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.
Exclusive articles:
Santa Monica Really Wants to Make It Easy for You to Go Multimodal
Santa Monica is an embarrassment of riches in many ways. That is especially true when it comes to alternatives to driving everywhere.And now, the...
Watch: County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl’s New Expo Promo Video
L.A. County 3rd District Supervisor, and Santa Monica resident, Sheila Kuehl released a video promo today to get people excited about Friday's grand opening...
Discovering Santa Monica: The Rustic Canyon Family of Restaurants
If you’ve spent any time in Santa Monica, chances are you’ve at least passed by one of the half-dozen locally-owned eateries in the Rustic...
Coming Up: Expo Is Here And So Is Bike Week
This week is a good one for those who have been waiting for the arrival of the Expo light rail line, since it opens...
Santa Monica Green-lights Two Related Expo-Adjacent Housing Projects Downtown
This week, the City Council and Planning Commission approved two related Expo-adjacent housing projects that will bring more than 300 new homes -- 64...
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Santa Monica College Gallery Program in collaboration with the Mentor Show Program presents “Well Fed” 5/19-5/30
The following is a submission from SMC.The Santa Monica...
Big Blue Bus On-Track for 10 Million Riders in 2026
Every week, Next republishes one or two article(s) from...
Metro Opens New D Line Subway from Koreatown to Beverly Hills
Metro’s $3.5 billion, four-mile D Line Extension Section 1...
OPA Update 5/11/26: OPA Monthly Meeting Tonight, OPA Spring Mixer Next Wednesday (5/20), SaMo World Cup Activations, & Things To Do This Week
May OPA Monthly Meeting TONIGHT/MONDAY (May 11): The meeting is...

