In my first term, we helped lead the fight to cut the Gray Davis’ car tax, saving California’s working families almost $4 billion.  Now it is critical to fight back repeated efforts to raise the car tax and now our state's sales tax to fill the voids creating by passing unrealistic budgets year after year.  In 2008, I stood to again oppose the State Budget that experts rightfully predicted was relying upon unrealistic revenue assumptions and would not make it through the year. 

I oppose the unrestrained growth of government on the backs of the homeowner and taxpayer.  It is essential that we defend the Proposition 13 and I will continue to do so.  I'm proud to have earned consistent A+ ratings from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers' Association during my six years in the legislature and now have earned their endorsement in this campaign for State Senate. 

We still need a conservative spending cap, keeping government off your back and out of your wallet, but it cannot come at the expense of raising taxes in the interim!

Ask another taxfighter who knows me well:
" Doug LaMalfa is a pro-taxpayer conservative who has a proven record of opposing tax increases and for fighting the liberal big spenders in Sacramento."
- Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

 Our region's number one obstacle to economic development is the fact we're still in California!

Talking with business owners from Placer County to the Oregon border, they all have similar complaints about dealing with the State of California.  We must address this anti-business climate if we expect our economy to rebound.

Excessive regulation, an overreaching bureaucracy and unrealistic policies based upon unsound science are all thwarting the businessperson trying to better their community and provide for their family.  When the only expanding business sectors are moving companies and trial attorneys, its clear our state's dysfunctional policies need to change. 

Reform must be systematic.  Legislators should be spending more time on agency oversight rather than imposing more restrictions on our economy.  Job-killers such as AB 32 give carte blanche to government bureaucrats and special interest attorneys who seek to stop progress and extort prosperity in the name of environmental concern.  Policies to improve air and water quality must recognize technological limits and the economic costs of each benefit sought.   

Our natural resources are valuable assets and they must be used wisely. As a fourth generation farmer, I recognize the value of good stewardship of our resources and the bountiful harvest that nature provides again and again. From my position as Vice Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, I fought to protect the vital uses of our natural resources from those who would deny human beings the benefit of this blessed land in which we live.

Increasing California's Water Supply = Preparing for Our Future - California's future prosperity is clearly linked to a safe and abundant supply of water to meet the demands of agriculture, industry, environmental, health and safety and residential concerns. Throughout our history, California has struggled to achieve a balance among the competing interests staking their claims on a static water supply. Protecting our water rights and increasing California's water storage are essential to our future.

We must strongly oppose environmental extremism that thwarts the development of water storage projects to meet our growing human needs.  We must also proactively support those alternatives that would allow California's coastal communities to utilize new technologies to develop their own water supply from the ocean.

Fire Protection through Healthy Forest Management – In 2004, I authored the Forest Fire Protection Act, AB 2420 to make it easier and less costly for owners of forest land to thin trees without filing a burdensome Timber Harvest Plan (THP). The recent, devastating forest fires in each of our northern counties were a grim reminder of the catastrophe that awaits if we don’t begin a serious effort to thin trees and remove fuels from our forest lands. The benefits of adopting this economically balanced approach are many. Promoting policies that will make our rural communities safer, preserve our wilderness areas, save wildlife habitat and create jobs will continue to be a priority for me as your representative.

Promoting Agriculture and Our Farm Economy - Agriculture is the backbone of our northern California economy and I will continue to provide a strong voice for our vital farming industries. We must work tirelessly to protect our rural way of life, so that future generations of Californians can benefit from the security of a dependable, sustainable and safe food supply. California helps to feed the world, and we must continue the fight for fair trade throughout the world so that our products - the best quality in the world - will be available to every person who wants them.

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Doug LaMalfa is a fourth generation rice farmer who has lived in Northern California all of his life. He and his wife, Jill, have four children and make their home on the family farm in Richvale, California. He was first elected the Legislature in 2002 to represent the sprawling 2nd Assembly District covering nine counties in Northern California.