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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Santa Monica NIMBYs Target Low-Cost Housing Funding Measure with Lawsuit

Two companion ballot initiatives proposed by Santa Monica City Hall that would raise as much as $10 million a year to fund low-cost housing production...

SMRR Steering Committee Backs Council Candidates, Skips Top Vote-Getters

The 11-person steering committee in charge of Santa Monicans for Renters' Right, the city's single-most influential political organization, announced the group's endorsements for City...

Santa Monica’s Longest-Sitting City Council Member Won’t Seek Reelection

Putting an end to months of speculation, City Councilmember Bob Holbrook announced yesterday that he would not seek a seventh term on the Santa...

Throwback Thursday: The Gambling Ships of Santa Monica

Santa Monica in the early 1930s was many things, but a sleepy beach town it wasn't.The bayside city was a major industrial center where Douglas...

Tour da Arts Returns to Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station

 Tour da Arts, the annual summer festival that combines art, music, and dance with community cycling, returns to Bergamot Station for the sixth year...

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Pacific Wheel Illuminates Juneteenth with Special Tribute Light Display on June 19

Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier will commemorate...
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