First Foundation Advisors 13F-HR Quarterly holdings report by institutional manager

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE

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			VALUE	SHRS OR	SH/	PUT/	INVESTMENT	OTHER	VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER	TITLE OF CLASS	CUSIP	(x$1000)	PRN AMT	PRN	CALL	DISCRETION	MANAGER	SOLE	SHARED	NONE
3M Co	COM	88579y101	254	2,323	SH		SOLE		2,323	0	0
AbbeVie Inc.	COM	00287y109	207	4,998	SH		SOLE		4,998	0	0
Aberdeen Asia Pacific Income F	COM	003009107	123	19,833	SH		SOLE		16,133	0	3,700
Altria Group Inc	COM	02209s103	11,132	318,136	SH		SOLE		281,672	0	36,465
American Express Co	COM	025816109	8,850	118,372	SH		SOLE		105,477	0	12,895
Amgen Inc	COM	031162100	237	2,407	SH		SOLE		2,407	0	0
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV	SPONSORED ADR	03524A108	15,191	168,302	SH		SOLE		146,514	0	21,788
Annaly Capital Management Inc	COM	035710409	184	14,647	SH		SOLE		14,647	0	0
Aon PLC	SHS CL A	G0408V102	17,253	268,104	SH		SOLE		232,886	0	35,219
Apple Inc	COM	037833100	2,737	6,902	SH		SOLE		6,710	0	192
AT&T Inc	COM	00206r102	1,372	38,751	SH		SOLE		37,051	0	1,700
Automatic Data Processing Inc	COM	053015103	209	3,041	SH		SOLE		3,041	0	0
Bank of America Corp	COM	060505104	197	15,285	SH		SOLE		15,285	0	0
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/T	COM	064058100	12,370	440,981	SH		SOLE		387,277	0	53,704
Berkshire Hathaway CL A	CL A	084670108	2,360	14	SH		SOLE		14	0	0
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B	CLN NEW	084670702	18,570	165,923	SH		SOLE		144,230	0	21,693
Blackrock Build America Bond T	SHS	09248x100	427	21,117	SH		SOLE		13,564	0	7,553
BlackRock Credit Allocation In	COM	092508100	172	13,244	SH		SOLE		13,244	0	0
Blackrock Floating Rate Income	COM	091941104	194	12,908	SH		SOLE		12,908	0	0
BlackRock Inc	COM	09247X101	12,996	50,598	SH		SOLE		44,391	0	6,206
Blackrock Ltd Duration	COM SHS	09249w101	247	14,018	SH		SOLE		9,818	0	4,200
Boeing Co/The	COM	097023105	12,527	122,291	SH		SOLE		106,424	0	15,867
British American Tobacco PLC	SPONSORED ADR	110448107	9,033	87,753	SH		SOLE		78,426	0	9,327
Broadcom Corp	CL A	111320107	1,009	29,858	SH		SOLE		29,858	0	0
Brown Foreman Corp Class B Wit	CL B	115637209	501	7,423	SH		SOLE		7,423	0	0
Calamos Strategic Total Return	COM SH BEN INT	128125101	174	17,116	SH		SOLE		5,615	0	11,501
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd	COM	136385101	8,135	287,857	SH		SOLE		246,432	0	41,425
Caterpillar Inc	COM	149123101	290	3,511	SH		SOLE		3,511	0	0
CenturyLink Inc	COM	156700106	1,150	32,529	SH		SOLE		30,529	0	2,000
Chevron Corp	COM	166764100	2,988	25,250	SH		SOLE		25,250	0	0
Chimera Investment Corp	COM	16934Q109	30	10,000	SH		SOLE		10,000	0	0
Cia de Bebidas das Americas	SPONSORED ADR	20441w203	919	24,611	SH		SOLE		23,291	0	1,320
