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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Featured Event: Vote Local Tongva Park Tour & Happy Hour Thursday

Election season officially started today in Santa Monica as candidates – newcomers and incumbents alike – began pulling papers to run for City Council,...

As Expo Nears, Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus Considers Major Changes

  With Expo Phase II expected to begin carrying passengers between Downtown L.A. and Downtown Santa Monica in the first quarter of 2016, Santa Monica's...

Santa Monica City Council Puts Affordable Housing Funding Measure on November Ballot

“One of the things that makes Santa Monica so spectacular is... our economic and social diversity in this town and affordable housing is the...

Big Blue Bus Announces Adjustments to Santa Monica’s Controversial Bus Stop Improvement Project

Big Blue Bus officials announced Wednesday that they would add seating and shading to some of the 40 new stops the agency recently installed...

Planning Commission to Consider Expo-Adjacent Housing for Downtown Santa Monica

  The Planning Commission Wednesday will consider a seven-story, primarily residential project in the heart of Downtown Santa Monica, around the corner from the future...

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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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