Scouting in California has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs related to their environments.

Jamboree Road in Newport Beach, California was named to commemorate the site of the 1953 event.

The 1973 National Order of the Arrow Conference was held at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

The council covers 16 counties in Northern California: Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Shasta, Sierra, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba counties.

[9][10] Due to the large size of the two original councils, the merger is a process that will be completed over a time span.

The Sequoia Council serves Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare Counties in California.

[a] The Southern Sierra Council serves Kern, Inyo, and Mono counties in California.

[a] Ventura County Council of the Boy Scouts of America was officially chartered as Council 57 on June 23, 1921, after a series of meetings that followed a proposal put forward at a County Chamber of Commerce meeting on March 28, 1921 in the Masonic Hall.

[a] Girl Scouting officially started in California by 1917 when Lou Henry Hoover help form a troop in Palo Alto.

In California, serves a small portion of far eastern San Bernardino County in the south-east of the state.

Girl Scouts Heart of Central California (GSHCC) serves nearly 27,000 girls and 10,000 volunteers in 18 counties (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Mariposa, Merced, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba).

GSHCC was formed on June 1, 2007, by the merger of the old Muir Trail and Tierra del Oro councils.

Both offices feature large meeting spaces for troops and community members, as well as interactive STEM centers that host weekly activities.

Given the natural surrounding environment in the Northern Central Valley, this council has a large and historical presence in outdoor activities such as camping, stewardship, and backpacking.

It serves over 50,000 girls in 19 counties (Alameda, Butte, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, and Trinity).

The site is managed by Girl Scouts of Northern California and supported mostly through private foundation grants and individual donations.

Normally, Hill Farm was home to 30 patients, but during the summer the mild climate allowed as many as 60, who were housed in tents and slept on cots.

It had deep sleeping porches (fresh air was considered important for TB patients) and an outdoor dining room.

That same year the Arequipa Sanatorium, directed by Dr. Philip King Brown, was opened to serve women in the first stages of TB.

With the help of local artists and members of the area's philanthropic community, Dr. Brown introduced therapeutic handcrafts to the women, to combat idleness and avoid the stigma of charity.

The hospital hired potter Frederick Hurten Rhead to teach patients and develop a pottery studio.

In 1913 Rhead was dismissed for not being sufficiently businesslike, as he led his students to experiment with glazes and techniques, and tried to get the best materials for them.

This organization, now known as the Bothin Foundation, was responsible for raising the $30,000 needed to build Stone House.

As treatment methods for TB changed, the need for the Bothin Convalescent Hospital was reduced.

In 1948, Miss Ashe offered a small building now known as Little House to the San Francisco Girl Scouts for troop camping.

A few years later she made Manor House available for Girl Scout use, and by 1955 the entire Bothin property was offered to the Council for its use.

The council serves nearly 18,000 girls and 12,000 adult volunteers representing every zip code in Orange County.

Visits to the GSLC provide Orange County Girl Scouts from all cultures and backgrounds extraordinary opportunities to practice leadership the Girl Scout way as they explore exciting 21st Century careers and learn how they can take action to make the world a better place.

In addition to The Argyros Girl Scout Leadership Center, Camp Scherman, and Council Office, Girl Scouts of Orange County operates 4 program centers, located in Anaheim, Laguna Beach, Yorba Linda, and Seal Beach.

Also, Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség Hungarian Scouting maintains four troops in Los Angeles and two in San Francisco.