Jeff Corless, chief executive and president of Venture Strategic Inc., the consulting firm that received the most money, said last month that some costs were incurred from tracking and responding to misinformation put out by San Clemente and a flood of emails he said the city had encouraged people to send. He and other consultants said their bills were fair and had an accuracy rate of more than 99%.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 12, 2019 02:09 UTC