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.
Some Highlights From Yesterday’s Live Ride Share Conference
Editor's Note: This is cross posted from Los Angeles Streetsblog. Joe Linton contributed to this article.Yesterday, the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC), TransitCenter, the Southern...
Event: Santa Monica Next and Gehl Architects Urbanism + Placemaking Happy Hour
Save the date, folks. On March 11, Santa Monica Next will host an urbanism + placemaking happy hour with Gehl Architects from 6 to 8 p.m....
Back to Facts, Santa Monica: Water
The city of Santa Monica adopted a faulty plan when, in 2010, the Council unanimously approved the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE), the...
Coming Up: House Party for Streetsblog Los Angeles and Live Ride Share
It's a short week this week, which means we won't have to wait so long to get to the fun stuff coming up, like...
Up For Solving Santa Monica’s Affordable Housing Crisis on Valentine’s Day?
Santa Monica, like the rest of the region, is experiencing a historic housing crisis that is driving up prices and forcing working and middle-class families out of town. While...
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Kool Happenings: What We Were Not and a Shocking Choice
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Eyes on the Street: Back to School Traffic Calming Edition
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified schools are back in session today,...
OPA Update 8/20/26: Sunday Funday Farmers Market ON Main St., Ocean Park Social Club Summer Picnic Series (TODAY/Thursday), First of School Today, & Other...
This Sunday (Aug 23): First Ocean Park Farmer’s Market...

