INCOME TAXES	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
INCOME TAXES	INCOME TAXES For the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, income tax expense (benefit) of continuing operations was $3.3 million and $(3.9) million, respectively, and the effective tax rate was 24.0 percent and (27.8) percent, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, income tax benefit of continuing operations was $(1.3) million and $(23.2) million, respectively, and the effective tax rate was (4.2) percent and (119.0) percent, respectively. The Company recognized lower income tax benefits for the 2018 periods mainly due to the reduction in the recognition of year-to-date tax credits from the investments in alternative energy partnerships of $412 thousand and $9.6 million respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, compared to $8.8 million and $33.3 million, respectively, of tax credits recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. The reduction in tax credits received by the Bank on the investments in alternative energy partnerships is due to less new equipment being placed into service by the investments. The lower income tax benefit was also partially offset by the decrease in the federal statutory tax rate from 35% to 21% as a result of H.R. 1, originally known (and referred to below) as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, which became effective on January 1, 2018. The Company uses the flow-through income statement method to account for the investment tax credits earned on the solar investments. Under this method, the investment tax credits are recognized as a reduction to income tax expense and the initial book-tax difference in the bases of the investments are recognized as additional tax expense in the year they are earned. The Company accounts for income taxes by recognizing deferred tax assets and liabilities based upon temporary differences between the amounts for financial reporting purposes and tax bases of its assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. In assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, management will continue to evaluate both positive and negative evidence on a quarterly basis, including the existence of any cumulative losses in the current year and the prior two years, the amount of taxes paid in available carry-back years, future taxable income and tax planning strategies. Based on this analysis, management determined that it was more likely than not that all of the deferred tax assets would be realized; therefore, no valuation allowance was provided against the net deferred tax assets of $47.9 million and $31.1 million at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The overall increase in net deferred tax assets was primarily due to a decrease of $6.1 million in deferred tax liabilities resulting from the sale of mortgage servicing rights and an increase of $11.5 million in deferred tax assets from the increase of unrealized loss on securities available-for-sale. ASC 740-10-25 relates to the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements. ASC 740-10-25 prescribes a threshold and a measurement process for recognizing in the financial statements a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return and also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The Company had unrecognized tax benefits of $1.1 million and $1.0 million at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The Company does not expect the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits to significantly change in the next twelve months. As of September 30, 2018, the total unrecognized tax benefit that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate was $980 thousand. At September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had no accrued interest or penalties. In the event the Company is assessed interest and/or penalties by federal or state tax authorities, such amounts will be classified in the consolidated financial statements as income tax expense. The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. Federal income tax as well as income tax in multiple state jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to the assessment of U.S. federal income tax for years before 2015. The statute of limitations for the assessment of California Franchise taxes has expired for tax years before 2014 (other state income and franchise tax statutes of limitations vary by state). The Company early adopted ASU 2018-02 effective January 1, 2018. ASU 2018-02 permits companies to reclassify stranded tax effects due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. As a result of the adoption, the Company recorded an increase in accumulated other comprehensive income of $496 thousand and reduced retained earnings by $496 thousand to eliminate the stranded tax effects at that date from the reduction in the federal statutory tax rate that was enacted in December 2017 and became effective January 1, 2018.

INCOME TAXES

For the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, income tax expense (benefit) of continuing operations was $3.3 million and $(3.9) million, respectively, and the effective tax rate was 24.0 percent and (27.8) percent, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, income tax benefit of continuing operations was $(1.3) million and $(23.2) million, respectively, and the effective tax rate was (4.2) percent and (119.0) percent, respectively. The Company recognized lower income tax benefits for the 2018 periods mainly due to the reduction in the recognition of year-to-date tax credits from the investments in alternative energy partnerships of $412 thousand and $9.6 million respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, compared to $8.8 million and $33.3 million, respectively, of tax credits recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. The reduction in tax credits received by the Bank on the investments in alternative energy partnerships is due to less new equipment being placed into service by the investments. The lower income tax benefit was also partially offset by the decrease in the federal statutory tax rate from 35% to 21% as a result of H.R. 1, originally known (and referred to below) as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, which became effective on January 1, 2018. The Company uses the flow-through income statement method to account for the investment tax credits earned on the solar investments. Under this method, the investment tax credits are recognized as a reduction to income tax expense and the initial book-tax difference in the bases of the investments are recognized as additional tax expense in the year they are earned.

The Company accounts for income taxes by recognizing deferred tax assets and liabilities based upon temporary differences between the amounts for financial reporting purposes and tax bases of its assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. In assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, management will continue to evaluate both positive and negative evidence on a quarterly basis, including the existence of any cumulative losses in the current year and the prior two years, the amount of taxes paid in available carry-back years, future taxable income and tax planning strategies. Based on this analysis, management determined that it was more likely than not that all of the deferred tax assets would be realized; therefore, no valuation allowance was provided against the net deferred tax assets of $47.9 million and $31.1 million at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The overall increase in net deferred tax assets was primarily due to a decrease of $6.1 million in deferred tax liabilities resulting from the sale of mortgage servicing rights and an increase of $11.5 million in deferred tax assets from the increase of unrealized loss on securities available-for-sale.

ASC 740-10-25 relates to the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements. ASC 740-10-25 prescribes a threshold and a measurement process for recognizing in the financial statements a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return and also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The Company had unrecognized tax benefits of $1.1 million and $1.0 million at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The Company does not expect the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits to significantly change in the next twelve months. As of September 30, 2018, the total unrecognized tax benefit that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate was $980 thousand. At September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had no accrued interest or penalties. In the event the Company is assessed interest and/or penalties by federal or state tax authorities, such amounts will be classified in the consolidated financial statements as income tax expense.

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. Federal income tax as well as income tax in multiple state jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to the assessment of U.S. federal income tax for years before 2015. The statute of limitations for the assessment of California Franchise taxes has expired for tax years before 2014 (other state income and franchise tax statutes of limitations vary by state).

The Company early adopted ASU 2018-02 effective January 1, 2018. ASU 2018-02 permits companies to reclassify stranded tax effects due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. As a result of the adoption, the Company recorded an increase in accumulated other comprehensive income of $496 thousand and reduced retained earnings by $496 thousand to eliminate the stranded tax effects at that date from the reduction in the federal statutory tax rate that was enacted in December 2017 and became effective January 1, 2018.