The Board of Supervisors finally took a step toward mitigating the unsanctioned Deltopia party by passing a 24-hour music ban . Sixteen years of Deltopia and Isla Vista’s endless weekend party scene are why UCSB is the nation’s number one party school. This recognition is something no leader of a university wants. Despite this the only UCSB voices supervisors heard were from entitled associated student (AS) representatives demanding the party continue. UCSB has a new chancellor who, presumably, will end this debacle.
AS student reps are not alone; the I.V. Community Services District, including Laura Capps’s appointed representative, voted unanimously against the ordnance. Capps failed to control the party throughout her term in office. I asked Capps if the vote of Carrie Topliffe, her “adult” director, represented her perspective, and she said “I have over 60 appointments to boards and commission [sic] and do not instruct them how to vote on the thousands of votes they take.” However implausible that sounds, Capps also said she did not agree with Topliffe. You cannot have it both ways — remove Topliffe and appoint a permanent resident.
E. J. Raad, the “External Vice President for Local Affairs,” is the leading AS Deltopia advocate. AS collects a stunning $13 million a year from student fees. Raad and his cohort who spend this money are “elected” by barely 20 percent of the student body. Indeed, if numbers drop below 20 percent AS ceases to exist. In 2024, 22.26 percent of students voted (4,795). AS stupidity under Henry Yang is why the 2023 president is suing UCSB . UC Grads out there: does anyone remember voting in these idiotic AS elections? Time to audit this scam.