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.
Exclusive articles:
Washington Post Story Raises Questions About Racial Profiling in Santa Monica
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include comments from more community leaders.A first-hand account of a police action that ran in the...
Transit App Now Shows Real-Time Bike-Share Info
If you're like me, you rely pretty heavily on Internet and smart-phone based real-time transit arrival information when getting around. Santa Monica's newest public...
Coming Up: Transportation Revolution!, International Education Week at SMC, Public Policy Institute Fall Forum, and Celebrate Your Un-Birthday
This week, get ready for Santa Monica’s transportation revolution with Climate Action Santa Monica, celebrate International Education Week at Santa Monica College, kick off...
Eyes on the Street: Santa Monica’s First Protected Bike Lane
Santa Monica is really making strides in the active transportation department these days. It’s about to launch the first public bike-share system in L.A....
Coming Up: Help SMC Find Its New President, Celebrate Breeze Bike Share, BUSted! Is Back, and More
This week, meet the final four candidates for the top position at Santa Monica College, get a free ride at Breeze Bike Share’s public...
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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...

