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California Capital Management

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Client assets under management

$351,816,845

Clients

347

32% high-net worth

Advisors

5

of 12 employees

Firm type

Team

4-10 advisors or $500M+ in AUM

Clients per advisor

69

High

Average account size

$1,013,881

About

California Capital Management provides investment advisory services to a mix of individual investors (including high net worth clients), trusts, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm offers a Wrap Comprehensive Portfolio Management program and retirement plan consulting, and as of the brochure reports managing $358,371,683 on a discretionary basis for roughly 347 clients with a five-advisor team.

Portfolios are tailored to individual time horizon, risk tolerance and goals and the firm employs a mix of quantitative, technical and fundamental analysis across multiple time frames. Strategies may include long- and short-term equity trading, option writing and futures, use of index options and stop orders for risk management, and a preference for daily-liquidity while allowing illiquid investments (non-traded REITs/BDCs) in limited amounts.

Compared with many peers, the firm is notable for sponsoring a wrap fee program and for using compensated testimonials and endorsements under written arrangements, practices the brochure highlights and discloses under Rule 206(4)-1. The brochure also discloses that some representatives sell commissionable securities and insurance products, and that the firm reserves the option to liquidate accounts on termination to protect proprietary strategies, all of which are identified as potential conflicts and addressed in its policies.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting

Expertise

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management Wealth management

Fee options

Fixed
Commissions

Certain representatives receive commissions for securities sales via Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Inc.

Project-based

Main office location

California Capital Management

2520 West Olive Avenue, Suite 300

Burbank CA 91505, United States

Number of offices

1

Most active in

Arizona · California · Florida · Hawaii · Nevada · New York · North Carolina · Oregon · Texas · Washington

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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Amir T

Series 63, Series 65

Burbank, CA

California Capital Management

Amir Tavakol is a financial advisor at California Capital Management with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and several affiliated firms. California Capital Management serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities with comprehensive portfolio management through a sponsored wrap fee program and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a combination of quantitative, fundamental, and technical analysis to tailor investment advice to clients’ time horizons, risk tolerance, and goals.

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management Wealth management
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Gregory Z

ChFC®, Series 66

North Hollywood, CA

California Capital Management

Gregory Zedlar is a ChFC® and Series 66 credentialed advisor with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with California Capital Management since 2004. Outside of his advisory role, he is an investor in startups through Conceptual Thinking, LLC and serves as co-trustee of the G & L Zedlar Family Trust. California Capital Management is a five-advisor team managing approximately $321 million in discretionary assets. The firm provides portfolio management and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, and business entities, using a mix of quantitative, fundamental, and technical analysis across multiple asset classes and investment time horizons.

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management Wealth management
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Bradley S

CFP®, Series 63

Burbank, CA

California Capital Management

Bradley Salo is a CFP® with 38 years of industry experience, currently serving at California Capital Management where he has worked since 2004. He also has been affiliated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments since 2014. Outside of his advisory work, he is president of One Management Group, Inc., a landscape design consulting business. California Capital Management is a five-advisor team managing approximately $321 million in discretionary assets. The firm serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities, offering tailored portfolio management through a wrap fee program and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a mix of quantitative, fundamental, and technical analysis across various time horizons.

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management Wealth management
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Alexis C

CFP®, Series 66

Black Mountain, NC

California Capital Management

Alexis Cole is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at California Capital Management since 2013. Prior to that, she worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments from 2016 to 2018. Outside of her advisory role, she is a board member and treasurer of the Southern CA Reined Cow Horse Association and serves on the board of Cottages on Liberty Green. California Capital Management is a five-advisor team managing approximately $321 million in discretionary assets. The firm provides portfolio management and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, and business entities, employing a tailored investment approach that integrates quantitative, fundamental, and technical analysis across multiple time horizons.

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management Wealth management
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Emily L

CFP®, Series 66

Burbank, CA

California Capital Management

Emily Logan is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in financial advising. She has worked at California Capital Management since 2006 and has also been affiliated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments since 2016. Logan serves as a successor trustee for a family trust. California Capital Management is a five-advisor team managing approximately $321 million in discretionary assets. The firm provides portfolio management and retirement plan consulting for individuals, trusts, and business entities, using a tailored investment approach that incorporates quantitative, fundamental, and technical analysis across multiple time horizons.

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management Wealth management
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