Cisco Systems Inc	COM	17275r102	449	18,463	SH		SOLE		16,635	0	1,828
Citigroup Inc	COM NEW	172967424	367	7,656	SH		SOLE		7,656	0	0
Coca-Cola Co/The	COM	191216100	708	17,646	SH		SOLE		17,646	0	0
Colgate-Palmolive Co	COM	194162103	444	7,754	SH		SOLE		7,754	0	0
Colony Financial Inc	COM	19624r106	1,034	52,000	SH		SOLE		50,500	0	1,500
Comstock Mining Inc	COM	205750102	23	14,163	SH		SOLE		14,163	0	0
ConocoPhillips	COM	20825c104	262	4,332	SH		SOLE		4,332	0	0
Consumer Stpls Sel Sectr SPDR	SBI CONS STPLS	81369y308	259	6,530	SH		SOLE		6,530	0	0
Devon Energy Corp	COM	25179M103	5,492	105,866	SH		SOLE		91,941	0	13,925
Diageo PLC	SPON ADR NEW	25243Q205	15,156	131,846	SH		SOLE		111,430	0	20,416
Dominion Resources Inc/VA	COM	25746U109	397	6,990	SH		SOLE		6,190	0	800
DoubleLine Opportunistic Credi	COM	258623107	1,819	72,625	SH		SOLE		58,440	0	14,185
Eaton Vance Limited Duration I	COM	27828h105	240	15,042	SH		SOLE		10,542	0	4,500
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global	COM	27829f108	569	61,412	SH		SOLE		59,355	0	2,057
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co	COM	263534109	250	4,753	SH		SOLE		4,753	0	0
Eldorado Gold Corp	COM	284902103	70	11,330	SH		SOLE		11,330	0	0
Eli Lilly & Co	COM	532457108	464	9,440	SH		SOLE		9,440	0	0
Emerson Electric Co	COM	291011104	310	5,678	SH		SOLE		5,678	0	0
Enterprise Products Partners LP	COM	293792107	1,950	31,382	SH		SOLE		30,082	0	1,300
Exxon Mobil Corp	COM	30231G102	2,803	31,024	SH		SOLE		31,024	0	0
Facebook Inc	CL A	30303m102	303	12,160	SH		SOLE		12,160	0	0
Flaherty And Crumine/Claymore	COM	338478100	517	27,565	SH		SOLE		26,467	0	1,098
Frontier Communications Corp	COM	35906a108	101	25,000	SH		SOLE		25,000	0	0
General Dynamics Corp	COM	369550108	12,184	155,541	SH		SOLE		134,369	0	21,172
General Electric Co	COM	369604103	536	23,100	SH		SOLE		17,559	0	5,542
GlaxoSmithKline PLC	SPONSORED ADR	37733W105	11,522	230,569	SH		SOLE		203,605	0	26,964
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The	COM	38141G104	12,111	80,073	SH		SOLE		70,023	0	10,050
Halliburton Co	COM	406216101	358	8,587	SH		SOLE		8,587	0	0
Home Depot Inc/The	COM	437076102	431	5,561	SH		SOLE		5,561	0	0
Illinois Tool Works Inc	COM	452308109	306	4,421	SH		SOLE		4,421	0	0
ING Clarion Global Real Estate	COM	12504g100	126	13,931	SH		SOLE		8,731	0	5,200
Intel Corp	COM	458140100	717	29,591	SH		SOLE		29,591	0	0
Interactive Brokers Group Inc	COM	45841n107	758	47,466	SH		SOLE		46,057	0	1,409
International Business Machine	COM	459200101	18,416	96,363	SH		SOLE		83,074	0	13,289
Invesco Van Kampen CA Value Mu	COM	46132h106	194	16,072	SH		SOLE		16,072	0	0
iShares Barclays Tips Bond	BARCLYS TIPS BD	464287176	1,114	9,943	SH		SOLE		0	0	9,943
iShares Core S&P Total US Stoc	CORE S&P TTL STK	464287150	215	2,941	SH		SOLE		2,540	0	401
