31.   Tempe, Phoenix and Scottsdale provided a combined seven city employees to the host committee, to help with public relations, accounting, and police and traffic planning.

32.   The criticism has come from Broad, who with Geffen was one of the co-chairmen of the host committee that lured the Democrats to Los Angeles.

33.   The companies are writing seven-figure checks to local civic host committees.

34.   The GOP said the law allows host committees to pay for a number of convention-related events.

35.   The host committee includes Cobb County Commission Chairman Bill Byrne, Smyrna mayor Max Bacon and Kennesaw State College president Betty Siegel.

36.   The host committee and the city were permitted to pay for expenses like information booths about San Diego and decorations but not for direct costs of the event.

37.   The host committee in Los Angeles includes actors Drew Barrymore, Sofia Coppola and Luke Perry, according to organizers.

38.   The host committee is managing sponsorship of the summit meeting.

39.   The host committee promises to make water available wherever fans and athletes gather, much of it free.

40.   The host committee will evenly split the net proceeds from the sanctioned events with the organizations that stage them.