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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-21-017043
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210512

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001169770
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				043639825
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 MACARTHUR PLACE
		CITY:			SANTA ANA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92707
		BUSINESS PHONE:		949-236-5211

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 MACARTHUR PLACE
		CITY:			SANTA ANA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92707

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST PACTRUST BANCORP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020322
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  <div style="text-align: right; margin-right: 7.95pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">May 12, 2021</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; margin-right: 7.9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><u>Via EDGAR</u></div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; margin-right: 7.9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">Registration Statement on Form S-4</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; margin-right: 7.9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Banc of California, Inc. (the &#8220;<u>Company</u>&#8221;) hereby requests that the effectiveness under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
    the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, be accelerated to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, May 13, 2021, or as soon thereafter as practicable.</div>
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    <div style="margin: 0px 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt;">This letter corrects and supersedes the request previously filed on May 12, 2021, which contained a clerical error
      regarding the requested effectiveness date.</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; margin-right: 7.9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Please contact Patrick S. Brown of Sullivan &amp; Cromwell LLP at (310) 712-6603 with any questions you may have concerning this
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          <div style="font-weight: bold;">BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.</div>
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        <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">/s/ Ido Dotan</td>
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