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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Anti-Union Website Draws Ire from Santa Monica Leaders

A national anti-union organization took aim at UNITE HERE Local 11, the regional hospitality workers' union earlier this month, spurring responses from Santa Monica...

Bill to End Statewide Limits on Rent Control Fails in Committee

Last Thursday, the California State Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee narrowly killed a controversial bill that would have repealed the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing...

New Plans Revealed for Gehry-Designed Project in Santa Monica

The team behind a proposed Frank Gehry-designed hotel at Santa Monica Boulevard and Ocean Avenue revealed revised plans Thursday night at a well-attended community...

Santa Monica Hotel Workers Allege Lost Wages, Break Time in California Labor Council Complaint

Workers at Santa Monica's Le Merigot hotel filed a complaint Wednesday with the California Labor Commission, alleging thousands of dollars in lost wages and...

Following Crash, Santa Monica Issues Guidelines for Using Electric Scooters

After a woman riding an electric scooter was injured in a crash earlier this week, the city of Santa Monica issued safety tips for...

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SMMUSD Superintendent’s Message: Air Quality Monitoring and Decisions

The following is an email from SMMUSD Superintendent Antonio...

SMMUSD Returns to Normal

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has had a...

OPA Update 1/16/24: How to Help Fire Victims, Insurance Updates, & Other Things To Do This Weekend

Looking to Help Fire Victims? Here are Some Options: Two...

Where Metro and Caltrans Are Widening L.A. Freeways, Sabotaging the Climate, Fanning the Flames

This story also appears at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Photo:...
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