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.
What Does 2016 Hold for Santa Monica?
Inspired by our friends at Los Angeles Streetsblog, who recently previewed the upcoming big livable streets events for 2016, we thought we’d take a...
Coming Up: Help Santa Monica Combat Homelessness, Voting Continues for 2015 Streetsies, Big Blue Bus Fare Change, and More
Welcome to 2016, everyone! We hope you were able to enjoy some downtime before coming into the new year. As we get ready for...
Hulu and CycleHop in the Running for 2015 Streetsie for Livable Streets-Friendly Business
For their role in helping to make Breeze Bike Share -- L.A. County's first public bike-share system -- happen, Hulu and CycleHop have been...
Bloom, Stefan Up for 2015 Streetsie Awards for Work on Livable Streets
It's time to vote for 2015 Streetsie Awards and Santa Monica is represented in two of this year's six categories: Elected Official of the...
Santa Monica Car-Share Will Get Major Boost in 2016
The number of car-share vehicles in Santa Monica will more than quadruple next year thanks to an agreement between the city and Zipcar.While the...
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Celebrate Earth Day with the Big Blue Bus – Free Rides on Wednesday
From the Big Blue Bus e-mail.On Wednesday, April 22, 2026,...
OPA Update 4/20/26: Approves Framework for Major Events Tied to World Cup & Olympics, FREE Heavy Handed Burgers Today, Earth Day Activities, & Other...
Earth Day Things To Do (Wednesday 4/22):Earth Day Boogie...
City Council Authorizes the Activation of Major Cultural Events
In the coming months and years, the city will...
Gruber: How to Stuff 1,000 Acres of Hopes into 200 Acres of Land
t’s going on 15 years since the movement to...

