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 Next’s Most Read Articles of 2015: Bike Lanes, Expo, Jobs, and Housing
At the end of last year, we asked you to weigh in on what were some of your favorite Santa Monica Next stories of...
(Mostly) Free Ad-Supported Car-Share Company Launches in Santa Monica, Venice
WaiveCar, an ad-supported car-share service, launched in Santa Monica and Venice this week with an all-electric fleet of 20 vehicles available to users for...
FutureBuild 2016 to Feature Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti
Seleta Reynolds, Rick Cole, Eric Garcetti, and Frank Gehry are just some of those who will be speaking at ULI Los Angeles and VerdeXchange’s...
Throwback Thursday: Santa Monica’s Apartment Boom
Today in Santa Monica, there is near-constant talk about the jobs-housing imbalance. The problem, simply put, is that because of decades of minimal growth...
Assembly Rep. Bloom Honored with First-Ever California-Wide Streetsie Award
Streetsblog California* named Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) “Legislator of the Year” for its first-ever statewide Streetsie awards.SBCA tapped Bloom, who sat on the...
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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...

