Union Station CEO Katie Hill Joins Chapman on Friday

Pasadena Media’s award-winning local TV talk show “Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman” continues this Friday, featuring guest Katie Hill, former member of Congress and the new CEO of Union Station Homeless Services.

Hill is the former executive director of People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), a nonprofit organization developing affordable and supportive services for unhoused Californians. She also helped pass a ballot initiative that provided $1.2 billion in funds for homeless services in LA County.

Hill served as the U.S. representative for California’s 25th Congressional District from January to November 2019. She was recently appointed to the LA Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Commission, where she will be working to reform policies and systems, to ensure effective utilization of increased public resources.

“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.

Last year, “Pasadena Monthly” won a first 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 third place journalism award in the Talk/Public Affairs category of the LA Press Club’s 66th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards, for hosting “Pasadena Monthly.”

He has won a dozen LA Press Club journalism awards, including three first place awards.

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; LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger; JPL director Laurie Leshin; and many others.

Chapman was the youngest elected official in LA County when he served on the Altadena Town Council at age 19. He has served on a number of local Boards and wrote 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.

He 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 Councilmember Steve Madison.

Learn more at justindouglaschapman.com and pasadenamedia.org.