[4] Madaffer began his career in government by serving as chief of staff to San Diego Councilwoman Judy McCarty from 1993 to 2000.

[6] Madaffer led the effort to pass a city law that required all new buildings to have automated external defibrillators.

[7] Madaffer led the effort to pass a city law that required all new buildings to have automated external defibrillators.

[17] The California Road Charge Technical Advisory Committee was established in 2014 by Senate Bill 1077 (DeSaulnier - Chapter 835, Statutes of 2014).

SB 1077[18] created the California Road Charge Pilot Program and tasked the Chair of the commission, in consultation with the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) to convene a fifteen-member Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) to study alternatives to the gas tax, gather public comment, and make recommendations to CalSTA regarding the design of a road charge pilot program.

[19] Madaffer resigned from the Commission in January 2019 to devote his efforts as Chair of the San Diego County Water Authority.

[3] He was then appointed by the commission as a public member to the Road Charge Task Force which he continues to serve on today.