As the City of Los Angeles is primed to host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) held a Workforce & Procurement Symposium today at Exposition Park to bring together LA28 leadership with South LA workforce and business leaders to provide equitable access to jobs, contracts and long-term economic impact generated by the 2028 Games.
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Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) shared the following statement on Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2026/27 budget proposal released today:
La Senadora Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Ángeles) compartió la siguiente declaración sobre la propuesta de presupuesto 2026/27 del Gobernador Gavin Newsom, publicada hoy:
South Los Angeles has achieved an extraordinary milestone with the California Arts Council’s unanimous vote to officially designate the area as the state’s first ever Black Cultural District.
El Sur de Los Ángeles ha logrado un hito extraordinario con la votación unánime del Consejo de las Artes de California para designar oficialmente la zona como el primer Distrito Cultural Afroamericano del estado. La decisión fue anunciada el viernes por la Senadora Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Ángeles), acompañada de líderes cívicos y comunitarios, durante una conferencia de prensa y una recepción comunitaria celebradas en el Museo Afroamericano de California.
This week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a legislative package authored by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) that strengthens worker protections for California’s working families, particularly those from low-wage communities of color.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) will host a community celebration in South Los Angeles this Sunday, September 28 to honor the cultural, civic and economic contributions of the Latino community.
Today, the California State Senate passed landmark legislation to reauthorize and improve Cap-and-Invest, stabilize the energy market, and drive down electricity costs.