Federal Reserve Release, H2, Actions of the Board, its Staff, and the Federal Reserve Banks; Applications and Reports Received

District: 12
Federal Reserve Bank of: San Francisco

Filings received during the week ending January 28, 2006

Filer

Filing Type

Filing Proposal

End of Comment Period

1ST PACIFIC BANK OF CALIFORNIA

* Branch

1st Pacific Bank of California, La Jolla, California, to establish a branch facility to be located at 169 East Main Street, El Cajon, California.

Newspaper:	12/29/2005
Federal Register:	Not applicable

EAST WEST BANK

* 18C
* 5D3
* Branch

East West Bank, San Marino, California, to merge with Standard Bank, F.S.B, Monterey Park, California, and thereby acquire six branch offices of Standard Bank, all located in California.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	Not applicable

WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION

* 3A5

Western Alliance Bancorporation to merge with Intermountain First Bancorp, and thereby indirectly acquire Nevada First Bank, all of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Newspaper:	02/19/2006
Federal Register:	02/27/2006

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977 (12 U.S.C. 2901) and is implemented by Regulation BB (12 CFR 228). The regulation was revised in May 1995.

The CRA requires that each depository institution's record in helping meet the credit needs of its entire community be evaluated periodically. That record is taken into account in considering an institution's application for deposit facilities.

A copy of an institution's CRA evaluation may be obtained directly from the institution or Reserve Bank.

Federal bank regulators use the following performance levels to rate an institution's performance under CRA:

O = Outstanding
S = Satisfactory
NI = Needs to improve
SN = Substantial noncompliance

The following state member banks have been examined and their CRA public evaluations are now available.

Institution / Location	RSSD ID	Exam Date	CRA Public Date	CRA Rating	Exam Method
SILICON VALLEY BK, SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA	802866	08/22/2005	01/19/2006	S	Large Bank

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

Institution	Location
NONE

District: 12 Federal Reserve Bank of: San Francisco

Filings received during the week ending January 28, 2006

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

District: 12
Federal Reserve Bank of: San Francisco