Jacob Naven

Candidate for Mayor, Manteca · Small Business Owner

Jacob Naven owns an insurance agency in Manteca. He opened it with his wife Kris in 2007, during the run-up to the Great Recession. He has run the business for more than 18 years. He was born in a small Iowa town. His family later moved to Arizona and then to Northern California. He grew up in Rocklin and graduated from Rocklin High School. He played tennis for a year at American River College. He spent two years on a church mission in Panama, where he built on Spanish skills he learned from his mother. He has coached tennis at Sierra High School since 2010. He has served as president of the Kiwanis Club. He has served on the Chamber of Commerce board. He has chaired the nonprofit Give Every Child a Chance. He spent six years on the Doctors Hospital board, including as chair since 2020. He holds a bachelor's degree and is working on a master's degree in business administration.

Naven wants a clear plan to pay for fire and police jobs first. He says the city should do this before it spends more sales tax money on things like a new pool complex. He points to a long-delayed sixth fire station and a needed seventh station as bigger needs. He wants the city to be open about where tax dollars go. He is cautious about city land deals made without a clear plan, like a downtown building purchase. He believes growth in Manteca should help current residents, not outside interests. He backs asking voters if they want term limits for the mayor and council.

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