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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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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.

  • AB 1501

    Physician assistants and podiatrists.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jun 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 686

    Elections: deceptive audio or visual media.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jun 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SJR 7

    Relative to tariffs.

    Be adopted. Ordered to third reading

    Jun 30, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 88

    Relative to Purple Heart Day.

    Special Consent SCR88 Seyarto et al.

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 118

    Human services.

    3rd Reading AB118 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 136

    Courts.

    3rd Reading AB136 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 142

    Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.

    Unfinished Business SB142 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 77

    Relative to Service Dog Appreciation Month.

    Special Consent SCR77 Seyarto et al.

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 655

    California-Mexico Border Relations Council.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 354

    Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB354 Michelle Rodriguez Urgency Clause

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • ACR 37

    Relative to the Assistant Chief Josh Bischof, Captain Tim Rodriguez, and Pilot Tony Sousa Memorial Highway.

    Consent Calendar 2nd ACR37 Wallis et al.

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 103

    Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, and 2024.

    Unfinished Business SB103 Wiener Concurrence

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 102

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading AB102 Gabriel By Wiener

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • ACR 91

    Portuguese Heritage Month: Day of Portugal: Day of the Azores.

    Special Consent ACR91 Aguiar-Curry et al.

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 121

    Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill.

    3rd Reading AB121 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 47

    Relative to Jewish American Heritage Month.

    Special Consent SR47 Stern et al.

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1216

    Elementary and secondary education: omnibus.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB1216 ED.

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 927

    County superintendent of schools: inspection of public schools.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB927 Sharp-Collins Urgency Clause

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 137

    State government.

    3rd Reading AB137 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 313

    Student financial aid: application deadlines: extension.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB313 Ortega et al.

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 223

    Jury selection: acknowledgment and agreement.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 134

    Public Safety.

    3rd Reading AB134 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 741

    Department of Justice: child abuse reporting.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 132

    Taxation.

    Unfinished Business SB132 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 123

    Higher education budget trailer bill.

    3rd Reading AB123 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 124

    Public resources trailer bill.

    Unfinished Business SB124 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1177

    California Prompt Payment Act: late payment penalties.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 116

    Health omnibus trailer bill.

    3rd Reading AB116 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 128

    Transportation.

    Unfinished Business SB128 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • ACR 16

    Relative to the POW/MIA Bridge.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 120

    Early childhood education and childcare.

    Unfinished Business SB120 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 786

    California Pollution Control Financing Authority: name change.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 584

    Firearms dealers and manufacturers: secure facilities.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 127

    Climate change.

    Unfinished Business SB127 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 143

    Developmental services.

    3rd Reading AB143 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 233

    Alcoholic beverages: licensees.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 141

    California Cannabis Tax Fund: Department of Cannabis Control: Board of State and Community Corrections grants.

    Unfinished Business SB141 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • ACR 21

    Relative to the Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 751

    Rest periods: petroleum facilities: safety-sensitive positions.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 79

    Relative to The Brad Mettam Memorial Interchange.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jun 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 143

    Developmental services.

    Do pass

    Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 672

    Real property tax: welfare exemption: community land trusts.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 128

    Transportation.

    Do pass

    Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 102

    Budget Act of 2025.

    Do pass

    Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 340

    Employer-employee relations: confidential communications.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 121

    Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill.

    Do pass

    Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 338

    Workforce development: the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura: 2025 wildfires.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1340

    Transportation network company drivers: labor relations.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation]

    Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 538

    Public works: payroll records.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1234

    Employment: nonpayment of wages: complaints.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

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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