Building on a productive first year in the State Senate, Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas continued to deliver progressive successes for her constituents and scores her second appearance as an All-Star. A nationally recognized labor organizer and Chair of the Committee on Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement, she authored SB 1446 to establish employment protections for grocery and retail drugstore workers impacted by the increased use of self-service stations, and co-authored SB 1103 to increase protections for small businesses and non-profit organizations by requiring commercial landlords to provide advance notice for rent changes. She also provided leadership on improving youth and juvenile justice outcomes by co-authoring AB 2441 to remove the requirement that schools report student behavioral or drug possession issues to law enforcement, and protecting the local climate by co-authoring AB 1866 to speed the process of cleaning and plugging idle oil wells in the state. This legislation, and her support of 25 of the bills evaluated for this scorecard, highlight Sen. Smallwood-Cuevas’ legislative approach consistently focused on supporting working families, environmental justice, and education.