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	701	4,996	SH		SOLE		4,916	0	80
AbbeVie Inc.	COM	00287y109	293	5,543	SH		SOLE		5,543	0	0
Abbott Laboratories	COM	002824100	255	6,653	SH		SOLE		6,496	0	157
Alaska Communications Systems	COM	01167P101	161	76,000	SH		SOLE		76,000	0	0
Allergan Inc/United States	COM	018490102	226	2,038	SH		SOLE		2,038	0	0
Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend	COM SBI	021060108	431	102,958	SH		SOLE		98,795	0	4,163
Altria Group Inc	COM	02209s103	13,215	344,219	SH		SOLE		294,834	0	49,385
Ambev SA American Depositary	SPONSORED ADR	02319v103	1,192	162,182	SH		SOLE		153,007	0	9,175
American Express Co	COM	025816109	11,591	127,749	SH		SOLE		110,068	0	17,681
American Realty Capital Properties Inc	COM	02917t104	41,029	3,192,701	SH		SOLE		2,488,823	0	703,878
Amex Technology Select SPDR Se	TECHNOLOGY	81369y803	405	11,324	SH		SOLE		11,324	0	0
Amgen Inc	COM	031162100	356	3,119	SH		SOLE		3,119	0	0
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV	SPONSORED ADR	03524A108	19,349	181,751	SH		SOLE		152,957	0	28,794
Annaly Capital Management Inc	COM	035710409	127	12,770	SH		SOLE		12,770	0	0
Aon PLC	SHS CL A	G0408V102	23,354	278,392	SH		SOLE		234,376	0	44,016
Apple Inc	COM	037833100	7,435	13,253	SH		SOLE		12,582	0	671
ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc	COM	042315101	241	60,000	SH		SOLE		60,000	0	0
AT&T Inc	COM	00206r102	1,195	33,985	SH		SOLE		32,285	0	1,700
Automatic Data Processing Inc	COM	053015103	395	4,891	SH		SOLE		4,891	0	0
Bank of America Corp	COM	060505104	476	30,553	SH		SOLE		30,453	0	100
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/T	COM	064058100	16,683	477,481	SH		SOLE		405,107	0	72,374
Berkshire Hathaway CL A	CL A	084670108	2,313	13	SH		SOLE		13	0	0
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B	CLN NEW	084670702	21,058	177,616	SH		SOLE		149,323	0	28,293
Blackrock Build America Bond T	SHS	09248x100	1,155	60,324	SH		SOLE		50,585	0	9,739
BlackRock Credit Allocation In	COM	092508100	586	44,833	SH		SOLE		35,409	0	9,424
Blackrock Floating Rate Income	COM	091941104	180	12,908	SH		SOLE		12,908	0	0
BlackRock Inc	COM	09247X101	17,063	53,917	SH		SOLE		45,699	0	8,218
Blackrock Ltd Duration	COM SHS	09249w101	415	24,255	SH		SOLE		18,985	0	5,270
Blackrock Muniholdings CA Insu	COM	09254l107	638	48,228	SH		SOLE		46,916	0	1,312
Blackrock Muniyield CA Insured	COM	09254e103	249	19,651	SH		SOLE		18,688	0	963
Boeing Co/The	COM	097023105	18,307	134,126	SH		SOLE		113,446	0	20,680
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co	COM	110122108	300	5,642	SH		SOLE		5,272	0	370
British American Tobacco PLC	SPONSORED ADR	110448107	10,293	95,823	SH		SOLE		82,503	0	13,320
Broadcom Corp	CL A	111320107	884	29,808	SH		SOLE		29,808	0	0
Brown Foreman Corp Class B Wit	CL B	115637209	563	7,453	SH		SOLE		7,453	0	0
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd	COM	136385101	10,248	302,835	SH		SOLE		249,601	0	53,234
Career Education Corp	COM	141665109	57	10,000	SH		SOLE		10,000	0	0
