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Pasadena Media’s award-winning local TV talk show “Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman” continues this Friday with guest Bill Huang, director of the City of Pasadena’s Housing Department.
Huang recently announced his retirement effective December 16. He has been with the City since 2009 and has worked in affordable housing for over 30 years, first as an affordable housing developer and architect and then in the public sector as the Housing Director for Los Angeles County and Pasadena.
He led the West Coast real estate consulting and lending operations for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and was the Deputy Director of the nonprofit Los Angeles Community Design Center, where he oversaw affordable housing development and architectural services for numerous housing and community facilities.
Huang also helped establish several leading local nonprofit development corporations, including Hollywood and West Hollywood Community Housing Corporations, Heritage Housing Partners, and others. He is a former licensed architect and has garnered numerous professional and academic awards.
Earlier this year, “Pasadena Monthly” won a 1st place award in the Talk Show category at the Alliance for Community Media West’s WAVE (Western Access Video Excellence) Awards. Chapman also won a 3rd place journalism award in the Talk/Public Affairs category of the Los Angeles Press Club’s 66th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards for hosting “Pasadena Monthly.”
He has won a dozen Los Angeles Press Club journalism awards, including three 1st-place awards. He is a finalist in the Book Category of the Los Angeles Press Club’s upcoming National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards for his book, Paradise Springs.
“Pasadena Monthly” airs at 5 p.m. PT on the fourth Friday of every month on Pasadena Media’s Arroyo Channel and streaming apps, available on channel 99 on AT&T U-verse, channel 32 on Charter Spectrum, YouTube, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Roku.
The show is written, hosted, and produced by Chapman, directed and edited by Jeffrey Stanfill, supervised by producer Jasiri Jenkins-Glenn, executive produced by Chris Miller, and chief executive produced by George Falardeau, CEO and executive director of Pasadena Media.
“‘Pasadena Monthly’ is must-watch television each month for everyone who cares about this city,” Falardeau said.
Guests on “Pasadena Monthly” (and its previous iteration, “NewsRap Local”) have included Congressmember Judy Chu; Congressmember Adam Schiff; Assemblymember Chris Holden; Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo; Pasadena City Manager Miguel Márquez; Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger; JPL Director Dr. Laurie Leshin; and many others.
Chapman was the youngest elected official in Los Angeles County when he served on the Altadena Town Council at age 19. He has served on a number of local Boards and written hundreds of articles for dozens of print and digital publications, including KPCC/LAist, Alta Journal, Huffington Post, LA Weekly, Irish Post, Berkeley Political Review, Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena Now, and many others. He is the author of Saturnalia and Paradise Springs.
Chapman was a professional child actor who starred in dozens of movies, TV shows, commercials, and plays. He previously served as Communications Officer for USC Annenberg’s Pacific Council on International Policy think tank and currently serves as the District 6 Council Liaison/Field Representative to Pasadena Vice Mayor Steve Madison.
Learn more at justindouglaschapman.com and pasadenamedia.org.
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