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Affordable Housing Advocate Michelle White Joins Journalist Justin Chapman’s ‘NewsRap Local’ TV Show Friday to Talk Rent Control

Published on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 | 11:28 am
 

Pasadena Media’s award-nominated local news talk show “NewsRap Local with Justin Chapman” continues this Friday at 5 p.m. with featured guest Michelle White, chair of the rent control campaign and executive director of Affordable Housing Services.

“Pasadena voters will get to decide if they want rent control in the city this November,” said host Justin Chapman, a Pasadena-based journalist who writes for Pasadena Now. “We’ll talk to Michelle White of Affordable Housing Services and the Pasadena Tenant Justice Coalition about why this is needed and what’s at stake.”

Affordable Housing Services is a non-profit specializing in producing units that are affordable for low and very low-income persons with disabilities, persons of color and families. While serving as executive director of the Fair Housing Congress of Southern California, White supervised five LA County fair housing agencies, looking at violations of state and federal land use, redlining and fair housing laws. She was a civil rights assistant to the federal regulator of national banks and among experts that drafted California’s fair housing law, recognized as the strongest in the nation. She has a Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University.

“NewsRap Local” launched one year ago this month and airs on the third 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.

In each episode, Chapman provides analysis on local news, presents a “lightning round” of the month’s top stories and interviews a special guest or hosts a panel for a deep dive into an important issue facing the community. It is the only TV talk show that focuses exclusively on Pasadena news and politics.

“NewsRap Local” is written by Chapman, directed by Joshua Morales, produced by Chapman and Aaron Wheeler and executive produced by George Falardeau, CEO and executive director of Pasadena Media.

Previous guests on “NewsRap Local” included Dr. Ying-Ying Goh, director of the Pasadena Public Health Department; Rick Cole, former mayor of Pasadena and current executive director of the Congress for the New Urbanism; Congress member Judy Chu (D-27); Congress member Adam Schiff (D-28); interim Pasadena city manager Cynthia Kurtz; Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-41); and many others.

“This is must-watch television each month for everyone who cares about this city,” Falardeau said.

Chapman is also the writer, host, producer and editor of the show “Well Read with Justin Chapman,” which also airs on Pasadena Media’s Arroyo Channel and streaming apps. In October, he placed 2nd in the Hard News category and 3rd in the Obituary category at the LA Press Club’s 63rd annual Southern California Journalism Awards.

Chapman was the youngest elected official in LA County when he served on the Altadena Town Council at age 19. He has written hundreds of articles for two dozen print and digital publications, including KPCC/LAistAlta JournalHuffington PostLA WeeklyBerkeley Political ReviewPasadena WeeklyPasadena Now and many others.

“Join me on the third Friday of every month at 5 p.m. for my analysis of Pasadena news and politics and to hear directly from community movers and shakers,” Chapman said.

Learn more at justindouglaschapman.com and pasadenamedia.org.

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