Caterpillar Inc	COM	149123101	241	2,653	SH		SOLE		2,487	0	166
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras	SPONSORED ADR	15234q207	92	35,681	SH		SOLE		35,681	0	0
Chevron Corp	COM	166764100	3,709	29,697	SH		SOLE		29,542	0	155
Chimera Investment Corp	COM	16934Q109	124	40,000	SH		SOLE		40,000	0	0
Cisco Systems Inc	COM	17275r102	623	27,766	SH		SOLE		25,938	0	1,828
Citi A Warrants Exp 01/04/19	*W EXP 01/04/201	172967226	19	28,985	SH		SOLE		28,985	0	0
Citigroup Inc	COM NEW	172967424	422	8,092	SH		SOLE		8,092	0	0
Coca-Cola Co/The	COM	191216100	939	22,742	SH		SOLE		22,526	0	216
Colgate-Palmolive Co	COM	194162103	527	8,074	SH		SOLE		8,074	0	0
Colony Financial Inc	COM	19624r106	1,177	58,000	SH		SOLE		56,500	0	1,500
Comcast Corp	CL A SPL	20030n101	278	5,354	SH		SOLE		5,354	0	0
Comcast Corp	CL A SPL	20030N200	13,369	268,017	SH		SOLE		227,346	0	40,671
Compass Minerals International	COM	20451N101	332	4,142	SH		SOLE		3,789	0	353
Comstock Mining Inc	COM	205750102	25	14,163	SH		SOLE		14,163	0	0
ConocoPhillips	COM	20825c104	491	6,943	SH		SOLE		6,943	0	0
Cys Invts Inc Com	COM	12673a108	133	18,000	SH		SOLE		18,000	0	0
Deutsche Bank Inverse JGB Futu	INV JAP GOV BD	25154p170	251	12,935	SH		SOLE		11,941	0	994
Devon Energy Corp	COM	25179M103	13,465	217,640	SH		SOLE		182,743	0	34,898
Diageo PLC	SPON ADR NEW	25243Q205	19,131	144,471	SH		SOLE		118,707	0	25,765
Diana Containerships I Com	COM	y2069p101	71	17,500	SH		SOLE		17,500	0	0
Dominion Resources Inc/VA	COM	25746U109	496	7,671	SH		SOLE		6,669	0	1,002
DoubleLine Opportunistic Credi	COM	258623107	1,327	59,454	SH		SOLE		56,439	0	3,015
Eaton Vance Limited Duration I	COM	27828h105	689	45,031	SH		SOLE		36,031	0	9,000
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global	COM	27829f108	554	55,351	SH		SOLE		52,444	0	2,907
Ecolab Inc	COM	278865100	258	2,471	SH		SOLE		60	0	2,411
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co	COM	263534109	333	5,128	SH		SOLE		4,870	0	258
Eldorado Gold Corp	COM	284902103	64	11,330	SH		SOLE		11,330	0	0
Eli Lilly & Co	COM	532457108	488	9,570	SH		SOLE		9,570	0	0
Emerson Electric Co	COM	291011104	430	6,128	SH		SOLE		6,128	0	0
Energy Transfer Equity LP	COM UT LTD PTN	29273v100	382	4,675	SH		SOLE		4,675	0	0
Energy Transfer Partners	UNIT LTD PARTN	29273r109	209	3,654	SH		SOLE		3,654	0	0
Enterprise Products Partners L	COM	293792107	2,302	34,726	SH		SOLE		34,726	0	0
Exxon Mobil Corp	COM	30231G102	3,624	35,810	SH		SOLE		35,595	0	215
Fifth Street Finance Corp	COM	31678A103	93	10,000	SH		SOLE		10,000	0	0
Flaherty And Crumine/Claymore	COM	338478100	559	31,936	SH		SOLE		30,838	0	1,098
Frontier Communications Corp	COM	35906a108	244	52,501	SH		SOLE		52,501	0	0
General American Investors	COM	368802104	549	15,592	SH		SOLE		15,592	0	0
General Electric Co	COM	369604103	1,329	47,406	SH		SOLE		41,371	0	6,035
Gilead Sciences Inc	COM	375558103	235	3,129	SH		SOLE		2,159	0	970
GlaxoSmithKline PLC	SPONSORED ADR	37733W105	17,576	329,204	SH		SOLE		279,359	0	49,845
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The	COM	38141G104	15,094	85,150	SH		SOLE		71,748	0	13,402
