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Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Report on Civic Life Released Today Documents Culture of Fear and Abusive Management “Most interviewees and survey participants felt the bureau cannot move forward with Suk [Rhee] as director citing her lack of concern for employee experience, bullying behavior, and hierarchical and condescending style of leadership.” Cycling in the Sunnyside neighborhood. (Sam Gehrke) Updated May 18 at 8:08 PM Compelled by Multnomah Co...

Former Portland director helped plunge bureau into toxic turmoil, says report city tried to bury Updated 6:47 PM; Today 6:45 PM Facebook Share Several members of a troubled Portland city bureau, including its recently departed director, helped plunge the agency into turmoil and cultivated a toxic work environment, according to a report released Tuesday. Behavior by former head Suk Rhee and four other Office of Community & Civic Life employees left many who worked for or with them feeling belittled and bereft, those people told an outside consultant hired to look into the bureau’s workplac...

Portland bureau director departs amid reported dysfunction, ‘culture of fear’ Updated 11:17 AM; Today 11:17 AM Facebook Share The head of a Portland city bureau reportedly plagued by widespread dysfunction and a “culture of fear” will leave her post at the end of the week. Suk Rhee, the director of the Office of Community & Civic Life, made the announcement Thursday in a joint statement with Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, who has overseen the bureau since January. Previously named the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, the civic life bureau manages a grab bag of city programs, from ...

DA orders Portland to release controversial bureau audit May 11 2021 The City Attorney's Office had refused to release the third-party audit of the Office of Community & Civic Life. The Multnomah County District Attorney has ordered Portland officials to release a third-party audit of an embattled bureau. District Attorney Mike Schmidt said the audit of the Office of Community & Civic Life was not exempt from disclosure as the Portland City Attorney's Office had claimed. In a Tuesday, May 11 ruling released late in the day, Schmidt said the city had not proven its claim the audi...

May 12 2021 The Portland City Commissioner said the audit of the embattled bureau should be released before Thursday's vote on next year's budget. Portland Commissioner Mingus Mapps is calling on the city to release the contested third-party audit of the Office of Community & Civic Life before the Thursday, May 13, vote on next year's budget. Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt ordered Portland officials to release the audit of the embattled bureau on Tuesday, May 11. Schmidt said the office was not exempt from disclosure because of attorney-client privilege as the Portland C...