EXHIBIT 23.1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
First Community Bancorp:

We consent to the inclusion of our report dated August 18, 2000, with respect to
the consolidated balance sheets of First Community Bancorp and subsidiaries as
of December 31, 1999 and 1998, 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, 1999, 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
November 6, 2000