My apologies if this is somewhat of a stupid question, but it's something I was wondering about. In California prisons it's a well known fact that high ranking members of Chicano gangs like Florencia 13, The Avenues, Playboys,...can also be high ranking members of the Mexican Mafia. It looks as if the Mexican Mafia is the big organization in Southern California and that selected crews of the street gangs are subsets of larger Eme enterprise.

What's it like with the Black Guerilla Family? Are they really a separate gang or are they in turn also composed of Crips and Bloods members?
Btw, I don't really know the current state of the California BGF as all you lately hear about is the Maryland branch of the gang.