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 Police Investigating Fatal Collision on Lincoln Boulevard

The Santa Monica Police are investigating a collision on Lincoln Boulevard that has left one person dead, according to police officials. The crash, which involved...

Santa Monica Moves to Terminate Routine Agreement with Federal Immigration Enforcement Agency

Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole sent a letter Tuesday to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), terminating a routine and cost-sharing agreement with the...

Staff Report Shows Nearly All Development Agreements Paying Off for Santa Monica

In order to assure the city benefits from some of the larger real estate development projects in town, the City Council negotiates development agreements (DAs)...

Don’t Look to Sacramento to Fix California’s Housing Crisis, Says New Report

A report by California's Legislative Analyst’s Office released Wednesday lays out the limits of state power to solve California’s worsening housing crisis. The report, the...

SMPD to Target High-Crash Areas Mon, Fri in Another Round of Bike-Ped “Enforcement Operations”

The Santa Monica Police Department will be on the lookout for traffic violations that contribute to crashes involving bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers this Friday,...

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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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