Doug LaMalfa

Doug LaMalfa
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Mike Thompson
Member of the California State Senate from the 4th district
In office December 6, 2010 – August 31, 2012
Preceded by	Sam Aanestad
Succeeded by	Jim Nielsen
Member of the California State Assembly from the 2nd district
In office December 2, 2002 – December 1, 2008
Preceded by	Richard Dickerson
Succeeded by	Jim Nielsen
Personal details
Born	(1960-07-02) July 2, 1960 Oroville, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Jill LaMalfa; 4 children
Residence	Richvale, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Profession	Farmer, businessman
Religion	Christian
Website	Representative Doug LaMalfa

Douglas L. LaMalfa (born July 2, 1960) is an American politician. A Republican, he has been the U.S. Representative for California's 1st congressional district, located in Northern California, since 2013. LaMalfa previously served in the California State Assembly, representing the 2nd district, from 2002 to 2008, and he served in the California State Senate, representing the 4th district, from 2010 to 2012.

Early life, education, and early career

LaMalfa is a fourth generation rice farmer and a lifelong Northern California resident. He and his wife, Jill, along with their four children, make their home on the family farm in Richvale, California. LaMalfa graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor's degree in Ag/Business. He manages the family farming business originally founded by his great-grandfather in 1931.

He was elected as a founding director of the California Rice Commission from Butte County. LaMalfa also served on the Domestic Promotion Committee of the USA Rice Federation. He was chairman of the Richvale Foundation Boosters, an organization dedicated to maintaining the profitability of the Richvale Café, a community meeting facility. LaMalfa is an owner and manager of the Dsl Lamalfa Family Partnership. Since 1995, Dsl Lamalfa Family Partnership has received payments totaling $4,909,450 in federal commodity subsidies.

California Assembly

Elections

In 2002, LaMalfa ran for the California Assembly in the 2nd District. He won the Republican primary with 59% of the vote. and the general election with 67% He won re-election in 2004 (68%) and 2006 (68%).

Tenure

LaMafla worked with Bernie Richter as a early supporter of Proposition 209, which ended affirmative action in California. He also worked for passage of the Protection of Marriage Act, Proposition 22, which banned gay marriage in California, and when that initiative was overturned by the courts he was an early supporter and active in the Prop 8 campaign. LaMalfa authored ACA 22 to protect private property owners from government abuse of eminent domain. He also wrote the Forest Fire Protection Act of 2004 to allow landowners to make their rural lands fire-safe and without forest management. He supported Proposition 8.

LaMalfa opposed Mike Feuer's microstamping bill, AB 1471, which was signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on October 13, 2007. He opposed Speaker Fabian Núñez's bill AB 8 that was designed to mandate businesses of a certain size to provide health insurance to their employees.

LaMalfa was a co-author of ACA 20, which, similar to Arizona's new law, would empower law enforcement to act as Immigration, Customs Enforcement Agents and would have cracked down on illegal immigration. ACA 20 failed to pass the first hearing by a 3-to-6 vote.

In 2007, he successfully passed AB 1645, a law that would prevent seizures of firearms in the event of an emergency or natural disaster. This was the first pro-gun legislation passed and signed into law in a decade. LaMalfa was named the California Rifle and Pistol Associations "Legislator of the Year".^{[citation needed]}

Committee assignments

• Audit
• Public Safety
• West Nile virus

California Senate

2010 election

In 2010, he ran for the California Senate in the 4th District. In the Republican primary, he defeated State Representative Rick Keene 58%–42%. In the general election, he defeated Lathe Gill 68%–32%.

Tenure

In November 2011, LaMalfa led the Republican opposition against a proposed bullet train saying "In light of the High Speed Rail plan that was submitted and that the numbers still do not work, California in this dire fiscal crisis that we're in, we're going to introduce legislation to repeal the HSR Authority and the funding for that the state was going to put forward."

LaMalfa gave Democrat Governor Jerry Brown a “C” for his fiscal policies in 2011.

LaMalfa opposed a bill that would require history teachers in all California public schools to teach history of homosexuality and gay civil rights. LaMalfa stated the Governor Brown was "out of touch with what I think are still mainstream American values. That's not the kind of stuff I want my kids learning about in public school. They've really crossed a line into a new frontier."

LaMalfa strongly opposed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would eliminate the Electoral College. He argued "I think this is dangerous. It flies in the face of 220 years of election law. We have an electoral college; it was put there for a reason."

Committee assignments

• Audit
• Agriculture
• Budget and Fiscal Review
• Elections and Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair)
• Fairs, Allocation, and Classification (Chair)
• Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Governance and Finance
• Natural Resources and Water (Vice Chair)
• Veterans Affairs

U.S. House of Representatives

2012 election

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2012

In January 2012, U.S. Congressman Wally Herger announced that he was retiring and that "Senator LaMalfa is running for Congress, and will do so with the endorsement of Congressman Herger." LaMalfa won the primary election in June 2012 with 38% of the vote in an eight person race and winning 10 out of the district's 11 counties. On November 6, 2012, LaMalfa defeated Democrat Jim Reed 57%–43%.

Committee assignments

• Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
  • Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture
• Committee on Natural Resources
  • Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs
  • Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation
  • Subcommittee on Water and Power

External links

• Representative Doug LaMalfa (official website)
• Doug LaMalfa for Congress (campaign website)
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Profile at Ballotpedia
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Issue positions and quotes at On the Issues
• Voting record at The Washington Post
• Environmental Working Group Farm Subsidy Database for Dsl Lamalfa Family Partnership.

California Assembly
Preceded by Richard Dickerson	California State Assemblymember 2nd District 2002–2008	Succeeded by Jim Nielsen
California Senate
Preceded by Sam Aanestad	California State Senator 4th District December 6, 2010 – August 31, 2012	Succeeded by Jim Nielsen
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Mike Thompson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st congressional district January 3, 2013 – present	Incumbent
United States order of precedence
Preceded by Ann McLane Kuster D-New Hampshire	United States Representatives by seniority 399th	Succeeded by Alan Lowenthal D-California