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Governmental Affairs The SCGA maintains a Governmental Affairs Department, the functions of which are: Identifying the public policy interests of the Association, its member clubs and the game of golf, and representing them before legislative bodies and regulatory agencies; Coordinating and organizing that representative effort with allied associations, organizations, industries,…
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Service Tax – Defeated as a leaden trial balloon a few years ago, the notion of taxing services continues to percolate throughout the California body politic. The “Think Long Committee for California,” a group of some of the state’s most influential political and financial leaders, is preparing to launch a…
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The SCGA actively advocates on policy issues relevent to the organization by engaging responsibly with governmental officials, local and regional conservation groups and local and regional public commissions and committees.
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The SCGA celebrated its Centennial in 1999 with a five-part series of FORE Magazine articles devoted to the history of golf in Southern California. Part One: 1899-1919 Part Two: 1920-1939 Part Three: 1940-1959 Part Four: 1960-1979 Part Five: 1980-1999 On August 19, 2010, the SCGA announced that it would consolidate…
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Chapter One—First Stirrings In concert with the rest of the nation, California was growing as well, from a population of 92,597 in 1850 to 1,311,564 by the turn of the century. One of the magic words in California’s growth was railroads, which brought not only new settlers to the state…
