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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Coming Up: SMMEF Launches “Pledge Days” Campaign, $15 Min Wage, #HacktheBeach, and New Library Card Designs
To help with its district-wide fundraising efforts for extracurricular programs, teachers’ aides, and other services for schools, the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation is holding...
Santa Monica Launches “Hack the Beach” Contest to Improve Mobility, Civic Engagement
Do you have an innovative idea that can bring your city into the 21st century? How about a new app that will improve how...
Santa Monica City Council Could Raise the Minimum Wage Tuesday
The Santa Monica City Council will vote on an ordinance Tuesday that would raise the city-wide minimum wage to $15 an hour by July...
Santa Monica People’s Academy: the “Meatiest, Most Personal” Way to Get to Know Your City
On her first day at the Santa Monica People’s Academy, Sabrina Fields had an eye-opening experience.The native of the bayside city decided to take...
Westside Urban Forum Tackles “Healthy Communities”
What is a healthy community? And what role does the built environment play in creating a healthy community?These were the questions tackled by a...
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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...

