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	COM	88579Y101	608	4,481	SH		SOLE		4,481	0	0
AbbeVie Inc.	COM	00287y109	264	5,130	SH		SOLE		5,130	0	0
Alaska Communications Systems	COM	01167P101	147	76,000	SH		SOLE		76,000	0	0
Allergan Inc/United States	COM	018490102	236	1,898	SH		SOLE		1,898	0	0
Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend	COM SBI	021060207	402	47,901	SH		SOLE		45,820	0	2,081
ALPS Alerian MLP ETF	ALERIAN MLP	00162q866	318	18,000	SH		SOLE		18,000	0	0
Altria Group Inc	COM	02209S103	13,223	353,281	SH		SOLE		303,876	0	49,405
Ambev SA American Depositary	SPONSORED ADR	02319v103	1,322	178,439	SH		SOLE		169,264	0	9,175
American Express Co	COM	025816109	11,529	128,063	SH		SOLE		110,408	0	17,655
American Realty Capital Properties Inc	COM	02917T104	53,399	3,808,779	SH		SOLE		2,970,421	0	838,358
Amex Technology Select SPDR Se	TECHNOLOGY	81369y803	202	5,554	SH		SOLE		5,554	0	0
Amgen Inc	COM	031162100	404	3,277	SH		SOLE		3,277	0	0
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV	SPONSORED ADR	03524A108	19,862	188,624	SH		SOLE		159,463	0	29,161
Aon plc	SHS CL A	G0408V102	13,215	156,804	SH		SOLE		134,853	0	21,951
Apple Inc	COM	037833100	6,892	12,841	SH		SOLE		12,297	0	544
ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc	COM	042315101	247	60,000	SH		SOLE		60,000	0	0
AT&T Inc	COM	00206r102	822	23,429	SH		SOLE		23,429	0	0
Automatic Data Processing Inc	COM	053015103	422	5,461	SH		SOLE		5,461	0	0
Bank of America Corp	COM	060505104	331	19,258	SH		SOLE		19,158	0	100
Bank of New York Mellon Co	COM	064058100	17,438	494,141	SH		SOLE		421,575	0	72,566
Berkshire Hathaway CL A	CL A	084990175	2,436	13	SH		SOLE		13	0	0
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B	CLN NEW	084670702	23,343	186,788	SH		SOLE		159,584	0	27,204
Blackrock Build America Bond Tr	SHS	09248x100	1,286	63,551	SH		SOLE		51,294	0	12,257
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I	COM	092508100	620	45,835	SH		SOLE		36,411	0	9,424
Blackrock Floating Rate Income Trust	COM	091941104	184	12,908	SH		SOLE		12,908	0	0
BlackRock Inc Co	COM	09247X101	17,611	55,999	SH		SOLE		47,671	0	8,328
Blackrock Ltd Duration	COM SHS	09249w101	416	24,255	SH		SOLE		18,985	0	5,270
Boeing Co	COM	097023105	17,433	138,922	SH		SOLE		118,195	0	20,727
Bofi Holding Inc	COM	05566u108	1,286	15,000	SH		SOLE		15,000	0	0
Bp Plc	SPONSORED ADR	055622104	211	4,396	SH		SOLE		4,396	0	0
Bristol Myers Squibb Co	COM	110122108	639	12,297	SH		SOLE		11,934	0	363
British American Tobacco PLC	SPONSORED ADR	110448107	11,685	104,862	SH		SOLE		91,132	0	13,730
Broadcom Corp	CL A	111320107	980	31,130	SH		SOLE		31,130	0	0
Brown Foreman Corp Class B Wit	CL B	115637209	1,186	13,224	SH		SOLE		12,991	0	233
Buckey Partners LP	UNIT LTD PARTN	118230101	225	3,000	SH		SOLE		3,000	0	0
Caterpillar Inc	COM	149123101	206	2,074	SH		SOLE		2,074	0	0
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras	SPONSORED ADR	15234q207	99	35,000	SH		SOLE		35,000	0	0
Chevron Corp	COM	166764100	3,246	27,295	SH		SOLE		27,295	0	0