iShares MSCI Eafe Index Fund	MSCI EAFE IDX	464287465	765	13,351	SH		SOLE		8,033	0	5,318
iShares Silver Trusts	ISHARES	46428Q109	251	13,230	SH		SOLE		13,230	0	0
Johnson & Johnson	COM	478160104	23,624	275,147	SH		SOLE		244,126	0	31,021
JPMorgan Chase & Co	COM	46625h100	293	5,542	SH		SOLE		5,542	0	0
Kinder Morgan Energy LP Unit Ltd Part Int	UT LTD PARTNER	494550106	268	3,142	SH		SOLE		2,542	0	600
Level 3 Communications Inc	COM NEW	52729n308	421	19,987	SH		SOLE		16,028	0	3,959
Lockheed Martin Corp	COM	539830109	506	4,663	SH		SOLE		4,663	0	0
Magellan Midstream Partners LP559080106	COM UNIT RP LP	559080106	489	8,972	SH		SOLE		8,972	0	0
McDonald's Corp	COM	580135101	679	6,856	SH		SOLE		6,856	0	0
Merck & Co Inc	COM	58933y105	230	4,948	SH		SOLE		4,948	0	0
Microsoft Corp	COM	594918104	17,992	520,827	SH		SOLE		453,164	0	67,664
Mondelez International Inc	CL A	609207105	10,193	357,277	SH		SOLE		310,527	0	46,750
National Oilwell Varco Inc	COM	637071101	744	10,803	SH		SOLE		10,803	0	0
Nordstrom Inc	COM	655664100	300	5,000	SH		SOLE		5,000	0	0
Novartis AG	SPONSORED ADR	66987v109	17,318	244,913	SH		SOLE		212,762	0	32,151
Nucor Corp	COM	670346105	619	14,279	SH		SOLE		14,279	0	0
Nuveen Build America Bond Fund	COM	67074c103	433	22,371	SH		SOLE		14,831	0	7,540
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & Gr	COM	67073b106	316	33,113	SH		SOLE		21,216	0	11,897
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & Gr	COM SHS	67073d102	192	19,174	SH		SOLE		0	0	19,174
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	COM	670928100	140	14,674	SH		SOLE		14,674	0	0
Nuveen Quality Preferred Incom	COM	67072c105	92	10,582	SH		SOLE		10,582	0	0
Oaktree Capital Group LLC	UNIT 99/99/9999	674001201	812	15,450	SH		SOLE		15,450	0	0
Occidental Petroleum Corp	COM	674599105	11,158	125,046	SH		SOLE		107,822	0	17,224
Oracle Corp	COM	68389x105	525	17,094	SH		SOLE		13,488	0	3,606
PCM Fund Inc	COM	69323T101	9,109	776,548	SH		SOLE		704,333	0	72,215
PepsiCo Inc	COM	713448108	15,497	189,470	SH		SOLE		162,318	0	27,152
Pfizer Inc	COM	717081103	3,280	117,094	SH		SOLE		27,094	0	90,000
Philip Morris International In	COM	718172109	19,354	223,433	SH		SOLE		198,687	0	24,746
Pimco CA Municipal Income Fund	COM	72201c109	1,607	158,467	SH		SOLE		158,467	0	0
Pimco Corporate Opportunity Fu	COM	72201b101	415	21,247	SH		SOLE		15,771	0	5,476
PIMCO Income Fund	COM	72201y101	3,340	114,182	SH		SOLE		83,189	0	30,993
Pimco Income Strategy Fund	COM	72201H108	457	38,209	SH		SOLE		37,667	0	542
Pimco Income Strategy Fund II	COM	72201j104	6,662	633,306	SH		SOLE		563,101	0	70,205
Plains All American Pipeline Unit LP	UNIT LTD PARTN	726503105	319	5,722	SH		SOLE		5,722	0	0
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan In	COM	73755L107	8,207	215,237	SH		SOLE		184,525	0	30,712
