Jason Islas

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Jason Islas is the editor of Santa Monica Next and the director of the Vote Local Campaign. Before joining Next in May 2014, Jason had covered land use, transit, politics and breaking news for The Lookout, the city’s oldest news website, since February 2011.

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Throwback Thursday: City Target Santa Monica

Should Santa Monica have a City Target? That was the question facing City officials in February 2001. The retail giant had singled-out a location in...

Dominoes, Development, and Trains at the Santa Monica Museum of Art

With election season in full swing, the community discussion about development and the future of Santa Monica has gotten more hostile than usual. At a...

City Council Puts Measure to Keep Local Control of Santa Monica Airport on November Ballot

  The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place on the November ballot a measure that would affirm its authority to close down Santa Monica...

Talking Change Over a Game of Dominoes at the Santa Monica Museum of Art

Can turning the antagonistic debates over the social changes facing our communities into a game get people to listen each other? That is the hope...

How Santa Monica Lost Its Second Trader Joe’s

On the corner of 12th Street and Wilshire Boulevard sits Fidelity Investments. Located along a major transit corridor, served by two bus lines, and...

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Assembly Transportation Committee Whittles Away at Safe Street Bills

Complete Streets Senator Scott Wiener was clearly disappointed, but he...

Santa Monica Next Will Return on Monday

Have a safe and happy 4th. See you then.

Meet the YMCA Youth Basketball Player of the Year, Mia Kondratyeva

Photo by Robert Clark This past week, during the halftime...
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