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Consent of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors
First Community Bancorp:
We consent to the inclusion of our report dated January 26, 2001, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of First Community Bancorp and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders' equity and comprehensive income and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, which report appears in the registration statement on Form S-4 and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
/S/ KPMG LLP
San Diego, California
July 20, 2001
Exhibit 23.1