The City of Portland Auditor's Office called its decision "an exceedingly close call" and referred the matter to the Oregon Secretary of State's Office.

A sitting Portland commissioner who tapped public funds to clean up his Wikipedia page walked the razor’s edge of breaking city campaign finance laws — but the evidence is insufficient to prove a violation,

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The City of Portland Auditor's Office has determined that there is insufficient evidence to prove that Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez violated campaign finance law by using public funds to edit his Wikipedia page.