Google Inc	CL A	38259p508	338	302	SH		SOLE		218	0	84
Halliburton Co	COM	406216101	498	9,812	SH		SOLE		9,812	0	0
Home Depot Inc/The	COM	437076102	646	7,843	SH		SOLE		7,678	0	165
Honeywell International Inc	COM	438516106	265	2,904	SH		SOLE		2,801	0	103
Illinois Tool Works Inc	COM	452308109	389	4,621	SH		SOLE		4,621	0	0
Intel Corp	COM	458140100	567	21,833	SH		SOLE		21,833	0	0
International Business Machine	COM	459200101	19,979	106,514	SH		SOLE		89,537	0	16,977
iShares Core S&P Total US Stoc	CORE S&P TTL STK	464287150	687	8,117	SH		SOLE		7,315	0	802
iShares Iboxx $ Invest Grade C	IBOXX INV CP ETF	464287242	550	4,814	SH		SOLE		4,101	0	713
iShares MSCI Eafe Index Fund	MSCI EAFE IDX	464287465	1,415	21,085	SH		SOLE		11,047	0	10,038
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets	MSCI EMG MKT ETF	464287234	462	11,048	SH		SOLE		8,747	0	2,301
iShares MSCI Growth Index Fund	EAFE GRWTH ETF	464288885	303	4,244	SH		SOLE		4,244	0	0
iShares S&P California Municip	CALI AMT-FRE ETF	464288356	563	5,173	SH		SOLE		5,173	0	0
iShares S&P Midcap 400 Growth	S&P MC 400GR ETF	464287606	350	2,332	SH		SOLE		2,332	0	0
iShares S&P Midcap 400 Index F	CORE S&P MCP ETF	464287507	209	1,685	SH		SOLE		1,685	0	0
iShares S&P Midcap 400 Value F	S&P MC 400VL ETF	464287705	228	1,958	SH		SOLE		1,958	0	0
iShares S&P Small Cap 400 Inde	CORE S&P SC ETF	464287804	400	3,662	SH		SOLE		3,662	0	0
iShares Silver Trusts	ISHARES	46428Q109	237	12,661	SH		SOLE		12,661	0	0
Johnson & Johnson	COM	478160104	26,084	284,796	SH		SOLE		246,494	0	38,302
JPMorgan Chase & Co	COM	46625h100	447	7,647	SH		SOLE		7,511	0	136
Just Energy Group Inc Com	COM	48213w101	229	32,000	SH		SOLE		32,000	0	0
Kayne Anderson Mdstm Com	COM	48661e108	790	22,948	SH		SOLE		18,223	0	4,725
Kinder Morgan Energy LP Unit L	UT LTD PARTNER	494550106	369	4,580	SH		SOLE		4,580	0	0
Level 3 Communications Inc	COM NEW	52729n308	1,231	37,112	SH		SOLE		33,153	0	3,959
Life Partners Holdings Com	COM	53215t106	27	15,000	SH		SOLE		15,000	0	0
Live Nation Entertainment Inc	COM	538034109	411	20,822	SH		SOLE		19,312	0	1,510
Lockheed Martin Corp	COM	539830109	211	1,419	SH		SOLE		1,419	0	0
Magellan Midstream Partners LP	COM UNIT RP LP	559080106	643	10,170	SH		SOLE		10,170	0	0
Martin Marietta Materials Inc	COM	573284106	277	2,771	SH		SOLE		2,553	0	218
McDonald's Corp	COM	580135101	842	8,681	SH		SOLE		8,480	0	201
Medtronic Inc	COM	585055106	233	4,055	SH		SOLE		4,055	0	0
Merck & Co Inc	COM	58933y105	331	6,607	SH		SOLE		6,607	0	0
Microsoft Corp	COM	594918104	25,965	694,059	SH		SOLE		612,193	0	81,866
Mondelez International Inc	CL A	609207105	14,059	398,266	SH		SOLE		334,082	0	64,184
National Oilwell Varco Inc	COM	637071101	896	11,263	SH		SOLE		11,263	0	0
New York Mtg Tr Inc Com Par $.	COM PAR $.02	649604501	105	15,000	SH		SOLE		15,000	0	0
Nordstrom Inc	COM	655664100	322	5,210	SH		SOLE		5,210	0	0
Novartis AG	SPONSORED ADR	66987v109	21,315	265,180	SH		SOLE		223,298	0	41,882
NRG Energy Inc	COM NEW	629377508	370	12,874	SH		SOLE		11,811	0	1,063
