California Club, The

538 S Flower St, Los Angeles, California. County/parish: Los Angeles.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 06, 2010. NRIS 10000425.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

California Club

The California Club is an invitation-only private club established in 1888, based in Los Angeles, California.

According to the Los Angeles Times, "The people who run Los Angeles belong to the Jonathan Club; the people who own Los Angeles belong to the California Club." The California Club maintains a mandatory requirement that all new member candidates wishing to gain entry must receive invitations from no less than six existing club members, pass a series of interviews by the club's membership committee, and undergo additional background and reference checks in order to obtain admission.

In April 2005, the club was ranked #13 in the "Centrality Rankings" by UC Santa Cruz sociologist G. William Domhoff in his research about social clubs, policy-planning groups, corporations, and ruling-class cohesiveness.

The club is also ranked as the third most exclusive private club in the United States.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859007

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