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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SMVote.org Makes It Easy for SaMo to Vote Local

This year's election season promises to be a contentious one and a margin of a couple dozen votes could determine the course of the...

Why I’m Joining Santa Monica Next

After three years covering all things Santa Monica exclusively for the city’s oldest news website, The Lookout, I have decided to join the Santa...

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OPA Update 12/29/25: SaMo Hospitals Rank Highly, Automated Traffic Enforcement, New Year’s Events, & Other Things To Do This Week

Consider OPA for End of Year Charitable Giving: We're proud of the year we've...

Don’t Forget Our EOY Fundraising Drive, or the AMA Podcast with Me!

On Friday, I challenged readers to help us make...

Scofflaw Manufacturers Could Be The Downfall of E-bikes

This article first appeared at Streetsblog California.Bob Mittelstaedt is...

Pacific Park’s Ferris Wheel Celebrates The Arrival Of 2026 With ‘Happy New Year’ In 16 Languages

Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier’s Ferris wheel will...
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