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 7, 2006

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Filing Type

Filing Proposal

End of Comment Period

CASTLE CREEK CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P.

* 3A1

Castle Creek Capital Partners III, L.P., Castle Creek Capital III LLC, Eggemeyer Capital LLC, and Ruh Capital LLC, all of Rancho Santa Fe, California, to become bank holding companies by acquiring 89 percent of LDF, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire its wholly-owned subsidiary, Labe Bank, both of Chicago, Illinois.

Newspaper:	01/26/2006
Federal Register:	02/03/2006

CASTLE CREEK CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P.

* 4c8

Castle Creek Capital Partners III, L.P., Castle Creek Capital III LLC, Eggemeyer Capital LLC, and Ruh Capital LLC, all of Rancho Santa Fe, California,to acquire 24.9 percent of Atlanta Bancorporation, Inc., Alpharetta, Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquire Gibsonville Community Bank, Inc., Gibsonville, North Carolina, a state savings bank.

Newspaper:	02/03/2006
Federal Register:	02/03/2006

CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP

* 4c8

Cathay General Bancorp, Los Angeles, California, to acquire an equity interest up to 14.9 percent of the stock of Broadway Financial Corporation, Los Angeles, California, and thereby indirectly acquire Broadway Federal Bank, FSB, Los Angeles, California.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	01/30/2006

COUNTY BANK

* Branch

County Bank, Merced, California, to establish a branch facility to be located at the southeast corner of Herndon and Fowler Avenues, Clovis, California.

Newspaper:	01/06/2006
Federal Register:	Not applicable

FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK OF LONG BEACH

Premises
* Branch

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach, Long Beach, California, to establish a branch facility at 4695 MacArthur Court, Suites 130 and 150, Newport Beach, California, and to increase its investment in bank premises.

Newspaper:	12/23/2005
Federal Register:	Not applicable

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
NONE

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

Institution	Location
NONE

District: 12 Federal Reserve Bank of: San Francisco

Filings received during the week ending January 7, 2006

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

District: 12
Federal Reserve Bank of: San Francisco