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Pining for a Pint? Renowned Alum Men’s Water Polo Pints for the Park to on the Gauchos Hope to A Look InsIde Offer Fun Festival of menu Makes-Up Hollywood the Fermented page 11 artsweeK page 8 Upset the Nation’s Best on Thursday Alumnae Bring New Life to Sushiya with SPORTS Grand Reopening page 7 News page 3 DAILY NEXUS Thursday, October 13, 2016 www.dailynexus.com UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA Isla Vista Law Enforcement Down Landlords 30 Percent for Halloween Oppose Over 250 officers were stationed in Isla Vista last year, but community Measure F efforts to “keep things local” have convinced local police to cut down Josh Ortiz County News Editor With Election Day fast approach- ing, property owners are grow- ing wary of a new tax which they believe would create an unfair bur- den on an already difficult housing market. If approved, Measure F will impose a utility user tax (UUT) on residents for the use of water, gas, sewer, electricity and garbage. The fee will be used to partially fund a Community Services District (CSD) in Isla Vista to improve infra- structure, provide tenant-landlord mediation and institute communi- ty policing, among other services. According to Assembly Bill 3 (AB 3), the legislation outlining the Isla Vista CSD, the Santa Barbara Local STEPHEN MANGA / DAILY NEXUS Agency Formation Commission Senior midfielder Josue España evades a (LAFCO) sets the rate at which defender during UCSB’s match against Cal. the CSD may levy its UUT. LAFCO approved an eighth percent UUT in April. Nexus File Photo Along with several other I.V. Halloween weekend in Isla Vista has traditionally seen an influx in out-of-town visitors, but UCSB administration and local law stakeholders, Chuck Eckert, an Isla enforcement have launched several alternative programs to increase community volunteering and limit large student crowds. UCSB To Face Vista property provider, assembled Isla Vistans Against Higher Taxes Supriya Yelimeli Police Department, plans to post approximately “We don’t want unsafe parties, we don’t want in September to build opposition News Editor 100 officers in I.V. on Friday and Saturday, 50 people coming in from all over to cause mis- Struggling Cal toward the measure to approve the officers on Sunday and 75 on Monday, according chief,” he said. UUT, which requires a two-thirds Law enforcement agencies will reduce police to IVFP Sergeant Chris Gotschall. Because Halloween falls on a Monday this majority to pass. presence in Isla Vista by more than 30 percent on The department came to the decision after year, less activity is expected on Halloween Halloween weekend, responding to an increase in coordinating with both UCPD and UCSB adminis- Day. Gotschall said approximately 188 offi- Poly ’Stangs [ T h e t a x ] i s community volunteering over the past two years. tration. “Based on how much quieter Halloween cers were patrolling I.V. on both weekend days The University of California Police was last year, they determined that they could in 2011, the last time Halloween was on a Cal Poly Slo is currently certainly going Department (UCPD), Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) actually decrease their coverage.” Gotschall said. Monday. and the California Highway Patrol have been in “We are hoping that this is a good sign; that Ashcon Minoiefar, external vice president winless in the Big West “ to be more than talks since last Halloween to limit officers in I.V. things are more manageable in Isla Vista and on of local affairs, plans to continue alterna- during the weekend of Oct. 28 to 31. campus and the need for the presence of police tive programming from last year. Businesses with a 0-3-1 record half a burrito. UCPD has a staff of approximately 30 offi- officers is less,” Katya Armistead, dean of stu- in the Downtown District participating in cers, and 60 to 65 officers will posted in I.V. on dent life, said. “Haunt the Loop” will share candy with trick- Jorge Mercado - CHUCK eckert both Friday and Saturday, according to UCPD IVFP officers arrested less than 30 people or-treaters, and volunteers will pass out water Asst. Sports Editor Lieutenant Mark Signa. Less than 30 officers during Halloween weekend last year, down from bottles to partygoers at “hydration stations” Isla Vista property ” are expected to patrol on Sunday and Monday, over 100 in years prior, and crime is expected throughout Del Playa Drive. manager he said. to stay low this year. The department currently A.S. Program Board hosted Snoop Dogg for Having now played five conference matches this UCPD will be