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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SaMo Planning Commission Considers 64-Unit Mixed-User with Robust Community Benefits Package
Another moderate-sized mixed-use housing project is wending its way through Santa Monica's development agreement (DA) process this week, stopping at the Planning Commission on...
Coming Up: Santa Monica 2030 with James Rojas, SMPL Heads to the Annenberg, ¡Cubanismo! at the Pier and More
This week, there's a bunch of exciting stuff, including “Santa Monica 2030,” an evening of urban planning through play with James Rojas, Latin jazz at the...
Post-LUCE Amendments, Where Does Santa Monica Stand in Projected Housing Growth?
The dust is settling from the recent zoning ordinance update and downzoning amendments to the city’s Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE).It will take...
Throwback Thursday: Here Comes the Train
The train's a-comin'! Expo testing is scheduled to extend all the way to 4th Street today, marking the first time a passenger train has...
Coming Up: DTSM Celebrates Summer, Real Estate at the Pier, School Supply Drive, Planning Our Library’s Future
Coming up this week, head outside to celebrate summer, whether it's on the Promenade, on the Pier, or on the beach with library. Also,...
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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...