Cisco Systems Inc	COM	17275R102	578	25,801	SH		SOLE		24,494	0	1,307
Citigroup Inc	COM NEW	172967424	327	6,879	SH		SOLE		6,879	0	0
Coca Cola Inc	COM	191216100	845	21,845	SH		SOLE		21,629	0	216
Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund	COM	19248c105	553	23,255	SH		SOLE		22,485	0	770
Colgate-Palmolive Co	COM	194162103	498	7,678	SH		SOLE		7,678	0	0
Colony Financial Inc	COM	19624r106	1,291	58,800	SH		SOLE		57,300	0	1,500
Comcast Corp	CL A SPL	20030n200	13,615	279,175	SH		SOLE		238,759	0	40,416
Comcast Corp	CL A	20030n101	201	4,020	SH		SOLE		4,020	0	0
Compass Minerals International	COM	20451N101	483	5,856	SH		SOLE		5,503	0	353
Comstock Mining Inc	COM	205750102	23	14,163	SH		SOLE		14,163	0	0
ConocoPhillips	COM	20825C104	447	6,360	SH		SOLE		6,358	0	2
Costco Wholesale Corp	COM	22160k105	254	2,275	SH		SOLE		2,052	0	223
Cys Invts Inc Com	COM	12673a108	149	18,000	SH		SOLE		18,000	0	0
Deutsche Bank Inverse JGB Futures ETN	INV JAP GOV BD	25154p170	268	14,187	SH		SOLE		13,193	0	994
Devon Energy Corp	COM	25179M103	15,253	227,897	SH		SOLE		192,584	0	35,314
Diageo PLC	SPON ADR NEW	25243Q205	19,196	154,076	SH		SOLE		127,627	0	26,450
Diana Containerships I Com	COM	y2069p101	67	17,500	SH		SOLE		17,500	0	0
Dominion Resources Inc/VA	COM	25746U109	436	6,140	SH		SOLE		6,140	0	0
Doubleline Income Solutions Closed End	COM	258622109	227	10,705	SH		SOLE		10,705	0	0
DoubleLine Opportunistic Credit Fund	COM	258623107	983	42,450	SH		SOLE		40,004	0	2,446
Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund	COM	27828h105	687	45,031	SH		SOLE		36,031	0	9,000
Ecolab Inc	COM	278865100	258	2,391	SH		SOLE		0	0	2,391
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co	COM	263534109	294	4,385	SH		SOLE		4,385	0	0
Eldorado Gold Corp	COM	284902103	63	11,330	SH		SOLE		11,330	0	0
Eli Lilly & Co	COM	532457108	569	9,662	SH		SOLE		9,662	0	0
Emerson Electric Co	COM	291011104	374	5,592	SH		SOLE		5,592	0	0
Energy Transfer Equity LP	COM UT LTD PTN	29273v100	485	10,372	SH		SOLE		10,372	0	0
ENTERPRISE PRODS PARTNERS L P COM	COM	293792107	2,443	35,225	SH		SOLE		35,225	0	0
Exxon Mobil Corp	COM	30231G102	2,630	26,927	SH		SOLE		26,927	0	0
Facebook Inc	CL A	30303m102	368	6,113	SH		SOLE		5,633	0	480
Fifth Street Finance Corp	COM	31678A103	95	10,000	SH		SOLE		10,000	0	0
Flaherty And Crumine/Claymore Pfrd In Fd	COM	338478100	631	32,793	SH		SOLE		31,695	0	1,098
Frontier Communications Corp	COM	35906a108	308	53,980	SH		SOLE		53,980	0	0
General American Investors	COM	368802104	725	20,568	SH		SOLE		20,568	0	0
General Electric Co	COM	369604103	1,447	55,886	SH		SOLE		50,574	0	5,312
General Motors Co	COM	37045v100	11,054	321,140	SH		SOLE		271,756	0	49,384
Gilead Sciences Inc	COM	375558103	6,716	94,774	SH		SOLE		94,154	0	620
GlaxoSmithKline PLC	SPONSORED ADR	37733W105	18,277	342,077	SH		SOLE		292,869	0	49,208
Goldman Sachs Group Inc	COM	38141G104	14,592	89,058	SH		SOLE		75,347	0	13,711
Google Inc	CL A	38259p508	499	448	SH		SOLE		369	0	79
Halliburton Co	COM	406216101	570	9,672	SH		SOLE		9,672	0	0
