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Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) today has introduced a package of legislation to better empower working Californians. In her first year in office, Senator Smallwood-Cuevas introduced a bill package that addresses the compounded poverty and onramps to prosperity through good jobs and social safety net programs. The Senator’s bill package centers the needs of working families, and protects the right to collective bargaining.




Longtime labor organizer and civil rights leader Lola Smallwood-Cuevas celebrated her election win as the new State Senator for the 28th District at a special swearing-in event held on Saturday for the local community. Elected in November, Senator Smallwood-Cuevas was sworn-in before a crowd of nearly 200 community leaders, stakeholders and supporters.