EXHIBIT 23.2

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

Board of Directors
First Community Bank of the Desert:

   We consent to the inclusion in the Registration Statement of First Community
Bancorp on Form S-4, of our report dated February 19, 1999, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash
flows of First Community Bank of the Desert for each of the years in the three-
year period ended December 31, 1998, and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the Proxy Statement, which is part of such Registration
Statement.

                                          /s/ KPMG, LLP

Los Angeles, California
December 29, 1999