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.
Coming Up: Santa Monica Braces for Long Drought, Election Day, and Santa Monica Talks
The Santa Monica City Council will consider raising water rates and implementing mandatory usage cuts on Tuesday as a response to California's ongoing drought;...
Housing for All in Santa Monica: A Chat with Frank Gruber
One of the major issues facing Santa Monica voters on November 4 will be whether to approve ballot measures H and HH. The companion...
Santa Monica Starbucks Caves to Anti-Booze NIMBYs
First, they fight against the proliferation of new housing; now they want to stop local cafes from selling beer and wine.Santa Monica’s newest Starbucks at...
Santa Monica Launches Next Century Cities Tech Initiative
Officials from more than two dozen cities across the country gathered at Cross Campus in Santa Monica Monday morning for the launch of Next...
Did the Sierra Club Just Say NIMBYism Is an Environmental Value?
Sometimes, up is down in Westside politics and when it comes to environmental policy, that seems to be all too true this year.While the...
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