Mayor Ted Wheeler:

Wheeler was sworn in on December 30, 2016, for a term that began on January 1, 2017. One of his first actions was to make initial assignments of city departments (known as bureaus) to the five commissioners, of which the mayor is one. He assigned to himself the Portland Police Bureau, the Portland Development Commission, and the Portland Housing Bureau, among others. He said he intended to reconsider the initial assignments during the annual budget process in April.

So, one city commissar is blaming another city commissar for deflecting away from the actions of the department through the actions of a department that is run by the same commissar...

Sure... I'll buy it. Makes perfect sense.