APPLICANT' S NAME: Golden Opportunit,v Legacy Devolpment, LLC (Submit with Application)
THIS FORM IS A PUBLIC RECORD
LEVINE ACT DISCLOSURE STATEMENT FOR
LICENSES, PERM ITS. OR OTHER ENTITLEM NTS FOR USE
(DEVELOPMENT)
Background: California Government Code S 84308, commonly referred to as the "Levine Act," prohibits City Officers from participating in any proceeding conceming a license, permit, other entitlement for use, franchise, or contract (collectively "license, permit, or contract") if they receive campaign contribution(s) from a Party or Participant to the proceeding, or their Agents, totaling more than $500 in the preceding 12 months. The Levine Act also prohibits City Officers from accepting, soliciting, or directing campaign contributions over $500 from Parties or Participants to a proceeding, or in any amount by their Agents, while a proceeding is pending and for 12 months following the final decision in a proceeding. See definitions of Party, Participant, and Agent in the Definitions attached.
Levine Act requirements apply when the City Officer or the body of which they are a member has the authority to make any decision or recommendation in the proceeding. City Officers include City elected or appointed officers, their altemates, and any candidate for elective office. City Officers are listed at the following sites:
o City elected officers - https://www.fresno.gov/cityofficials/ . Board members and Commissioners - https://www.fresno.qov/cityclerld#boards-&- commission- application
Parties are responsible for reviewing and disclosing on the record of a proceeding their and their Ageni's campaign contributions to City Officers over $500 in the 12 months preceding any decision rendered by the agency. A "Party" to a proceeding means the applicant as well as the subiect of the proceeding.
Both the applicant and the subject of a proceeding are required to provide information about campaign contributions to City bfficers made by them, their Agents on behalf of them or their organizition(s), their organizaiion(s)subject to the proceeding with the City, and any organization th6y direct oi control puisuant to the aggregation rules set forth by FPPC Req. Q 18438.5, except for uncompensated officers of a nonprofit organization. When a closed corporation is a Party or participant to a proceeding subject to the Levine Act, the maioritv shareholder is subject to the disclosure and prohibition requirements of the Levine Act.
DISCLOSURES
Applicants and subjects of proceedings are responsible for reviewing the names of the City Officers and aggregition rules linked above prior to making the following disclosures:
FOR THE APPLICANT: Have you or your company, or any Agent on behalf of you or your company, or any orgenization you direci or control, made campaign contributions of more than $S00 to-a City bffiCer in the 12 months preceding the date of the submission of your bid or proposal, or the anticipated date of any aciion by a City Officer related to this proceeding? YES:- NO: x
lf yes, please identify the City Officer(s), Contributing Entity and if they are a Party or an Agent, and date(s) of contribution(s) in the spaces below:
City Officer(s) Name(s) Contributing Entity Date(s)of Contribution(s) 396342.1
APPL!CANT' S NAME: Golden Opportunity Legacy Devolpment, LLC (Submit with Application)
FOR THE ENTITY OR PERSON THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF PROCEEDING: Have you or your company, or any Agent on behalf of you or your company, or any organization you direct or control, made campaign contributions of more than $500 to a City Officer in the 12 months preceding the date of the submission of your bid or proposal, or the anticipated date of any action by a City Officer related to this proceeding?
YES:- NO: x
lf yes, please identify the City Officer(s), Contributing Entity and if they are a Party or an Agent, and date(s) of contribution(s) in the spaces below:
City Officer(s) Name(s) Contributing Entity Date(s) of Contribution(s) Answering yes to the question above does not preclude the City of Fresno from awarding a license, p-ermit, or contract or taking any subsequent action related to the proceeding'
ENTITY OWNERSHIP
To facilitate City Otficials' compliance with the Levine Act, the City requests Parties (both applicants and subjects of the proceeding) disclose the ownership of their companies or entities they control. Applications wiil not be denied if this information is not provided, but the disclosure above is legally required.
