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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Capacity Crowd Flocks to Santa Monica Forum on Immigrants Rights

Editor's note: Due to the sensitivity of the matter, at the request of the organizers, Santa Monica Next refrained from photographing the event. It was standing...

Santa Monica Lawmaker Introduces Bill to End Statewide Limits on Rent Control

Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) last week introduced AB 1506, a bill that would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, the 1995 state law...

Expo Line in Santa Monica to Shut Down for Maintenance This Weekend

The stretch of the Expo line between Downtown Santa Monica and Sepulveda Boulevard will close this weekend for maintenance, according to Metro officials. Starting on...

Santa Monica Conservancy to be Honored for Reuse of Historic Shotgun House

Before the tiny house craze, there were shotgun houses, small narrow cottages that were once common in Santa Monica during the turn of the...

Santa Monica Gears Up to Celebrate Parks Day and Take Another Bike Ride with the Mayor

This Saturday, February 25, Santa Monicans will celebrate the opening of a new park, the renaming of another, and they will have a chance to...

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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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