Nucor Corp	COM	670346105	762	14,279	SH		SOLE		14,279	0	0
Nuveen Build America Bond Fund	COM	67074c103	749	40,643	SH		SOLE		33,201	0	7,442
Nuveen Build America Bond Oppo	COM	67074q102	538	27,710	SH		SOLE		22,447	0	5,263
Nuveen CA Muni Value Fund	COM	67062C107	2,824	307,336	SH		SOLE		242,252	0	65,084
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & Gr	COM	67073b106	678	76,489	SH		SOLE		56,786	0	19,703
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & Gr	COM	67073d102	240	24,709	SH		SOLE		10,679	0	14,030
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	COM	670928100	133	14,674	SH		SOLE		14,674	0	0
Nuveen Quality Preferred Incom	COM	67072c105	214	26,248	SH		SOLE		26,248	0	0
Oaktree Capital Group LLC	UNIT CL A	674001201	706	12,000	SH		SOLE		12,000	0	0
Occidental Petroleum Corp	COM	674599105	12,788	134,469	SH		SOLE		112,153	0	22,316
Oracle Corp	COM	68389x105	20,442	534,285	SH		SOLE		452,541	0	81,744
PCM Fund Inc	COM	69323T101	9,237	792,859	SH		SOLE		715,880	0	76,979
Pengrowth Energy Corp	COM	70706p104	155	25,000	SH		SOLE		25,000	0	0
Penn West Petroleum Ltd	COM	707887105	149	17,860	SH		SOLE		17,860	0	0
PepsiCo Inc	COM	713448108	17,069	205,805	SH		SOLE		172,137	0	33,668
Pfizer Inc	COM	717081103	3,809	124,371	SH		SOLE		33,947	0	90,424
Philip Morris International In	COM	718172109	20,719	237,798	SH		SOLE		204,840	0	32,958
Pimco CA Municipal Income Fund	COM	72201c109	1,328	144,397	SH		SOLE		143,397	0	1,000
Pimco Corporate Opportunity Fu	COM	72201b101	490	28,375	SH		SOLE		22,899	0	5,476
PIMCO Income Fund	COM	72201y101	3,872	132,906	SH		SOLE		97,131	0	35,775
Pimco Income Strategy Fund	COM	72201H108	412	36,427	SH		SOLE		36,427	0	0
Pimco Income Strategy Fund II	COM	72201j104	5,196	522,239	SH		SOLE		463,559	0	58,680
Pimco Municipal Income Fund II	COM	72200w106	317	29,755	SH		SOLE		28,626	0	1,129
Plains All American Pipeline U	UNIT LTD PARTN	726503105	382	7,373	SH		SOLE		7,373	0	0
Portugal Telecom SGPS SA	SPONSORED ADR	737273102	43	10,000	SH		SOLE		10,000	0	0
Powershares Emerging Markets D	SOVEREIGN DEBT	73936T573	415	15,357	SH		SOLE		9,012	0	6,345
Procter & Gamble Co/The	COM	742718109	759	9,319	SH		SOLE		7,336	0	1,983
Prospect Capital Corp	COM	74348T102	135	12,000	SH		SOLE		12,000	0	0
Public Storage	COM	74460d109	399	2,651	SH		SOLE		2,651	0	0
QUALCOMM Inc	COM	747525103	19,946	268,639	SH		SOLE		109,492	0	159,147
Realty Income Corp	COM	756109104	2,027	54,299	SH		SOLE		51,355	0	2,944
Republic Services Inc	COM	760759100	18,090	544,869	SH		SOLE		453,519	0	91,349
Retail Opportunity Investments	COM	76131n101	1,975	134,195	SH		SOLE		130,695	0	3,500
Rexford Industrial Realty Inc	COM	76169c100	27,759	2,102,962	SH		SOLE		1,779,764	0	323,198
RLI Corp	COM	749607107	229	2,350	SH		SOLE		2,350	0	0
Royal Dutch Shell PLC - ADR A	SPONS ADR A	780259206	408	5,726	SH		SOLE		5,726	0	0
Royce Global Value	COM	78081t104	535	60,184	SH		SOLE		55,809	0	4,375
Rubicon Minerals Corp	COM	780911103	12	14,000	SH		SOLE		14,000	0	0
Safeway Inc	COM NEW	786514208	336	10,331	SH		SOLE		68	0	10,263
