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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC  20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date  of  Report  (Date  of  earliest  event  reported):     November  12,  1999



                            COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in  Charter)



              CALIFORNIA                  0-23575             77-0446957
     (State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File     (I.R.S. Employer
            of Incorporation )             Number)        Identification Number)


                                5638 HOLLISTER AVENUE
                                  GOLETA, CA  93117
                     (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


Registrant's  telephone  number,  including  area  code:     (805)  692-1862

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ITEM  5.     OTHER  EVENTS.

     Attached  hereto  as  Exhibit  99.1  and  Exhibit  99.2 and incorporated by
reference  herein  are  press  releases  issued  by Community West Bancshares on
November  12,  1999  and  November  18,  1999.


ITEM  7.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

(C)     EXHIBITS

        Exhibit  No.            Description
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        99.1                    Press  Release  issued  November  12,  1999.

        99.2                    Press  Release  issued  November  18,  1999.


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.
Dated  as  of  November  23,  1999.

                                   COMMUNITY  WEST  BANCSHARES
                                   By:
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                                       [Name  of  Officer]
                                       [Title  of  Officer]



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

                                                         SEQUENTIALLY
                                                           NUMBERED
EXHIBIT NO.       DOCUMENT                                   PAGE
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Exhibit  99.1     Press Release issued November 12,          1999.
Exhibit  99.2     Press Release issued November 18,          1999.