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Santa Barbara County’s Board of Supervisors granted the Isla Vista Community Services District (IVCSD) the license required to host a large-scale spring festival on April 4. The festival, which will cover the area within and around Embarcadero Loop, will include live music performances and deejay sets and free food from local restaurants. The festival organizers will allow a maximum of 9,000 people in the festival area at a time; 8,000 wristbands for the festival will go to locals.
During the meeting’s public comment period, Myah Mashhadialireza, the district’s Community Programs and Engagement Director, said the event will provide dozens of restrooms, four medical stations, four safety tenants, and several drinking water stations…