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.
Exclusive articles:
Transit-Oriented Growth is Key to Fight Traffic, Pollution, Says Santa Monica’s State Assembly Rep
State Assembly District 50 Representative Richard Bloom, who represents Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West Los Angeles, and other Westside communities, has been reappointed chair...
Big Blue Bus Real-Time Arrival Info Coming to an App this Summer
Riders will finally be able to track real-time arrival information for Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus on their phones or computers by this summer,...
Talking Smart Growth, Green Urbanism, and Sustainability
I sat down with veteran political organizer and local Santa Monica activist Ernie Powell for his podcast "The Campaign with Ernie Powell" on the...
SMPD Joins Forces with Bike Center to Promote “Smart Cycling” in Santa Monica
When we published our Bicycle Action Plan update a couple weeks ago, we wanted to highlight all the work that has been done in...
Coming Up: City Council Considers Water Rate Hike, Big Blue Bus Service Realignment
The Santa Monica City Council will have its last meeting of 2014 Tuesday and there are a few important items it will look at: raising water...
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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...

