Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Number Of Consecutive Payments Considered Sustained Repayment Performance

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Threshold Period Past Due For Write-Off Of Deposit Liabilities Reclassified As Loans Receivable

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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The number of units or percentage investment held by one or more members or limited partners of the LLC or LP.

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-Topic 272
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Represents the number of stores.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Threshold period past due for financing receivable to write off as uncollectible, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) payment branch	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Entity Location [Line Items]
Number of consecutive payments considered sustained repayment performance \| payment	6
Threshold period a past due loan is charged off	90 days
Threshold period a past due overdraft account is charged off	60 days
Ownership interest in each limited partnerships formed for affordable housing projects (less than)	2.00%
Advertising costs \| $	$ 565	$ 334	$ 400
Commitments under operating leases \| $	$ 21,082
Marin County
Entity Location [Line Items]
Number of branches	10
Napa County
Entity Location [Line Items]
Number of branches	1
San Francisco
Entity Location [Line Items]
Number of branches	1
Sonoma County
Entity Location [Line Items]
Number of branches	5
Alameda County
Entity Location [Line Items]
Number of branches	3