Schlumberger Ltd	COM	806857108	12,544	139,209	SH		SOLE		118,624	0	20,585
Sequenom Inc Com New	COM NEW	817337405	29	12,500	SH		SOLE		12,500	0	0
Simon Property Group Inc	COM	828806109	8,440	55,468	SH		SOLE		46,774	0	8,694
Snyders-Lance Inc	COM	833551104	463	16,156	SH		SOLE		15,632	0	524
Source Capital Inc	COM	836144105	605	9,022	SH		SOLE		8,680	0	342
SPDR BarCap ST High Yield Bond	CAP S/T HI YLD	78468r408	2,762	89,534	SH		SOLE		82,968	0	6,566
SPDR Gold Trust	GOLD SHS	78463v107	819	7,050	SH		SOLE		6,700	0	350
Spdr Index Shs Fds Euro Stoxx 50	EURO STOXX 50	78463x202	515	12,208	SH		SOLE		12,208	0	0
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	TR UNIT	78462F103	3,844	20,814	SH		SOLE		13,433	0	7,381
Starbucks Corp	COM	855244109	408	5,210	SH		SOLE		4,725	0	485
Starwood Property Trust Inc	COM	85571b105	2,233	80,600	SH		SOLE		78,600	0	2,000
Stratasys Ltd Shs	SHS	m85548101	350	2,600	SH		SOLE		2,600	0	0
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP	COM UNITS	86764l108	265	3,511	SH		SOLE		3,511	0	0
TeleCommunication Sys Cl A	CL A	87929j103	23	10,000	SH		SOLE		10,000	0	0
Templeton Emerging Markets Inc	COM	880192109	447	32,770	SH		SOLE		31,202	0	1,568
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	ADR	881624209	730	18,215	SH		SOLE		17,444	0	771
TIBCO Software Inc	COM	88632q103	202	9,000	SH		SOLE		9,000	0	0
TICC Capital Corp	COM	87244t109	208	20,126	SH		SOLE		20,126	0	0
Time Warner Inc	COM NEW	887317303	204	2,927	SH		SOLE		2,927	0	0
TJX Cos Inc	COM	872540109	14,525	227,915	SH		SOLE		192,714	0	35,200
Total SA	SPONSORED ADR	89151E109	649	10,600	SH		SOLE		10,600	0	0
Travelers Cos Inc/The	COM	89417e109	274	3,024	SH		SOLE		2,819	0	205
TSW Strategic Income Fund Inc	COM	872340104	796	149,020	SH		SOLE		126,239	0	22,781
Unilever NV	N Y SHS NEW	904784709	1,559	38,763	SH		SOLE		36,039	0	2,724
Union Pacific Corp	COM	907818108	352	2,098	SH		SOLE		2,098	0	0
United Parcel Service Inc	CL B	911312106	24,027	228,651	SH		SOLE		192,810	0	35,841
United Technologies Corp	COM	913017109	549	4,828	SH		SOLE		4,671	0	157
US Bancorp	COM NEW	902973304	558	13,811	SH		SOLE		13,542	0	269
Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF	FTSE EMR MKT ETF	922042858	967	23,511	SH		SOLE		23,511	0	0
Vanguard Europe Pacific ETF	FTSE DEV MKT ETF	921943858	3,393	81,408	SH		SOLE		81,408	0	0
Vanguard REIT ETF	REIT ETF	922908553	208	3,228	SH		SOLE		2,341	0	887
Verizon Communications Inc	COM	92343v104	392	7,984	SH		SOLE		7,581	0	403
Walgreen Co	COM	931422109	262	4,555	SH		SOLE		4,555	0	0
Wal-Mart Stores Inc	COM	931142103	339	4,314	SH		SOLE		3,957	0	357
Walt Disney Co/The	COM DISNEY	254687106	13,112	171,625	SH		SOLE		140,842	0	30,783
Wells Fargo & Co	COM	949746101	19,262	424,283	SH		SOLE		360,631	0	63,652
Wells Fargo Multi-Sector Incom	COM SHS	94987D101	456	32,422	SH		SOLE		31,140	0	1,282
Western Asset Emerging Markets	COM	95766a101	450	26,153	SH		SOLE		25,129	0	1,024
Windstream Corp	COM	97382a101	87	10,928	SH		SOLE		10,928	0	0
World Wrestling Entertainment	CL A	98156q108	901	54,361	SH		SOLE		52,259	0	2,102