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Santa Barbara County expands Deltopia noise and nuisance rules, allows pathway for sanctioned event
Summary
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved expanded outdoor festival and nuisance‑party rules for the Isla Vista Deltopia weekend, banning amplified music for a 72‑hour window and extending enforceability to nearby neighborhoods while preserving a permit pathway for sanctioned, public‑agency events.
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 voted unanimously to expand the county’s outdoor festival and nuisance‑party ordinances to cover the Isla Vista Deltopia weekend and adjacent neighborhoods.
The amendment lengthens the period when amplified music is prohibited during the first week of UC Santa Barbara’s spring quarter — from the existing nighttime restriction to a 72‑hour ban from Friday at 12:00 a.m. through Sunday at 11:59 p.m. It also extends enforcement to The Cove on the northwest corner of Stork Road and El Culejo in Goleta.
“Deltopia continues to grow and negatively affect our neighbors,” Lieutenant Joe Schmidt of the Sheriff’s Isla Vista foot patrol said in the board presentation, recounting multiple riots, a balcony collapse and two deaths tied to past iterations of the event. He urged the ordinance as a…
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