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 Single-Family Construction Boom

Juan Matute contributed research to this report, using building permit and inspection data downloaded from Santa Monica's Open Data Portal on March 26th and...

Sixty Percent of Downtown Santa Monica Residents Are “Rent Burdened,” City Report Shows

A new report released by the city of Santa Monica last week revealed that in Santa Monica’s booming downtown, nearly two-thirds of people living...

Eyes on the Street: The Colorado Esplanade Takes Shape

Expo phase 2 will be opening to Downtown Santa Monica in less than a month and already, the terminus at 5th Street and Colorado...

AIKA Trading and Santa Monica Spoke Team Up for an Urban Biking Scavenger Hunt

AIKA Trading, an urban cycling store, and Santa Monica Spoke are teaming up to promote urban cycling with the Brompton Urban Challenge on Saturday,...

Coming Up: Sustainable Quality Awards, Handlebar Happy Hour, and Jaycees Meet

This week, Santa Monica honors its sustainable businesses, relax after work with a drink with fellow bike riders at Handlebar Happy Hour, and get...

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Los Angeles’ Measure HLA at Two Years: a Timeline of How L.A. City has Resisted Safer Multimodal Streets

“Large Asphalt Repair” on Melrose Avenue. Photo by Joe...

Roosevelt Elementary Marks Topping Off of New Library andTransitional Kindergarten Building

The following is a submission from SMMUSD. Rendering Above:...

Eyes on the Street: City Moves Fast to Fix Daylighting Mistake

Earlier this week, Next reported that the city made...
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