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.
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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