Taylor Kayatta

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Taylor Kayatta

Nonpartisan

Sacramento City Unified School District school board Area 6

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Darrel Woo

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

UCLA, 2008

Graduate

Sacramento State University, 2013

Law

McGeorge School of Law, 2012

Contact

Campaign website

Taylor Kayatta is a member of the Sacramento City Unified School District school board in California, representing Trustee Area 6. He assumed office on December 9, 2022. His current term ends on December 11, 2026.

Kayatta ran for election to the Sacramento City Unified School District school board to represent Trustee Area 6 in California. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Kayatta completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kayatta earned a bachelor's degree from UCLA in 2008. He earned a J.D. from the McGeorge School of Law in 2012. He earned a graduate degree from Sacramento State University in 2013.

Elections

2022

See also: Sacramento City Unified School District, California, elections (2022)

General election

General election for Sacramento City Unified School District school board Area 6

Taylor Kayatta defeated incumbent Darrel Woo in the general election for Sacramento City Unified School District school board Area 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Taylor Kayatta (Nonpartisan)	53.5	9,937
		Darrel Woo (Nonpartisan)	46.5	8,628

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,565
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Taylor Kayatta completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kayatta's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am the father of two children, an attorney, and a CPA. My work experience includes being an auditor for the State, where I performed financial and performance audits of state departments and school districts, among other entities. I grew up in New Jersey, Maine, and Southern California before moving to Sacramento in 2009.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Sacramento City schools are on a downward trajectory. I will bring my experiences as a parent and feedback from other parents, students, yea hers, and others to demand action to improve our schools.
• I will find out what is really going on with the district’s budget and make sure our spending matches our priorities, just like I did for the programs and schools I audited.
• I will push the school board to take a more active role in labor negotiations to repair the strained relationships that have plagued our district for years.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

We can no longer sit by and let our school district atrophy. We need strong leaders who question the status quo to restore our schools to their great reputation. I can be one of those leaders and I can empower others in our community to be leaders as well. I will also ensure that parents have a seat at the table to provide the first hand knowledge we have about how to make things better.

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