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Traffic-Control Measures in Place as Halloween Descends on Isla Vista
Thousands of out-of-town visitors to the Isla Vista area on Friday and Saturday for Halloween will translate into a lot of extra vehicles, and local law-enforcement officials are using DUI checkpoints, road closures and parking enforcement to manage traffic and to try to minimize effects on the rest of the community.
The California Highway Patrol will set up DUI checkpoints throughout the county, and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department will supervise road closures and barricades in Isla Vista.
With Halloween on Saturday this year, authorities have been expecting visitors to arrive as early as Thursday.
Parking will be prohibited on some blocks of Isla Vista from Friday afternoon through Sunday morning, and all cars in those areas will be towed. There also will be barricades around Del Playa Drive and other roads.
Street closures will disrupt some MTD bus routes over the weekend, including service beyond North Hall on the UCSB campus. Line 27 will be discontinued until streets are reopened, MTD’s Kate Schwab said in a news release.
One of CHP’s checkpoints will be in the Goleta area from 9 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday. All vehicles will be checked if possible.
Law enforcement officials have held two public meetings to inform the community about preparations for the event, including increased staffing of police officers, sheriff’s deputies, CHP officers and medical personnel.
UCSB’s Associated Students has created a Web site for students with information for a safe and legal Halloween.
During a meeting at Goleta City Hall on Sept. 30, residents expressed concern that, because of limited parking in Isla Vista, cars are often forced into residential areas.
Authorities urge anyone with a problem during the weekend to call 9-1-1, as additional staffing will be able to quickly respond to calls.
— Noozhawk staff writer Giana Magnoli can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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» on 10.30.09 @ 12:37 PM
Nice report update.
What a waste of public safety time, money, personnel, when all are in such
short supply.
UCSB has minimal legal authority over what happens in IV, so why don’t we
ever call things straight up?
Greedy slum-lords who get rich on delapidated IV rental properties are willing to
accept damage and vandalism during Halloween weekends in exchange for exorbitant rents, and forfeit of kids cleaning deposits.
How many other landlords do you know who’d accept this kind of scheduled public orgy of booze, drugs (and unplanned sex) each year from their tenants without immediate evictions?
How long could thing crud go on IF the County (which is legally in charge of IV)
announced way in advance that ANYONE caught illegally boozing or drugging it
up (let alone, curfew violations) in IV over Halloween would go to jail, and STAY THERE?
How long could it go on if County courts required each convicted party-hearty to
actually serve a full sentence and not get a wrist slap, or a fine paid by daddy?
How long could it go on if UCSB and City College promised ALL convicted revelers would be SUSPENDED or EXPELLED, then did it?
Public safety personnel should not have to deal with drunkards and dopers who
urinate, vomit, or defecate all over themselves. Or deal with those who run off the IV cliffs in a stupor.
If SB County got tough just one year, and made sure the word got out, this kind of
stuff would not happen anymore.
» on 10.31.09 @ 12:50 AM
can’t wait to egg your house hahahah
» on 10.31.09 @ 11:11 AM
rather than having all us boring middle aged worker bees pay the bill for this giant hormone driven mosh pit every year - can’t some sort of special property tax district be assessed in IV to pick up the tab for all the overtime spent by the sheriff pulling coeds off each other and responding to drunks falling off cliffs? We have special district taxes for everything else - why not the IV Party District Tax…
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