Eric Garcetti Mayor of Los Angeles, gestures as he arrives for the presentation of Los Angeles 2024 Candidate City Briefing for International Olympic Committee (IOC) Members, at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in L...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The IOC has decided it can pick both Los Angeles and Paris as Olympic host cities in September when the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games rights should be awarded at the same time. The committee's members voted unanimously that it can award both Olympics at its next meeting in September and that a three-way deal can be brokered among the two cities and the IOC. He has been on record supporting Los Angeles' bid since shortly after his election in November, and reportedly called IOC President Thomas Bach to lobby for the city. International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach, left, from Germany welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron, 2nd left, and the Paris 2024 delegation with Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, 3rd left, duri...

(Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP). "Both of us will find it more and more difficult to convince cities — whether it's Paris, Los Angeles or other American cities — to really go into this process if one of us gets turned down," Garcetti had said earlier Tuesday. “I’m here to convey the message that there’s a strong unity to back this candidacy.”

Minutes after Macron spoke, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter: “Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States (L.A.).
The International Olympic Committee plans on awarding the 2024 games to Paris and the 2028 games to Los Angeles. Both Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump have voiced their support.