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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Draft Master Plan for West L.A. Veterans Administration Housing Up for Discussion Wednesday
The West L.A. Veterans Administration (VA) campus is planning for a major overhaul to provide much needed supportive housing for veterans. Officials want your...
Coming Up: Next’s Last Event of 2015, Buy Local Holiday Sidewalk Sales, Meet Me Under the Fig, and Santa Monica Pub Crawl 2015
Join Santa Monica Next for an evening of food, drinks, and fun at our last event of the year this Friday, save money and time...
White House: “Artificial Constraints” on Housing Growth in Cities Is Contributing to Economic Inequality
A recent post on the Wall Street Journal noted that White House economists have been wringing their hands over local land use policies throughout...
Coming Up: Shop Local Saturday and Santa Monica Next’s Last Event of 2015!
Rejoice! This week is a short one, but there are still a couple of things you ought to put in your calendar, like Santa...
Main Street Could Get Santa Monica’s First Two Parklets
Update: The Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved three locations for the city's pilot parklet program. The three locations include the two recommended by...
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Transit Advocates Open Second Front in Fight to Reverse Newsom’s CARB Climate Funding Cuts
California transit, housing, and environmental advocates are escalating their...
Kool Happenings: The Not-So-Secret Police and Clockwork Orange for Musk and Kennedy
Historian and futurist, Nils Gilman, wrote a piece earlier...
‘Flock Off’: Mass Surveillance Surge Jeopardizes Lifesaving Crash Reduction Strategy
Give them liberty … and give us death.A forthcoming...
OPA Update 7/30/26: Unpermitted Turf @ Ocean Park School, Festival of Chariots Parade, & Other Things To Do This Weekend
MAIN STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO VEHICLES SUNDAY AM...

