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 October 21, 2006

Filer

Filing Type

Filing Proposal

End of Comment Period

BELVEDERE CAPITAL PARTNERS II LLC

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* 3A3

1) Green Bancorp, Inc. to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of Redstone Bank, N.A., both of Houston, Texas; 2) Belvedere Texas Holdings L.P., San Francisco, California to become a bank holding company by acquiring 49 percent of Green Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Redstone Bank, N.A., both of Houston, Texas; and 3) Belvedere Capital Partners II, LLC, and Belvedere Capital Fund II L.P., both of San Francisco, California, to acquire up to 49 percent of Green Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Redstone Bank, N.A., Houston, Texas.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	10/30/2006

CASTLE CREEK CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P.

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Castle Creek Capital Partners III, L.P., Castle Creek Capital III LLC, Eggemeyer Capital LLC, Ruh Capital LLC, Western States Opportunity LLC, Eggemeyer Family Trust, William J. Ruh Trust, Legions IV Advisory Corp., all located in Rancho Santa Fe, California, and LDF, Inc., located in Chicago, Illinois, to acquire 100 percent of BB&T Bancshares, Corp., and thereby indirectly acquire Bloomingdale Bank and Trust, both of Bloomingdale, Illinois.

Newspaper:	11/04/2006
Federal Register:	11/03/2006

FIRST CALIFORNIA FINANCIAL GROUP

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* 3A1

1) First California Financial Group to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of National Mercantile Bancorp, both of Los Angeles, California, and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary banks, Mercantile National Bank, Los Angeles, California, and South Bay Bank, N.A., Torrance, California; and 2) First California Financial Group, Los Angeles, California, to merge with FCB Bancorp, Camarillo, California, and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary bank, First California Bank, Camarillo, California.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	11/17/2006

NHB HOLDINGS, INC.

* 3A1

NHB Holdings, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of Volvo Commercial Credit Corp. of Utah, which will be renamed Globility Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	09/22/2006

WEST VALLEY BANCORP, INC.

* 3A1

West Valley Bancorp, Inc., to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of West Valley National Bank (In Organization), both of Avondale, Arizona.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	11/03/2006

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
NONE

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

Institution	Location
NONE

District: 12 Federal Reserve Bank of: San Francisco

Filings received during the week ending October 21, 2006

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

District: 12
Federal Reserve Bank of: San Francisco