State · State Senate
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
State Senator · Senate District 28 · Party: Democratic
3004 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 28
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No issues page found
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas's website (senate.ca.gov ↗) has no page titled Issues, Priorities or Platform that ThePillory could find, as of Oct 10, 2026. It's searched again every few months.
This tab shows Lola Smallwood-Cuevas's platform in their own words (a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, and statements their office submits) and specific commitments, checked word for word against their source, 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.
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AB 481
Healing arts: clinical laboratories: personnel.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 265
Small Business Recovery Fund Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 1280
Energy.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications]
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AB 8
Cannabis: cannabinoids: industrial hemp.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]
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AB 742
Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 723
Real estate: digitally altered images: disclosure.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 254
California-Ireland Trade Commission.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 586
Professional fiduciaries.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 1002
Contractors: failure to pay wages: discipline.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 408
Physician Health and Wellness Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 377
High-Speed Rail Authority: business plan: Merced to Bakersfield segment.
Consent Calendar 2nd
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AB 1138
Income and corporate taxes: tax credits: motion pictures.
3rd Reading AB1138 Zbur et al. By Allen Urgency Clause
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AB 1478
Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act: mattress recycling charge: consumer education.
Consent Calendar 2nd
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ACR 77
Relative to Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month.
Special Consent ACR77 Davies et al. By Niello
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AB 1034
Teacher credentialing: programs of professional preparation: youth mental health.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1034 Ávila Farías
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AB 1130
Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 1341
Contractors: discipline: building law violations.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 139
State Bargaining Unit 9 and State Bargaining Unit 12.
Unfinished Business SB139 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence
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AB 957
Cigarette and tobacco products: retail sale: pharmacies.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]
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AB 559
Professions and vocations: contractors: home improvement contracts: prohibited business practices.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 1502
Veterinary medicine: California Veterinary Medical Board.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 797
Community Stabilization Act: Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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AB 1504
California Massage Therapy Council.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
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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$835,514
- Spent$767,601
- From individuals (itemized)$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 assignedTop employers of individual donors
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES$2,612
- NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDERS GROUP$2,000
- LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$1,828
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES LABOR CENTER$1,641
- CITY OF LOS ANGELES$1,519
- AG & ASSOCIATES$1,250
- L NORWOOD AND ASSOCIATES LLC$708
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$700
- HANDELMAN CONSULTING$554
- SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION 2015$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$19,600
- California Professional Firefighters PAC$18,300
- California State Council of Laborers PAC$17,700
- California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers PAC$14,400
- California Nurses Association PAC (CNA-PAC)$13,200
- California Federation of Teachers COPE$11,800
- California State Council of Service Employees$11,800
- Service Employees International Union Local 1000 Candidate PAC$11,800
- Service Employees International Union Local 721, CTW, CLC State & Local$11,800
- Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians$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$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$130,475 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$107,962 received
- Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026$76,659 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026$114,216 received
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.
MethodologyDisclosures
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
Committees
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Issues
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