The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has identified the young man killed by a cliff fall on Saturday afternoon in Isla Vista.
Spokesperson Raquel Zick said Jacob William Aladar Parker, 23, of San Diego, was pronounced dead at the hospital on Saturday.
It appears he climbed over a balcony fence during an alumni party and fell behind 6625 Del Playa.
The Meridian Group, according to students, is in charge of running the building. The group’s telephone mail box was full.
The gofundme post described “Jake Parker” this way: “He changed lives in his own way, as a loving son, caring sibling, loyal friend, proud UCSB graduate, sharp entrepreneur, avid Bay Area sports fan, model of health and prolific lover of music, so much so that he started to successfully run live music events.”
Parker was in town from San Diego during the All Gaucho Reunion 2024.
Parker is the 14th known cliff fall victim since the mid-1990s.
Former Irvine Mayor Beth Krom, who lost her son Noah a week before his graduation in 2009, believes there are more that have not been verified as cliff-fall fatalities.
“Almost 15 years ago, we lost our son Noah to an accidental fall from the cliffs in Isla Vista. We would learn at least six young people had lost their lives before Noah died, “said Krom, “and tragically, at least another 7 have now lost their lives since Noah died.”
She said it begs the question; “How many young lives are going to be sacrificed because property owners are unwilling to make their properties safe? We know that there are properties and balconies that are literally collapsing into the ocean, that the living conditions that the students are living in are dangerous,” said Krom.
Parker isn’t the only alumni to fall to his death.
