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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It Would Take More than 60 Years for Santa Monica to Build Its Share of County Affordable Housing Need

A new report by the California Housing Partnership Corporation released Monday revealed that L.A. County was short more than half a million affordable rental...

Lineup for Santa Monica’s 2017 Twilight Concert Series Announced

Summer is around the corner and in Santa Monica for more than 30 years that has meant free concerts on the Pier. The lineup for...

Update: Whole Foods 365 Set to Open August 9 in Santa Monica

The Westside's first Whole Foods 365 has got an opening date now. According to Whole Foods 365 reps, the the high-end grocer’s more affordable chain will...

Amid Regional Housing Crisis, Santa Monica’s Homelessness Count Highest Since 2009

Santa Monica released the results of this year’s annual city-wide homelessness count Tuesday, showing a major uptick in the number of people struggling with...

Santa Monica City Council Pushes for Dedicated Funding, Staff for Safer Streets

The Santa Monica City Council Tuesday night unanimously supported a motion calling for staff to bring back some options for a dedicated Vision Zero...

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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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