Hertz Global Holdings Inc	COM	42805T105	372	13,973	SH		SOLE		12,929	0	1,044
Home Depot Inc/The	COM	437076102	698	8,826	SH		SOLE		8,826	0	0
Honeywell International Inc	COM	438516106	240	2,583	SH		SOLE		2,583	0	0
Illinois Tool Works Inc	COM	452308109	376	4,623	SH		SOLE		4,623	0	0
Intel Corp	COM	458140100	485	18,785	SH		SOLE		18,785	0	0
International Business Machine	COM	459200101	21,286	110,583	SH		SOLE		93,392	0	17,190
iShares Core S&P Total US Stock Mkt ETF	CORE S&P TTL STL	464287150	1,297	15,128	SH		SOLE		14,018	0	1,110
iShares MSCI Eafe Index Fund	MSCI EAFE ETF	464287465	743	11,054	SH		SOLE		7,485	0	3,569
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index	MSCI EMG MKT ETF	464287234	254	6,197	SH		SOLE		5,196	0	1,001
iShares S&P Midcap 400 Growth Index Trust	S&P MC 400GR ETF	464287606	279	1,826	SH		SOLE		1,826	0	0
iShares S&P Midcap 400 Value Fund	S&P MC 400VL ETF	464287705	220	1,828	SH		SOLE		1,828	0	0
iShares S&P Small Cap 400 Index Fund	CORE S&P SCP ETF	464287804	403	3,662	SH		SOLE		3,662	0	0
iShares Silver Trusts	ISHARES	46428q109	241	12,661	SH		SOLE		12,661	0	0
Johnson & Johnson Com	COM	478160104	29,492	300,234	SH		SOLE		261,948	0	38,286
JPMorgan Chase & Co	COM	46625H100	453	7,464	SH		SOLE		7,328	0	136
Just Energy Group Inc Com	COM	48213w101	161	20,000	SH		SOLE		20,000	0	0
Kayne Anderson Mdstm Com	COM	48661e108	779	22,948	SH		SOLE		18,223	0	4,725
Kinder Morgan Energy LP Unit Ltd Part Int	UT LTD PARTNER	494550106	309	4,182	SH		SOLE		4,182	0	0
Kraft Foods Group Inc	COM	50076Q106	615	10,964	SH		SOLE		10,964	0	0
Level 3 Communications Inc	COM NEW	52729n308	1,342	34,287	SH		SOLE		31,117	0	3,170
Linn Energy LLC	UNIT LTD LIAB	536020100	359	12,671	SH		SOLE		12,671	0	0
Live Nation Entertainment Inc	COM	538034109	350	16,095	SH		SOLE		15,014	0	1,081
Lockheed Martin Corp	COM	539830109	275	1,683	SH		SOLE		1,683	0	0
Magellan Midstream Partners LP	COM UNIT RP LP	559080106	748	10,718	SH		SOLE		10,718	0	0
McDonald's Corp	COM	580135101	828	8,447	SH		SOLE		8,246	0	201
MEDTRONIC INC COM	COM	585055106	272	4,417	SH		SOLE		4,417	0	0
MERCK & CO INC NEW COM	COM	58933Y105	738	12,999	SH		SOLE		12,999	0	0
Microsoft Corp	COM	594918104	46,638	1,137,792	SH		SOLE		1,055,068	0	82,724
Mondelez International Inc	CL A	609207105	14,060	406,946	SH		SOLE		342,984	0	63,962
National Oilwell Varco Inc	COM	637071101	863	11,088	SH		SOLE		11,088	0	0
New York Mtg Tr Inc Com Par $.	COM PAR $.02	649604501	78	10,000	SH		SOLE		10,000	0	0
Nordstrom Inc	COM	655664100	353	5,659	SH		SOLE		5,659	0	0
Novartis AG	SPONSORED ADR	66987V109	23,915	281,292	SH		SOLE		238,662	0	42,630
NRG Energy Inc	COM NEW	629377508	465	14,631	SH		SOLE		13,568	0	1,063
Nucor Corp	COM	670346105	722	14,279	SH		SOLE		14,279	0	0
Nuveen Build America Bond Fund	COM	67074c103	849	43,259	SH		SOLE		33,201	0	10,058
Nuveen Build America Bond Opportunity Fund	COM	67074q102	568	27,710	SH		SOLE		22,447	0	5,263
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & Growth Fund	COM	67073b106	857	92,260	SH		SOLE		72,557	0	19,703
