GLAAC has three Scout shops located in Downtown Los Angeles, San Pedro, and Pasadena.

Located in Los Angeles County, California's San Gabriel Valley, the Boy Scouts of America's San Gabriel Valley Council (#40) was one of five councils serving Los Angeles County, headquartered in Pasadena.

With the founding of the BSA in 1910, the first goal of the San Gabriel Valley Scout leaders was to organize as new troops.

Paid professionals, many of whom were YMCA leaders, were recruited to help start new Troops and spread the new Scouting program.

[6] A charter was granted by the BSA National Headquarters dated April 1, 1919, to the Pasadena District Council.

The Order of the Arrow (OA) is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America.