Golden State Wealth Management, LLC

• A percentage of assets under your management
• Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated July 17, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

$2,215,873,193 as of October 2026, filing dated August 4, 2026.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

• Financial planning services
• Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
• Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
• Pension consulting services
• Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Also doing business as

ARIMATHEA, BUR OAK WEALTH MANAGEMENT, BY THE SEA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, CHAMPLAIN WEALTH ADVISORS, COMPANION WEALTH MANAGEMENT, CORNERSTONE FINANCIAL, CROSSROADS WEALTH ADVISORS, CURT HOWARD WEALTH MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE SOLUTIONS, ENVISION WEALTH STRATEGIES, FAGO WEALTH MANAGEMENT, GOLDEN STATE, GRANITE BAY WEALTH MANAGEMENT, GSWM, ISAAC KIM WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LAGUNA POINT WEALTH ADVISORS, MILLER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, OGDEN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, OGDEN WEALTH MANAGEMENT & PLANNING SERVICES, PEEK WEALTH, POINTWEALTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, RENAISSANCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, ROHLING WEALTH MANAGEMENT, SOLARIS WEALTH MANGEMENT, STELLAR WEALTH ADVISORS, WESTLAKE INVESTMENT ADVISORS

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

2016 (10 years)

Employees

Total: 45. Performing investment advisory functions: 45.

Wrap fee program participation

Yes.

Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

LPL Financial LLC

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)

22 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing

Bigfork, MTCarlsbad, CADixon, CAEl Dorado Hills, CAEncinitas, CAEncino, CAFort Bragg, CAGilbert, AZGrand Junction, COHouston, TXLaguna Beach, CALakeport, CAMissoula, MTNapa, CAReno, NVRiverside, CASan Diego, CASanta Maria, CASanta Monica, CAWestlake Village, CAWoodland Hills, CAYuba City, CA

States registered or notice-filed

36 states or jurisdictions

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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Regulatory assets under management: $1,082,830,486 in the October 2021 data and $2,215,873,193 in the October 2026 data, up 105%.

Total employees: 59 in October 2021 and 45 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

1. September 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Switchbacks Capital.
   • Changed its office addresses in Santa Monica, CA.
2. April 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Golden State Asset Management.
   • No longer lists the business name Ideal Life Wealth Management.
   • No longer lists the business name Golden State Equity Partners.
   • No longer lists the business name Lundqvist Wealth Strategies.
   • No longer lists the business name Aurum Investment Management.
   • No longer lists the business name Gsam.
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 47 to 45.
   • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,835,285,996 to $2,215,873,193 (+21%).
   • Changed its office addresses in Houston, TX.
   • Added an office in Bigfork, MT.
   • Added an office in Fort Bragg, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Granite Bay, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Incline Village, NV.
   • No longer lists an office in Lakeport, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Santa Rosa, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in South Coast Metro, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Walnut Creek, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Yuba City, CA.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.