Doug LaMalfa
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Thompson |
| Member of the California State Senate from the 4th district |
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In office December 6, 2010 – August 31, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Sam Aanestad |
| Succeeded by | Jim Nielsen |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 2nd district |
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In office December 2, 2002 – December 1, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Dickerson |
| Succeeded by | Jim Nielsen |
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July 2, 1960 Oroville, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jill LaMalfa |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Richvale, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cal Poly San Luis Obispo |
| Profession | Farmer, businessman |
| Religion | Evangelical Free Church |
| 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.
LaMalfa is a fourth-generation rice farmer and a lifelong Northern California resident. He graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor's degree in Ag/Business. He and his wife, Jill, along with their four children, live on the family rice farm in Richvale, an unincorporated suburban community south of Chico, 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, which owns and operates the family farm. Since 1995, Dsl Lamalfa Family Partnership has received payments totaling $5,132,156 in federal commodity subsidies.
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%).
LaMafla worked with Bernie Richter as an 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 Same-sex marriage in California, and after that initiative was overturned by the courts, he was an early supporter and active in the Proposition 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.
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