Doug LaMalfa (born July 2, 1960, Oroville, California) has represented California's 2nd Assembly District in the California State Assembly since December 2002. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oroville is the County seat of Butte County California. The city-limits Population was 13004 at the 2000 census; and as of 2007 the population The California State Assembly is the Lower house of the California State Legislature. The district includes Siskiyou, Modoc, Shasta, Tehama, Glenn, Colusa, Yolo, and Sutter Counties, and part of Butte County. Siskiyou County is a County located in the far northernmost part of the U Modoc County is a county located in the far northeast corner of the U Shasta County is a county located in the northern portion of the U Tehama County (pronounced teh-HAY-muh is a county located in the northern part of the U Glenn County is a county located in the Central Valley, in the northern part of the U Colusa County is a County located in the Central Valley of the U Yolo County is located in the northern part of the US state of California, bordered by the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Sutter County is a county located along the Sacramento River in the Central Valley of the U Butte County is a County located in the Central Valley of the U He represents the cities of Alturas, Anderson, Arbuckle, Biggs, Burney, Colusa, Corning, Dunsmuir, Esparto, Hamilton City, Orland, Red Bluff, Redding, Richvale, Shasta , Tulelake, Weed, Williams, Willows, Yreka, and Yuba City. Alturas is the County seat of Modoc County, California, United States. Anderson (pop 11000 is a city in Shasta County, California, USA, approximately 10 miles south of Redding. Arbuckle is a Census-designated place (CDP in Colusa County, California, United States. Biggs is a city in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 1793 at the 2000 census Burney is an unincorporated town and Census-designated place (CDP in Shasta County, California, United States. Colusa is the County seat of Colusa County California. The population was 5402 at the 2000 census Corning is a city with nearly 7000 people in Tehama County, California, United States. Dunsmuir is a city in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Esparto is a Census-designated place (CDP in Yolo County, California, United States. Hamilton City is a Census-designated place (CDP in Glenn County, California, United States. Orland is a city in Glenn County, California, United States. The population was 6281 at the 2000 census Red Bluff is the County seat of Tehama County California. As of the 2000 census the incorporated city had a total Population of 13147 but it is currently Redding is a city in Northern California. It is the County seat of Shasta County California, USA Richvale is a small Farming community (estimated population 250 in Butte County, California, USA, south of Chico and west of Shasta Lake (or Shasta Lake City or 'CV' is a city in Shasta County, California, United States. Tulelake (pronounced "Too-lee lake" is a city in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Weed is a city located in Siskiyou County California. As of the 2000 Census, the town had a total population of 2978 Williams is a city in Colusa County, California, United States. Willows is the County seat of Glenn County California. The population was 6220 at the 2000 census Yreka (waɪˈriːkə "wye-REE-ka" is the County seat of Siskiyou County California, United States Yuba City is a Northern California city founded in 1849 It is the County seat of Sutter County, California, United States LaMalfa represents one of the biggest assembly districts when it comes to square miles. He is a Republican. Prior to being elected to the Assembly, LaMalfa was a rice farmer and a community activist. LaMalfa won over 68% of all votes cast in his 2006 reelection race against Democrat Melvin Smith [1]. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party.
Background
LaMalfa is a fourth generation rice farmer who has lived in Northern California all his life. He and his wife, Jill, along with their four children, Kyle, Allison, Sophia and Natalie make their home on the family farm in Richvale, California. Richvale is a small Farming community (estimated population 250 in Butte County, California, USA, south of Chico and west of LaMalfa attended local schools. LaMalfa graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Bachelors Degree in Ag/Business. San Luis Obispo (sænˈluːɪs əˈbɪspoʊ Spanish for St Louis the Bishop) is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and He and his father Milt manage the family farming business originally founded by his great-grandfather in 1931.
LaMalfa was elected as a founding director of the California Rice Commission from Butte County. Butte County can refer to any of the following Butte County California Butte County Idaho Butte County South Dakota 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.
Assembly member
LaMalfa's voting record and political rhetoric suggests that LaMalfa is a staunch conservative. LaMalfa has opposed regulations that place fish and fairy shrimp. He is against increasing taxes and has opposed new utility taxes in his own county. He worked with Bernie Richter as a key early supporter of Proposition 209 that ended affirmative action in California. Proposition 209 was a 1996 California ballot proposition which amended the state constitution to prohibit public institutions from considering Affirmative action in the United States|Employment equity (Canada|Reservation in India|Numerus clausus The term affirmative action describes many policies aimed at a historically He also worked for passage of the Protection of Marriage Act, Proposition 22 that banned gay marriage in California. For eight years California’s 2000 ballot initiative Proposition 22 (or Prop 22) prevented California from recognizing Same-sex marriages Voters Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same LaMalfa is a strong supporter of private property rights. He 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. LaMalfa's believes in limited government and that government should do only what people can't. Limited Government is a government structure where any more than minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy is not usually allowed by Law, usually
LaMalfa has opposed many bills supported by the democratic controlled California legislature. He opposed Mike Feuer's microstamping bill, AB 1471 [2]. Michael Feuer (born 1958 is a California politician and lawyer He opposed Speaker Fabian Nunez's bill AB 8 that was designed to mandate business's of a certain size to provide health insureance to their employees [3]. Fabian Núñez ( Fabián Núñez, Fabian Nuñez and less commonly Fabian Nunez) (born December 27, 1966, Logan Heights San Diego
References
- http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/members/index.asp?Dist=2&Lang=1&Body=Bio
- http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/makebio.asp?district=2
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