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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Discovering Santa Monica: Solidarity, Where the Old World Meets the New
On the outskirts of Santa Monica’s bustling downtown sits a small wooden house, where, in 1979, Polish immigrant Elina O’Lague, opened her restaurant.Named for...
City Council Calls for Study of No-Growth L.U.V.E. Initiative
The Santa Monica City Council Tuesday night unanimously voted to have city staff study potential impacts of the Residocracy-backed no-growth Land Use Voter Empowerment...
Coming Up: L.U.V.E. Goes Before the Council, Plan Airport Park Expansion, and Spoke Hosts ‘Dinner & Bikes + Cupcakes”
This week, the City Council will consider what to do with the no-growth L.U.V.E. initiative, planning begins on Santa Monica's newest park, and Santa...
Santa Monica’s Housing Shortage is Nearly as Bad as San Francisco’s
If you’ve tried to move to -- or within -- Santa Monica recently, it should come as no surprise to you that it’s not...
Santa Monica League of Women Voters Oppose “Misleading” Residocracy-backed L.U.V.E. Initiative
The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica on Saturday announced its opposition to the Residocracy-backed anti-growth ballot measure that will go before voters...
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Santa Monica College Gallery Program in collaboration with the Mentor Show Program presents “Well Fed” 5/19-5/30
The following is a submission from SMC.The Santa Monica...
Big Blue Bus On-Track for 10 Million Riders in 2026
Every week, Next republishes one or two article(s) from...
Metro Opens New D Line Subway from Koreatown to Beverly Hills
Metro’s $3.5 billion, four-mile D Line Extension Section 1...
OPA Update 5/11/26: OPA Monthly Meeting Tonight, OPA Spring Mixer Next Wednesday (5/20), SaMo World Cup Activations, & Things To Do This Week
May OPA Monthly Meeting TONIGHT/MONDAY (May 11): The meeting is...

