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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-13-034999
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130612
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130614
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130614

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001001233
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		IRS NUMBER:				680359556
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		501 CANAL BLVD
		STREET 2:		POINT RICHMOND TECH CNTR.
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94804
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5109706000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		501 CANAL BLVD
		STREET 2:		POINT RICHMOND TECH CNTR.
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94804

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Mento Steven J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001324466

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30171
		FILM NUMBER:		13914603

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES, INC.
		STREET 2:		501 CANAL BLVD SUITE A-100
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94804
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        <issuerName>SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SGMO</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94804</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    <derivativeTable>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>7.77</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-06-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2023-06-11</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
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        <footnote id="F1">Each option is immediately exercisable for all option shares, but shares purchased under the option are subject to certain repurchase rights by the Issuer upon the cessation of the Reporting Person's service on the Board of Directors of the Issuer. The shares subject to each option vest in monthly installments upon completion of each month of Board service over a one year period.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit list: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Florence Tam, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Florence Tam with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer or director, as the case may be, of Sangamo Biosciences Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments thereto) in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and the rules thereunder;

2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5,
complete and execute any amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any securities exchange
or similar authority, including without limitation the filing of a Form ID or
any other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the undersigned to file
the Forms 3, 4 and 5 electronically with the SEC; and

3. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any broker
or financial institution, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person
to release any such information to each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact
appointed by this Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release
of information; and

4. take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorneyin-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by or for, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-infact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request and on the behalf of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with, or any liability for the failure to comply with, any provision
of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each
of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of
this 5th day of December, 2012.

                                        Signed and acknowledged:

                                        /s/ Steven J. Mento
                                        ------------------------

                                        Signature

                                        By: Steven J. Mento
                                        ------------------------


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