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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Seabold Jeffrey T   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC. [BANC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP, CHIEF BANKING OFFICER (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC., 18500 VON KARMAN AVE, SUITE 1100 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/01/2016 (Street) IRVINE, CA 92612 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 04/01/2016   F(1)   1,727 D $ 17.5 142,055 D   Common Stock 04/01/2016   A   28,572 (2) A $ 0 (3) 170,627 D   Class B Non-Voting Stock               91,066 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right to Purchase)

$ 15.81

06/27/2012

06/27/2021

Common Stock

16,713

16,713

D

Warrant to purchase Class B Non-Voting Common Stock

$ 11 (4)

(5)

(5)

Class B Non-Voting Common Stock

210,000

210,000

D

Stock Option

$ 13.1

(6)

05/13/2023

Common Stock

100,000

100,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Seabold Jeffrey T C/O BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 18500 VON KARMAN AVE, SUITE 1100 IRVINE, CA 92612			EVP, CHIEF BANKING OFFICER

Signatures

/s/ James J. McKinney, Attorney-in-Fact		04/05/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Shares disposed to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax liability incurred by the vesting of a previously granted award.
(2)	Represents grant of restricted stock. Shares will vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date.
(3)	Shares issued pursuant to the Issuer's 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The Reporting Person did not provide, and the Issuer did not receive any consideration for the issuance of these shares.
(4)	The exercise price of this warrant is subject to certain automatic adjustments in accordance with the terms of the warrant. Based on these automatic adjustments to the original $11.00 exercise price, it has been determined that the exercise price for these warrants was $8.90 per share as of March 31, 2016.
(5)	Warrants became exercisable as follows:(i) 130,000 shares became exercisable on April 1, 2011; (ii) 130,000 shares became exercisable on July 1, 2011; and (iii) 80,000 shares became exercisable on October 1, 2011. Shares are exercisable with respect to each vested tranche for five years after the tranche's vesting date.
(6)	Options will vest according to the following schedule: 20% increments on each of May 13, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

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