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 August 4, 2007

Filer

Filing Type

Filing Proposal

End of Comment Period

AMERICAN SECURITY BANK

* Branch

American Security Bank, Santa Ana, California, to establish a branch facility at 2163 Compton Avenue, Corona, California.

Newspaper:	08/07/2007
Federal Register:	Not applicable

CAPITAL CORP OF THE WEST

4c8

Capital Corp of the West, Merced, California, to acquire Bay View Funding, a company engaged in factoring and accounts receivable pursuant to section 225.23 of Regulation Y.

Newspaper:	Not applicable
Federal Register:	Not applicable

COUNTY BANK

* 18C

County Bank, Merced, California, to purchase the assets and assume the liabilities of 11 California branches of National Bank of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	Not applicable

STERLING FINANCIAL CORPORATION

* 3A5

Sterling Financial Corporation, Spokane, Washington, to merge with North Valley Bancorp and acquire its wholly-owned subsidiary, North Valley Bank, both of Redding, California.

Newspaper:	09/01/2007
Federal Register:	09/04/2007

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 August 4, 2007

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

District: 12
Federal Reserve Bank of: San Francisco