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & Growth Fund 2	COM SHS	67073d102	285	29,917	SH		SOLE		15,887	0	14,030
Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund II	COM	67072c105	228	26,248	SH		SOLE		26,248	0	0
Oaktree Capital Group LLC	UNIT CL A	674001201	582	10,000	SH		SOLE		10,000	0	0
Occidental Petroleum Corp	COM	674599105	13,416	140,793	SH		SOLE		118,272	0	22,521
Oi SA	SPN ADR REP PFD	670851203	493	370,834	SH		SOLE		343,020	0	27,814
ONEOK Inc	COM	682680103	311	5,241	SH		SOLE		5,241	0	0
Oracle Corp	COM	68389X105	22,158	541,630	SH		SOLE		459,533	0	82,097
PACCAR Inc	COM	693718108	272	4,030	SH		SOLE		4,030	0	0
PCM Fund Inc	COM	69323t101	9,392	771,099	SH		SOLE		698,025	0	73,074
Pengrowth Energy Corp	COM	70706p104	61	10,000	SH		SOLE		10,000	0	0
Penn West Petroleum Ltd	COM	707887105	149	17,860	SH		SOLE		17,860	0	0
PepsiCo Inc	COM	713448108	560	6,710	SH		SOLE		6,710	0	0
Pfizer Inc	COM	717081103	3,984	124,048	SH		SOLE		34,048	0	90,000
Philip Morris International In	COM	718172109	20,589	251,489	SH		SOLE		218,041	0	33,449
Pimco Corporate Opportunity Fund	COM	72201b101	463	25,637	SH		SOLE		20,161	0	5,476
PIMCO Dynamic Credit Income Fund	COM SHS	72202d106	203	8,962	SH		SOLE		8,962	0	0
PIMCO Income Fund	SHS	72201y101	3,984	131,396	SH		SOLE		96,594	0	34,802
Pimco Income Strategy Fund	COM	72201h108	427	36,427	SH		SOLE		36,427	0	0
Pimco Income Strategy Fund II	COM	72201j104	5,497	528,504	SH		SOLE		469,824	0	58,680
Plains All American Pipeline Unit LP	UNIT LTD PARTN	726503105	556	10,093	SH		SOLE		10,093	0	0
Portugal Telecom SGPS SA	SPONSORED ADR	737273102	43	10,000	SH		SOLE		10,000	0	0
Procter & Gamble Co	COM	742718109	722	8,954	SH		SOLE		7,126	0	1,828
Prospect Capital Corp	COM	74348T102	130	12,000	SH		SOLE		12,000	0	0
Public Storage	COM	74460d109	557	3,307	SH		SOLE		3,307	0	0
QUALCOMM Inc	COM	747525103	19,788	250,929	SH		SOLE		104,799	0	146,130
Realty Income Corp	COM	756109104	1,789	43,775	SH		SOLE		41,980	0	1,795
Republic Services Inc	COM	760759100	19,228	562,894	SH		SOLE		470,399	0	92,495
Retail Opportunity Investments	COM	76131n101	2,837	189,923	SH		SOLE		185,142	0	4,781
Rexford Industrial Realty Inc	COM	76169c100	31,467	2,219,056	SH		SOLE		1,892,995	0	326,061
RLI Corp	COM	749607107	208	4,700	SH		SOLE		4,700	0	0
Royal Dutch Shell PLC - ADR A	SPONS ADR A	780259206	424	5,808	SH		SOLE		5,808	0	0
Royce Global Value	COM	78081t104	666	74,170	SH		SOLE		69,795	0	4,375
Rubicon Minerals Corp	COM	780911103	15	14,000	SH		SOLE		14,000	0	0
Safeway Inc	COM NEW	786514208	379	10,263	SH		SOLE		0	0	10,263
Schlumberger Ltd	COM	806857108	13,518	138,649	SH		SOLE		118,225	0	20,424
Sequenom Inc Com New	COM NEW	817337405	31	12,500	SH		SOLE		12,500	0	0
Simon Property Group Inc	COM	828806109	10,303	62,823	SH		SOLE		53,835	0	8,988
Snyders-Lance Inc	COM	833551104	444	15,765	SH		SOLE		15,241	0	524
Source Capital Inc	COM	836144105	602	8,764	SH		SOLE		8,422	0	342
SPDR BarCap ST High Yield Bond ETF	SHT TRM HGH YLD	78468r408	3,126	100,938	SH		SOLE		94,372	0	6,566
