The Mayor's office is looking for some citizen involvement on the homelessness problem and today released a list of names of people who will sit on a panel to help move forward on the issue:

From the Mayor:
Today Mayor Mike McGinn announced the formation of a citizen review panel to make encampment policy recommendations to the Mayor’s Office and the Seattle City Council. This group has been convened to provide recommendations that are sensitive to the changing economic climate and the city’s ongoing budget realities.

A memo detailing the effort and questions for the review panel’s consideration is attached to this release. The following is a list of those serving on the panel.

Alison Eisinger, Seattle-King County Coalition on Homelessness, executive director

Tim Harris, Real Change, executive director,

Bill Hobson, Downtown Emergency Service Center, executive director

Vince Matulionis, United Way of King County

Paul Carlson, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, regional coordinator

Sheila Sebron, Committee to End Homelessness, veteran

Michael Ramos, Church Council, executive director

Bill Hallerman, Catholic Community Services, director

Amy Hagopian, University of Washington

Tom Tierney, Seattle Housing Authority, executive director