Imma set the record a little more “straight”. Beach FC started in Long Beach. A few years later, SM left what was South Bay Force and started the South Bay Chapter of Beach FC. It’s not a affiliate, it is a division. There is only one President, one Board and one DOC. However there are multiple “Directors”. Both Divisions feed into their Girls Academy program that operates as a 3rd “Division” of the Club.I dont know the details but many moons ago I only remember them as a small club with mostly girls teams out of Redondo Beach.
The bigger club in that area was South Bay Force. Force took over or mergered with a Palos Verdes club and some coaches in both went to beach and they started to expand. After Force became a galaxy affiliate & changed names the whole affiliate model starting blowing up.
What we are seeing now seems to be a backlash to some of these affiliate deals as what is promised rarely come to be in reality. The whole access to DA or other higher level league carrots is normally controlled by some central chapter who prefer there own players and the rest just get to put that logo on there websites.
hope that helps a bit.