Name of Applicant:
Golden Opportunity Legacy Devolpment, LLC
Address: 2445 Capilol Street, Suite 110, Fresno, CA9372l List the names of all principals, partners, and/or trustees. For corporations, provide names of officers, directors, and all stockholders owning more than '10% equity interest in corporation:
Ed Gonzalez,Bard De Vore, Stephen Morris, Hannah Johnson, Cassandra Little, Jene D'Ambrosio 396342.1
AP P L I CANT'S NAIVI E. Golden opportunity Legacy Devolpment, LLC (Submit with Application)
Name of the entity or person that is the Subject of proceeding:
Golden Opportunity Legacy Devolpment, LLC
Address:452 N Pacific Avenue, Fresno, CAg372B
List the names of all principals, partners, and/or trustees. For corporations, provide names of officers, directors, and all stockholders owning more than 10% equity interest in corporation:
Ed Gonzalez, Bard De Vore, Stephen Morris, Hannah Johnson, Cassandra Little, Jene D'Ambrosio
SIGNATURES
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
Robert Golden
Name of Applicant
President & CEO
Print Name Authorized Representative
Signature
712112025
Date
Golden Opportunity Legacy Devolpment, LLC
Name of Entity or Person hat is he Subject of the Proceeding Print Name and Title of Authorized Representative
Signature
Date
396342.1
Term Definition Law
Covered
Proceedings FPPC Req
18438.2(a)
A license, permit, or other entitlement for use, meaning all business, professional, trade, and land use licenses and permits and all other entitlements for use, including all entitlements for land use, all contracts, and all franchises. lncluding a proceeding to grant, deny, revoke, restrict, or modify a license, permit or other entitlement for use, that does not solely involve purely ministerial decisions and is:
(1) Applied for by the party;
(2) Formally or informally requested by the party; or
(3) A contract between the agency and the party or a franchisee granted by the agency to the party, other than those competitively bid, labor contract, personal employment contract, valued under $50,000, between two or more agencies, where no pafi receives financial compensation, periodic review of or renewal of a development agreement with no material changes; or a periodic review or renewal of competitively bid contracts (unless material modifications or amendments valued al >10o/o value of the contract $50,000, whichever is less).
Gov. Code
Ba30B(aX1)Party
Any person who files an application for, or is the subject of, a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use.
Gov. Code
84308(a)(2): see
a/so FPPC Reo.
18348.4
Participant
Any person who is not a party but who actively supports or opposes a particular decision in a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use and who has a financial interest in the decision. A person actively supports or opposes a particular decision in a proceeding if that person lobbies in person the officers or employees of the agency, testifies in person before the agency, or othenruise acts to influence officers of the agency.
FPPC Req
18438.3Agent
A person who represents a party or participant for compensation and appears before or othenryise communicates with the governmental agency for the purpose of influencing the pending proceeding.
See FPPC Reg 18438.3 for exceptions for certain consultants.
Gov. Code
8a308(aX5XB)
; FPPC Req
18a38.2(aX3X
A)
Competitively bid contracts are required by law, agency policy, or agency rule to be awarded pursuant to a competitive process. A contract required by law to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder with a responsive bid, or, if the successful bidder refuses or fails to execute the contract, to the next lowest responsive bidder.
Competitively
Bad
FPPC Req
18438.2(aX3X
E)Labor
Contract
A contract or agreement reached through collective bargaining or representative group regarding the salary, benefits, or terms and conditions under an employment or retirement policy for employees or retirees, including a project labor agreement entered under Public Contract Code Section 2500.
with a
FPPC
Req
18438.2(a
x3xc)-
ID)
Personal
Employment
Contract
A contract for employment, including the terms and conditions employment, between the agency and an agency employee. A contract with an independent contractor is NOT a personal employment contract. of
AP P L I CANT'S NAM E i Golden opportunity Lesacv Devolpment, LLC (Submit with Application)
LEVINE ACT DISGLOSURE STATEMENT
Additional information on the Levine Act https://www.fppc.ca.gov/contenUdam/fpoclNS- Documents/TAD/Camoaion%20Documents/84308/Section%2084308%20and%20Parties%20a nd%20Pa rtici pants%20G u ide. pdf
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