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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...

Portland refuses to release audit of controversial city bureau May 05 2021 The Office of Community & Civic Life was reviewed after employee complaints or abusive leadership and potential fraud. Portland officials are refusing to release a third-party audit of the Office of Community & Civic Life. Former employees and several news organizations are accusing the City Attorney's Office of violating Oregon's public record laws to withhold information about a bureau that has been accused of historic mismanagement. "Allowing the City Attorney to withhold this important review of the beh...