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Isla Vista CSD adopts 2025–26 strategic plan outlining safety, civic engagement, housing and governance goals
Summary
The Isla Vista Community Services District approved a strategic plan for 2025–26 that sets four goal areas — safety, civic engagement, housing/parking/beauty, and self‑governance — and includes measurable outcomes, dashboards, and actions such as parking program launch and expanded bilingual outreach.
The Isla Vista Community Services District board on Aug. 12 adopted a 2025–26 strategic plan that organizes district efforts around four goal areas: making Isla Vista safe and durable, improving civic engagement, advancing housing/parking and neighborhood quality, and strengthening the district’s capacity for self‑governance.
Staff described proposed outcomes and metrics, including a public dashboard to track indicators (for example, litter pickup and response metrics), a goal to expand bilingual translations on the district website, and program actions such as parking‑program launch support, cliff‑safety education, and a renewed civic leadership initiative. Board members asked clarifying questions about specific targets (for example whether a cliff/roof safety metric should aim for zero incidents) and discussed implementation partnerships with county and university agencies.
The board moved and seconded to proceed with the plan and voted to approve it by voice vote. Directors praised the plan’s format for being district‑wide rather than only a board agenda and asked staff to return with milestones and tracking timelines.
What’s next: staff will begin implementing the plan’s actions, develop the dashboard to track outcomes, and report milestones and partnerships back to the board.
