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.
Eyes on the Street: Expo Bikeway Gets Its Stripes in Santa Monica
With Expo Phase 2 on schedule to open less than a year, things are really starting to coalesce. Most recently, we got a glimpse...
Lessons From UCLA’s TransportationCamp
Streetsblog Los Angeles editor Joe Linton contributed to this report.What do you get when dozens of transportation professionals, technologists, and others interested in improving...
Join Us: Observations from an Emerging Bike Culture and Designing the Downtown We All Deserve
Santa Monica Next and our community partners have two exciting events this month, so make sure you mark your calendar.On Sunday, October 11, at...
Santa Monica Gateway Office Project Moving Forward in Bergamot Area
Four years after the City Council voted in favor of a development agreement with Colorado Creative Studios for the new 200,000-square-foot Santa Monica Gateway, construction has...
Breeze Bike-share Extends System Test Period, Still On Schedule for November Launch
Due to popular demand, CycleHop, the company running Santa Monica's Breeze bike-share program, will extend the testing period past the October 1 date it...
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Santa Monica College Planetarium Shows in July Feature Women in Space, Exoplanets, and Search for Life Beyond Earth
The following is a submission from the City of...
What Are School Board Candidates’ Top Priorities
This week, the Santa Monica Democratic Club published the...
OPA Update 6/15/26: Epic World Cup Drone Show at the SaMo Pier, Main St. Summer Soulstice & Make Music LA Events This Weekend, &...
June 20 & 21 Main St. Summer Soulstice & Make...
Airport -> Housing Measure Will Wait Until 2028…at Best
A proposed ballot initiative that would have allowed housing...

