A top Portland City Hall staffer is on administrative leave amid revelations he took in a disabled homeless woman living outside and later abandoned her at a state park.

Councilor Jamie Dunphy placed Amani Kelekele, 35, on paid leave effective Monday, city spokesperson Alison Perkins said in an email.

The decision comes three days after The Oregonian/OregonLive published an investigation detailing Kelekele’s interactions with the woman, who uses a wheelchair and has a documented history of mental illness.

A top Portland political aide took in a homeless woman. He abandoned her at a state park days later

"If I could do it over, I would do it differently.”

Dunphy declined to comment Monday on why he placed Kelekele on leave, saying that as a policy he does not speak on personnel mat

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