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: Help Name Santa Monica’s Bike Share, City Council Meeting, More Bike/Ped Safety Enforcement
This week, you can help name Santa Monica's new bike share system; the City Council will discuss Santa Monica's revised water conservation proposal; and...
Zoning for Santa Monica’s Future: Child Care
We've talked a lot about Santa Monica's upcoming zoning ordinance update, the document which will enact the City's award-winning Land Use and Circulation Element...
Santa Monica Police Kick-Off 2015 with More Bike-Ped Safety Operations
The Santa Monica Police Department is wasting no time continuing its series of bike-ped safety operations in the new year with the department's latest targeted enforcement...
Happy New Year, Santa Monica
Welcome back! We hope that everyone enjoyed their holidays. At Santa Monica Next, we were able to get some much-needed downtime. Now we're rested and...
Help Santa Monica Fight Homelessness this January
Editor's Note: Happy holidays from the Santa Monica Next team. We will return in the new year with regular coverage. The City of Santa Monica is calling...
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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...

