LAW OFFICES OF DERENTHAL & DANNHAUSER LLP ONE POST STREET, SUITE 575 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 (415) 981-4844 FACSIMILE: (415) 981-4840 February 25, 2005 BY EDGAR AND FACSIMILE Ms. Pamela Carmody Special Counsel Office of Mergers and Acquisitions Division of Corporation Finance Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: BellaVista Capital, Inc. (the "Company") Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed February 25, 2005 SEC File No. 0-30507 Dear Ms. Carmody: This letter is in response to comments on the above referenced filing that you relayed to me by telephone message today. We are concurrently forwarding to you a hard copy of this letter and amendment no. 3 to the Schedule 14A to facilitate your review. We have made the changes suggested in your message, and the amendment is marked to reflect these changes. As you are aware, the Company would like to file definitive materials and reproduce and mail them as soon as may be practicable. Please contact me with any further questions or comments you may have concerning this filing. Very truly yours, Paul J. Derenthal cc: Johanna Vega Losert, Esq. Mr. Michael Rider