Founded in 1914,http://www.boyscoutsla.org/website/about_us.htm the (#33) serves most of the City Of Los Angeles as well as several other cities in the greater Los Angeles area. It is one of five Boy Scouts Of America councils in Los Angeles County, California . in 2006, it served 51,000 youth.http://www.boyscoutsla.org/website/about_us.htm,
- ''Frontier District'' - serving the communities of Compton, Downey, Lynwood, La Mirada, Norwalk, Artesia, Cerritos, Bellflower, Hawaiian Gardens, and Paramount
- ''North Star District'' - serving the communities of Downtown Los Angeles , South Park , Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Koreatown, Thai Town, Hollywood, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Atwater Village, and Griffith Park, Mount Washington, Highland Park, Chavez Ravine, Toy District , and South Pasadena .
- ''Pacifica District'' - serving the communities of El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Gardena, Carson, Wilmington, Lomita, Harbor City, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills Estates, and San Pedro
- ''Rio Hondo District'' - serving the communities of Montebello, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs and Whittier
- ''San Antonio District'' - serving South Gate
- ''Thunderbird District'' - serving the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Firestone Park , Baldwin Hills , Central and King, Boyle Heights and Wagner ; the South Los Angeles neighborhoods of ( Watts , Leimert Park (Koreatown) , August F. Haw , Westchester , Exposition Park, Crenshaw District, Windsor Hills ) and the communities of Lawndale , Hawthorne and Inglewood
- Cabrillo Beach Youth Waterfront Sports Center http://www.cabrilloyouthcamp.org
:The Los Angeles Area Council, Boy Scouts of America originally leased the property in 1946, shortly after World War II. Located at the base of the cliffs directly below Fort MacArthur , Cabrillo Camp, as it was then known, catered to both Scouts and other youth groups. Cabrillo Camp was a primitive facility with old military Quonset huts and portable trailers.
:In the late 70s/early 80s, the Port of Los Angeles granted the Los Angeles Area Council a long-term lease. In 1987, the Spielberg Center opened its gates with the swimming pool, campgrounds, dining area, craft center, Scout Shop, staff quarters, boat house and amphitheater that are present today. The facility is 12.3 acres and the building is 25,000 square feet of Spanish and Mediterranean architecture.
- Firestone Scout Reservation http://www.firestonecamp.org/ Firestone Scout Reservation (elev. 500 ft.) is a semi-primitive camp located just east of State Route 57 in Tonner Canyon between Diamond Bar and Brea, California . The facilities are available to most non-profit youth groups in addition to Scouting organizations.
- Forest Lawn Scout Reservation http://www.flsr.org/ Forest Lawn Scout Reservation (elev. 5,300 ft.) was formerly known as the ''Lake Arrowhead Scout Camps''. FLSR is a group of Boy Scout and Cub Scout Resident Summer Camps located 3 miles east of Lake Arrowhead, California on more than 2,00 acres in the San Bernardino National Forest .
- ---Circle X Ranch at Big Horn is a Boy Scout Resident Summer Camp, opened in 1952 as Camp Big Horn.
- ---Camp Pepperdine became a Cub Scout Resident Summer Camp in 2007; it was formerly a primitive camping facility that opened in 1960.
- ---Camp Pitchess, (''Now Closed'') formerly Camp Cedar, opened in 1953 as a Cub Scout Resident Summer Camp; it burned in the Waterman Canyon Wildfire , October 2003.http://www.americanforests.org/productsandpubs/magazine/archives/2005spring/feature1_1.php
- ---Camp Pollock - adjacent to what was once Camp Pitchess is a year-round training center (under construction - 2007).
- ---John Wayne Outpost is a wilderness camping area that opened in 1979.http://usscouts.org/boyscouts/jwlaw.html
- ---Northrop Family Camp opened in 1955 is now a staff housing area.
- Log Cabin Wilderness Camp (elev. 9,640 ft.) is a high adventure base camp located in the Inyo National Forest . The camp is near the Tioga Pass Road on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada bordering the Hoover Wilderness and Yosemite National Park .
- Camp Circle X - ''Closed'' located in the Triunfo Pass (now part of the Santa Monica Mountains NRA , (operated by the NPS )) http://www.nps.gov/archive/samo/maps/cx.htm
The council offers National Youth Leadership Training. National Youth Leadership Training Formerly known as Brownsea 22 Junior Leader Training, NYLT is an intense six-day outdoor experience for Boy Scout Troop youth leaders ages 13-17.. The Los Angeles Area Council holds an NYLT encampment each August on the Forest Lawn Scout Reservation. Forest Lawn Scout Reservation
The Siwinis #252 is the local lodge of the Order Of The Arrow . Siwinis Lodge #252 (O/A)
- Cubmaster Ron Murphy organized the first pinewood derby, which was raced on May 15 , 1953 in Manhattan Beach, California ,http://www.bsamuseum.org/exhibits/derby/index.html by Pack 280.
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