Oregon ethics officials will investigate whether six Portland city councilors violated public meetings law when they met for a private August retreat.

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission voted 7-0 Friday to investigate Councilors Candace Avalos, Jamie Dunphy, Mitch Green, Sameer Kanal, Tiffany Koyama Lane and Angelita Morillo. Ethics commissioners made separate unanimous votes for each council member.

The core issue, according to ethics commission staff, is Aug. 6 retreat where the councilors had planned to discuss topics including “defunding” city economic development agency Prosper Portland.

The six councilors form a left-leaning council bloc that calls itself Peacock, shorthand for “progressive caucus.”

The vote marks the second time complaints have prompted the ethics commissio

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