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What happened to First California Bank?
First California Bank in Westlake Village, CA (earlier called Camarillo Community Bank) merged into Pacific Western Bank of Los Angeles, CA on Jun 1, 2013. That bank is now called Banc of California (Los Angeles, CA).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1979Camarillo Community Bank opens in Westlake Village, CA
- Oct 18, 2001renamed First California Bank
- Jun 1, 2013MERGEDFirst California Bank merged into Pacific Western Bank of Los Angeles, CA.FDIC certificate 22819 ends; its business continues under certificate 24045.
- TodayOPEN
Banc of CaliforniaMain office Los Angeles, CA · FDIC certificate 24045 · 79 offices in 3 states on June 30, 2026Every Banc of California office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.bancofcal.com
If you still have something from First California Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First California Bank as lienholder, start with Banc of California. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Banc of California to search for the account under the name First California Bank. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Banc of California which branch now holds boxes from the First California Bank office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
26 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1001 Marsh StSan Luis Obispo, CA | OpenBanc of California |
| 32111 Agoura RdWestlake Village, CA | OpenBanc of California |
| 218 E State StRedlands, CA | OpenBanc of California |
| 1150 Paseo CamarilloCamarillo, CA | OpenBanc of California |
| 300 E Esplanade Dr, Ste 102Oxnard, CA | OpenBanc of California |
| 15622 Arrow HwyIrwindale, CA | OpenBanc of California |
| 78-000 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 100Palm Desert, CA | No longer reported |
| 1880 Century Park E, Ste 110Los Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 16661 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 110Encino, CA | No longer reported |
| 2200 Sepulveda BoulevardTorrance, CA | No longer reported |
| 505 N. Brand Blvd., Suite 110Glendale, CA | No longer reported |
| 320 West Mission AvenueEscondido, CA | No longer reported |
| 1685 Simi Town Center WaySimi Valley, CA | No longer reported |
| 1794 S. Victoria Avenue, Suite BVentura, CA | No longer reported |
| 3027 Townsgate Rd # 300Westlake Village, CA | No longer reported |
| 19752 Macarthur BoulevardIrvine, CA | No longer reported |
| 27645 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 116Temecula, CA | No longer reported |
| 21550 Oxnard Street, Suite 100Woodland Hills, CA | No longer reported |
| 11-A E Hillcrest DriveThousand Oaks, CA | No longer reported |
| 10 Pointe Drive, Suite 130Brea, CA | No longer reported |
| 3027 Townsgate Road, Suite 300Westlake Village, CA | No longer reported |
| 168 South FairmontAnaheim, CA | No longer reported |
| 1960 East Grand Ave., Ste 120El Segundo, CA | No longer reported |
| 13245 Riverside Dr Suite #540Sherman Oaks, CA | No longer reported |
| 2377 Crenshaw Blvd, Suite 13Torrance, CA | No longer reported |
| 726 West Shaw AvenueFresno, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First California Bank
3 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 4 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| San Luis Trust Bank, FSBSan Luis Obispo, CA | Feb 18, 2011 |
| Western Commercial BankWoodland Hills, CA | Nov 5, 2010 |
| 1st Centennial BankRedlands, CA | Jan 23, 2009 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 22819 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.