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  Madaffer, Jim
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NameJim Madaffer
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San Diego, California , United States
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Nov 13, 2004 02:02pm
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InfoJim Madaffer is the San Diego City Councilmember representing District 7 that includes the communities of Allied Gardens, Chollas Creek, Colina del Sol, Darnall, Del Cerro, El Cerrito Heights, Fox Canyon, Grantville, Islenair, MCAS Miramar, Mission Gorge, Murphy Canyon Heights, Rolando, San Carlos, SDSU College Area, Tierrasanta and portions of Oak Park. District Seven also includes Lake Murray and Mission Trails Regional Park.

Councilmember Madaffer was re-elected to a second term on March 2, 2004. He was first elected to office on November 7, 2002. From December 1993 until December 3, 2000 he was Chief of Staff to Councilmember Judy McCarty. Prior to that he was in the telecommunications and computer fields for more than 15 years.

He is the Chair of the City Council's Natural Resources and Culture Committee, Chair of the Mission Trails Regional Park Task Force, and a member of the Rules Committee. He is the City of San Diego's board member to the League of California Cities serving as Chair of the Fiscal Reform Committee. In addition, Councilmember Madaffer is a member of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Board of Directors and serves as liaison to the San Diego Data Processing Corporation (SDDPC).

He is a private pilot and certified SCUBA diver. He is a graduate of LEAD San Diego, Class of 1989. He was selected in 1986 and 1988 as one of the Junior Chamber of Commerce's "10 Outstanding Young Citizens" in San Diego. He is the recipient of numerous awards from the Boy Scouts of America, both as a youth and as an adult volunteer including the Silver Beaver Award. He recently received the Urban Corps' FDR Legislator of the Year award and the American Heart Association's Legislative Heart Partner award. The Technology Training Foundation names him a Technology Hero in 2002 and he was selected one of San Diego Magazine's "Fifty People to Watch" in 2001. Recently San Diego State University honored him with the Ambassador for Higher Education Achievement Award.

Jim was raised in San Diego and attended Grossmont College and San Diego State University. He and his wife, Sally Ortega Madaffer, are lifelong residents of San Diego and have twin sons, Christopher and Kyle.

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  03/02/2004 San Diego City Council - District 7 Won 68.47% (+36.94%)
  11/07/2000 San Diego City Council - District 7 Won 56.20% (+12.40%)
  03/07/2000 San Diego City Council - District 7 - Primary Won 45.66% (+14.35%)
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