SPDR Gold Trust	GLD SHS	78463v107	800	6,474	SH		SOLE		6,224	0	250
Spdr Index Shs Fds Euro Stoxx 50	EURO STOXX 50	78463x202	521	12,208	SH		SOLE		12,208	0	0
SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR TR UNIT	TR UNIT	78462F103	2,043	10,925	SH		SOLE		9,284	0	1,641
Spectra Energy Corp	COM	847560109	206	5,565	SH		SOLE		5,565	0	0
Sprint Nextel Corp	COM SER 1	85207u105	99	10,744	SH		SOLE		10,744	0	0
Starbucks Corp	COM	855244109	519	7,071	SH		SOLE		6,661	0	410
Starwood Property Trust Inc	COM	85571b105	1,967	83,400	SH		SOLE		81,400	0	2,000
Stratasys Ltd	SHS	m85548101	318	3,000	SH		SOLE		3,000	0	0
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP	COM UNITS	86764l108	454	4,999	SH		SOLE		4,999	0	0
Sysco Corp	COM	871829107	12,183	337,204	SH		SOLE		287,610	0	49,594
TeleCommunication Sys Cl A	CL A	87929j103	23	10,000	SH		SOLE		10,000	0	0
Templeton Emerging Markets Inc	COM	880192109	502	35,789	SH		SOLE		34,221	0	1,568
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	ADR	881624209	1,029	19,470	SH		SOLE		18,699	0	771
TIBCO Software Inc	COM	88632q103	215	10,600	SH		SOLE		10,600	0	0
TICC CAPITAL CORP COM	COM	87244T109	197	20,126	SH		SOLE		20,126	0	0
TJX Cos Inc	COM	872540109	14,152	233,334	SH		SOLE		198,101	0	35,233
Total SA	SPONSORED ADR	89151E109	404	6,163	SH		SOLE		6,163	0	0
Travelers Cos Inc/The	COM	89417e109	212	2,489	SH		SOLE		2,489	0	0
TSW Strategic Income Fund Inc	COM	872340104	811	148,484	SH		SOLE		128,982	0	19,502
Two Harbors Investment Corp	COM	90187b101	130	12,638	SH		SOLE		12,638	0	0
UCP Inc CL A	CL A	90265y106	368	24,414	SH		SOLE		22,583	0	1,831
Unilever NV	N Y SHS NEW	904784709	1,928	46,887	SH		SOLE		44,487	0	2,400
Union Pacific Corp	COM	907818108	13,654	72,759	SH		SOLE		62,078	0	10,681
United Parcel Service Inc	CL B	911312106	22,993	236,115	SH		SOLE		199,949	0	36,167
United Technologies Corp	COM	913017109	485	4,148	SH		SOLE		4,148	0	0
US Bancorp	COM NEW	902973304	564	13,166	SH		SOLE		13,166	0	0
Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF Vipers	FTSE EMR MKT ETF	922042858	718	17,684	SH		SOLE		17,684	0	0
Vanguard Europe Pacific ETF	FTSE DEV MKT ETF	921943858	2,635	63,836	SH		SOLE		63,836	0	0
Ventas Inc	COM	92276f100	456	7,525	SH		SOLE		7,525	0	0
Verizon Communications Inc	COM	92343v104	373	7,840	SH		SOLE		7,840	0	0
Wal-Mart Stores Inc	COM	931142103	263	3,438	SH		SOLE		3,438	0	0
Walgreen Co	COM	931422109	305	4,623	SH		SOLE		4,623	0	0
Walt Disney Co	COM DISNEY	254687106	14,449	180,455	SH		SOLE		149,399	0	31,056
Wells Fargo & Co	COM	949746101	21,921	440,718	SH		SOLE		377,305	0	63,412
Wells Fargo Advantage Global Dividend Opportunity Fund	COM	94987c103	461	58,606	SH		SOLE		56,157	0	2,449
Wells Fargo Multi-Sector Income Fund	COM SHS	94987d101	470	32,422	SH		SOLE		31,140	0	1,282
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	COM	95766a101	455	26,153	SH		SOLE		25,129	0	1,024
Western Gas Partners LP	COM UNIT LP IN	958254104	267	4,039	SH		SOLE		4,039	0	0
World Wrestling Entertainment	CL A	98156q108	1,113	38,531	SH		SOLE		37,235	0	1,296