sourcing officers from seven has no plans to bring horses into I.V. as mounted a sold-out concert on Halloween last year, and season, and looking rather dominant in most of them, different University of California campuses to patrol units, but Gotschall said this could change this year’s headliner will be announced in the the UCSB men’s soccer team turns its attention to its One of Eckert’s main objec- supplement its staff. Officers from Los Angeles, in case of an emergency. three weeks leading up to Oct. 31. most hated and bitter rival, the green in the blue-green tions to the measure, he said, is Irvine, UC San Diego, San Francisco, Berkeley, clash, Cal Poly. its potential to increase the cost of Santa Cruz and Riverside will arrive at UCSB Santa Barbara heads into this big time match 7-5-1 living for I.V. renters. Not only will on Oct. 27 to attend a one-day training prior to overall and boasting a 3-0-1 conference record halfway renters have to pay the taxes for Halloween weekend. through the Big West season. Cal Poly hosts its visiting their own utilities, he said, but any Nearly 100 UCPD officers were present in I.V. rivals with a weary 2-7-2 overall record and a winless tax paid by landlords will be added last year, Signa said, but this year “there’s a bet- Big West record at 0-3-1. to renting costs. ter understanding within the whole community, While the Mustangs are en route to finishing its Eckert said he and many other this idea of trying to keep it safe, keep it local.” worst season since 2011 when they finished 6-9-3, I.V. property providers oppose He said initiatives like UC Isla Vista Volunteering 3-6-1 in conference, they still have shown the ability higher rent because such price Program have been “fantastic” at drawing stu- to beat top quality teams. Earlier in the 2016 campaign hikes will make their units less dents away from parties and toward local events. Cal Poly upset then No. 6 UCLA 1-0 at home thanks to “attractive,” prompting renters to Although the department hopes to gradually the senior forward Justin Dhillon’s goal early on in the look elsewhere for housing. decrease police presence by higher increments, match, in the ninth minute. In a radio show with KCSB 91.9 “we’re always kind of nervous about what’s going Since that win in late September, Cal Poly began FM in August, Yes on E&F campaign to happen,” Signa said. UCPD can call on the conference play and has yet to notch a win being shut- organizer Jonathan Abboud said Santa Barbara Police Department and additional out twice in contests at Big West South Leaders UC Riv- each person will pay between $5 to UC officers in the case of an emergency. erside and against UC Irvine this past Saturday. IVFP, an offshoot of the Santa Barbara County NO ON F p.3 Icon courtesy of Symbolon, Noun Project; SUPRIYA YELIMELI / DAILY NEXUS SOCCER p.7 Class of 2017 Gift Awarded to A.S. Food Bank Tamari Dzotsenidze After the seniors graduate in June, they tradition for over a decade, but the A.S. Reporter will be contacted through email with a president was previously the sole decision- request for donations. All collected donations maker. For the past three years, the For the past week, the Class of 2017 has will then be directed to the A.S. Food Bank. A.S. president has instead chosen three been voting on a senior gift facilitated by Though voting was done solely through options for voting, giving more seniors an UCSB First, UCSB’s philanthropy club. email in the past, this year kicked off a opportunity to get involved. Voting concluded Oct. 6 with the A.S. “voting party” with free pizza donated In previous years, the Senior Class Gift Food Bank winning a decisive victory, UCSB by Giovanni’s to increase voter turnout. has supported the Associated Students First announced Tuesday. Representatives from all three organizations Academic Resource Fund, the UC Santa A.S. President Austin Hechler chose three on the ballot attended the party to answer Barbara Community Fund, the UCSB Library organizations for the senior gift ballot, questions and offer information about their and the Student Safety Enhancement Fund. including UCSB Campus Advocacy Resources goals for the community. Voting turnout nearly doubled from last & Education and the UCSB Disabled Students Though the party started off slow at year with an all-time high of around 550 Program, but the food bank won by over 50 first, it picked up toward the end and got votes, due largely to the voting party where votes. “really busy” according to Kaitlyn McQuown, almost a quarter of the total votes were cast. The food bank began in 2011 in response co-chair of UCSB First.