Jayna Karpinski-Costa
Candidate for City Council Member, Citrus Heights, District 4 · CITY OF CITRUS HEIGHTS COUNCILMEMBER
Dr. Jayna Karpinski-Costa has lived in Citrus Heights since 1991. She holds a bachelor's degree in microbiology from Colorado State University, a master's degree from Boston University, and a juris doctor from Santa Clara University School of Law. She is both an attorney and a veterinarian, running a private practice that provides acupuncture and traditional medicine to animals, and has represented and defended policies in courts including the United States Supreme Court. She has organized the Citrus Heights Senior Health and Resource Fair for over a decade, volunteers with Meals on Wheels and children's causes, and has served since 1998 as president of the Sylvan Old Auburn Road (SOAR) Area 10 neighborhood association.
Positions in brief
Karpinski-Costa has emphasized fiscal responsibility, particularly ensuring new property tax revenues are spent on community needs rather than discretionary wants.
Karpinski-Costa has said that after 25 years the city will begin receiving property tax revenues, and that she wants those new funds directed toward genuine community needs rather than discretionary spending.
On the issues
- Taxes & Cost of Living
Wants new property tax revenues directed toward community needs rather than discretionary spending.
“After 25 years, we will finally be receiving property tax revenues. I want to ensure these new monies are spent on needs, not wants.”
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