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 Advances “Vision Zero” Policy in Draft Ped Action Plan

This week, Santa Monica released a draft of its Pedestrian Action Plan, a comprehensive, 100+ page policy document for creating better streets for people...

Meals on Wheels West Delivers More than Just Food

Meals on Wheels West’s primary mission is to deliver food to people who are homebound, whether due to age, physical disability, or for mental...

Support Our Bid for an LA2050 Grant and Help Us Make LA an Affordable Place to Live for All

Note: California Streets Initiative, the nonprofit that publishes Santa Monica Next, Los Angeles Streetsblog, Longbeachize, and California Streetsblog, is teaming up with Abundant Housing...

Coming Up: Council Considers Koolhaas Project, Join Us in Planning the Downtown of the Future, Making Strides Against Cancer, and Welcome Santa Monica’s New...

Help plan the future of Downtown Santa Monica over food and drinks; the City Council takes up the proposed Plaza at Santa Monica project...

Eyes on the Street: New Art Unveiled at Bergamot Expo Station in Santa Monica

We have gotten pretty regular reminders that Expo phase two is almost complete and will soon be transporting passengers through our fair city. Some...

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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,...

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...
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