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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Santa Monica’s Downtown Community Plan Wends Its Way to Final Approval

The final series of public hearings on the Downtown Santa Monica Community Plan kicked off this week with back-to-back City Council meetings. On Monday night,...

Photos: Santa Monica’s Main Street Fourth of July Parade

Yesterday, Santa Monica celebrated the Fourth of July in the same way it has for the past decade: a parade down Main Street. The parade,...

Officials Overstated Santa Monica Pier Concert Crowd, According to Independent Tally

Claims that 60,000 people showed up to the first night of the Santa Monica Pier Concert series were greatly overstated, according to an independent...

Santa Monica Police Investigating Alleged Stabbing Downtown

The police are investigating an argument turned violent that left one person hospitalized after alleged being stabbed this morning in Downtown Santa Monica. According to...

Santa Monica City Council to Tackle Vision Zero, Civic Center, and Condo Conversion of Hotels

Tonight's City Council meeting promises to be a lively one with the city's budget up for approval, a controversial question of where to put...

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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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