Recent College Grad, 23, Dead After Falling 50 Feet from California Cliff: 'Rest Easy'

"You could not have made the world any better of a place with the time you had on Earth," a loved one wrote of Jacob Parker

• Jacob Parker, 23, died after an approximate 50-foot fall from a California beachside cliff on April 20

• Parker, a 2023 graduate of UC Santa Barbara, lived in San Diego but was in town for the weekend’s All-Gaucho Reunion, per a report

• He is reportedly the 14th person to die from a cliff accident in Isla Vista in the past 20 years
  

A 23-year-old man died after falling from a beachside cliff in California over the weekend.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Public Information Officer Raquel Zick said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that deputies responded around 2:35 p.m. on April 20 to the 6600 block of Del Playa Drive in Isla Vista for an adult male who accidentally fell from the bluff.

He was transported to the hospital, but did not survive, according to Zick.

Santa Barbara County Fire Public Information Officer Scott Safechuck said in an X post that the victim, later identified by loved ones as Jacob Parker, had climbed over a barrier fence and fell about 50 feet.

PEOPLE has reached out to the county fire department for comment.

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Parker, a 2023 graduate of UC Santa Barbara, lived in San Diego but was in town for the weekend’s All-Gaucho Reunion, the Santa Barbara Independent reported. The weekend event serves as a reunion for college alumni.

Parker is the 14th person to die from a cliff accident in Isla Vista in the last 20 years and the third in the last three years, according to the Santa Barbara Independent. 

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“This tragedy is a stark reminder of how dangerous these bluff top properties are,” said County Supervisor Laura Capps, who represents the area, on Sunday, per SFGate. “Property owners: this is an urgent plea to do what’s right to help save lives. We all need to step up and make Isla Vista safer now.”

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In a GoFundMe fundraiser page launched on behalf of his family, organizer Raquel Startz said that "the sheer amount of love being displayed over this horrific tragedy has truly been a testament to the charismatic, loving, and intelligent human being he was."

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As of April 24, more than $31,000 has been raised to create a memorial "Jake deserves" and "to create an annual scholarship in Jake’s name."

"This wound may never heal, and we refuse to let his memory diminish over time," Startz added. "We will love and miss you forever Jacob Parker, rest easy knowing that you could not have made the world any better of a place with the time you had on Earth."

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