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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Join Us for Santa Monica’s Next Round
It's time for Santa Monica's Next Round. Join Santa Monica Next and Consensus Inc. on Friday October 17 for Happy Hour drink and appetizer...
Santa Monica City Council Candidates Talk about Their Records on Bikes
Last week, the California Bicycle Coalition -- the state's leading bicycle advocacy organization -- announced that it had made a rare endorsement in a local...
Hear from the Candidates in their Own Words on CityTV’s Youtube Channel
CityTV, Santa Monica's award-winning public access television station, is making it easy for you to hear from each of the candidates running for local...
Surprise Endorsement: California Bicycle Coalition “Stands with Pam”
The California Bicycle Coalition, the state's leading bicycle advocacy organization, has backed Mayor Pam O'Connor's bid for reelection to the Santa Monica City Council...
State Assembly Rep. Weighs in on Santa Monica’s Local Races
State Assemblymember Richard Bloom may have been the first Santa Monica City Council member to make the leap to Sacramento, but he has not...
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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...

