About Us
With a rich history of Scouting that dates back to 1916, the Golden Gate Area Council (GGAC) serves the Northern California counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, Solano and Sonoma and supports more than 1000 local packs, troops, teams and crews. The Golden Gate Area Council was formed on June 1, 2020 from the merger of the San Francisco Bay Area Council, the Alameda Council and the Mt. Diablo-Silverado Council. The GGAC expanded its territory reach in October 2024 to include the County of Del Norte and Humboldt and then again in March 2025 to include the County of Mendocino and Sonoma through the acquisition of the former Redwood Area Council. The GGAC covers an area of 14,000 Square Miles with an overall population of 4.6 Million Californian’s. The GGAC Council Headquarters is located in Pleasanton, California near the 580 / 680 junction.
The Golden Gate Area Council maintains three nationally accredited summer camps and two weekend camps: Camp Herms (located in the hills of El Cerrito, CA), Camp Royaneh (located near Cazadero in the Russian River area), Camp Wolfeboro (located near Bear Valley in the Sierra Nevada Mountains), Rancho Los Mochos (located in the hills south of Livermore, CA) and Wente Scout Reservation (located east of Willits, CA).
To contact Yerba Buena Lodge for general questions and information, send an email to “[email protected]“.