Candidate · State Senate, District 28
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
What this job does: Your district's vote in the 40-member California State Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, confirm many of the governor's appointments, and can place constitutional amendments on the ballot with the Assembly. A term is four years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, District 28
- Occupation
- State Senator
Background
- Earned a bachelor's degree in communications from California State University, Hayward. source: sd28.senate.ca.gov
- Worked as a journalist and was active in the Newspaper Guild. source: sd28.senate.ca.gov
- Was lead organizer of the Justice for Janitors campaign with SEIU Local 1877. source: sd28.senate.ca.gov
- Founded the UCLA Labor Center's Center for the Advancement of Racial Equity at Work and co-founded the Los Angeles Black Worker Center. source: sd28.senate.ca.gov
- Chairs the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee. source: sd28.senate.ca.gov
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