Procter & Gamble Co/The	COM	742718109	377	4,902	SH		SOLE		3,074	0	1,828
Public Storage	COM	74460d109	408	2,661	SH		SOLE		2,661	0	0
QUALCOMM Inc	COM	747525103	18,913	309,596	SH		SOLE		113,577	0	196,019
Realty Income Corp	COM	756109104	1,342	32,022	SH		SOLE		30,178	0	1,844
Regency Centers Corp	COM	758849103	572	11,250	SH		SOLE		11,250	0	0
Republic Services Inc	COM	760759100	17,099	503,807	SH		SOLE		432,920	0	70,887
Retail Opportunity Investments	COM	76131n101	1,537	110,550	SH		SOLE		106,550	0	4,000
Royal Dutch Shell PLC - ADR A	SPONS ADR A	780259206	365	5,726	SH		SOLE		5,726	0	0
Rubicon Minerals Corp	COM	780911103	18	14,000	SH		SOLE		14,000	0	0
Safeway Inc	COM NEW	786514208	243	10,263	SH		SOLE		0	0	10,263
Schlumberger Ltd	COM	806857108	487	6,802	SH		SOLE		6,802	0	0
Source Capital Inc	COM	836144105	639	10,357	SH		SOLE		10,015	0	342
Southwest Airlines Co	COM	844741108	146	11,313	SH		SOLE		9,198	0	2,115
SPDR BarCap ST High Yield Bond	CAP S/T HI YLD	78468r408	1,071	35,492	SH		SOLE		35,492	0	0
SPDR Gold Trust	GOLD SHS	78463v107	956	8,023	SH		SOLE		7,923	0	100
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	TR UNIT	78462F103	1,899	11,837	SH		SOLE		8,651	0	3,186
Starbucks Corp	COM	855244109	331	5,047	SH		SOLE		4,562	0	485
Starwood Property Trust Inc	COM	85571b105	1,854	74,900	SH		SOLE		71,400	0	3,500
Suncor Energy Inc	COM	867224107	5,433	184,246	SH		SOLE		160,315	0	23,931
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	ADR	881624209	11,454	292,188	SH		SOLE		257,455	0	34,733
TICC Capital Corp	COM	87244t109	97	10,126	SH		SOLE		10,126	0	0
TJX Cos Inc	COM	872540109	10,648	212,702	SH		SOLE		185,900	0	26,802
Total SA	SPONSORED ADR	89151E109	614	12,600	SH		SOLE		12,600	0	0
Travelers Cos Inc/The	COM	89417e109	217	2,711	SH		SOLE		2,711	0	0
TSW Strategic Income Fund Inc	COM	872340104	494	89,198	SH		SOLE		69,696	0	19,502
United Parcel Service Inc	CL B	911312106	18,521	214,167	SH		SOLE		185,725	0	28,442
United Technologies Corp	COM	913017109	426	4,586	SH		SOLE		4,586	0	0
US Bancorp	COM NEW	902973304	451	12,478	SH		SOLE		12,478	0	0
Vanguard Short Term Corporate	SHRT TRM CORP BD	92206c409	208	2,627	SH		SOLE		2,627	0	0
Ventas Inc	COM	92276f100	630	9,074	SH		SOLE		9,074	0	0
Verizon Communications Inc	COM	92343v104	359	7,129	SH		SOLE		7,129	0	0
Walt Disney Co/The	COM DISNEY	254687106	10,041	159,003	SH		SOLE		135,156	0	23,847
Wells Fargo & Co	COM	949746101	9,396	227,669	SH		SOLE		201,592	0	26,077
Wells Fargo Multi-Sector Incom	COM SHS	94987D101	238	16,211	SH		SOLE		16,211	0	0
Western Asset Emerging Markets	COM	95766a101	217	11,790	SH		SOLE		11,790	0	0
Willis Group Holdings PLC	SHS	g96666105	615	15,074	SH		SOLE		14,614	0	460
World Wrestling Entertainment	CL A	98156q108	674	65,383	SH		SOLE		63,281	0	2,102