.

    3rd Reading AB621 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Ashby

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 992

    Peace officers.

    3rd Reading AB992 Irwin By Seyarto

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1280

    Energy.

    3rd Reading AB1280 Garcia et al. By Becker

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 679

    Department of Parks and Recreation: Big Basin Redwoods, Año Nuevo, and Butano State Parks.

    3rd Reading AB679 Pellerin et al. By Allen

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1502

    Veterinary medicine: California Veterinary Medical Board.

    3rd Reading AB1502 Berman By Ashby

    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
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.

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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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