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What happened to Peoples Bank of California?
Peoples Bank of California in Los Angeles, CA (earlier called Southern California Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Savings and and 2 other names) merged into California National Bank of Los Angeles, CA on Nov 13, 2001. After 1 more change of hands, what was Peoples Bank of California is today part of U.S. Bank National Association (Cincinnati, OH).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1985Southern California Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Savings and opens in Los Angeles, CA
- Apr 30, 1987renamed Southern California Federal Savings and Loan Association
- Feb 24, 1997renamed Southern California FSB
- Jul 1, 1997renamed Peoples Bank of California
- Nov 13, 2001MERGEDPeoples Bank of California merged into California National Bank of Los Angeles, CA.FDIC certificate 32433 ends; its business continues under certificate 34659.
- Oct 30, 2009FAILEDCalifornia National Bank of Los Angeles, CA failed, and U.S. Bank National Association of Cincinnati, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 34659 ends; its business continues under certificate 6548.
- TodayOPEN
U.S. Bank National AssociationMain office Cincinnati, OH · FDIC certificate 6548 · 2,097 offices in 29 states on June 30, 2026Every U.S. Bank National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.usbank.com
If you still have something from Peoples Bank of California
A lien that was never released
California National Bank failed on Oct 30, 2009. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to U.S. Bank National Association, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, U.S. Bank National Association). Start with U.S. Bank National Association, and ask them to search under the name Peoples Bank of California.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. Today, ask U.S. Bank National Association. A box abandoned for years may have been turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
27 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. None is still reporting as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 9100 Wilshire BlvdBeverly Hills, CA | No longer reported |
| 240 N San Fernando RdBurbank, CA | No longer reported |
| 23642 Calabasas RdCalabasas, CA | No longer reported |
| 16820 Ventura BlvdEncino, CA | No longer reported |
| 525 East Ocean BlvdLong Beach, CA | No longer reported |
| 145 S Fairfax AveLos Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 4500 W Beverly BlvdLos Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 5900 Wilshire BlvdLos Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 6930 Hollywood BlvdLos Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 1300 W Beverly BlvdMontebello, CA | No longer reported |
| 6350 Laurel Canyon BlvdNorth Hollywood, CA | No longer reported |
| 15305 Sunset BlvdPacific Palisades, CA | No longer reported |
| 28110 S Western AveSan Pedro, CA | No longer reported |
| 26425 Sierra HwySanta Clarita, CA | No longer reported |
| 13831 Foothill BlvdSylmar, CA | No longer reported |
| 19500 Ventura BlvdTarzana, CA | No longer reported |
| 10100 Riverside DrToluca Lake, CA | No longer reported |
| 1555 Brookhurst StWestminster, CA | No longer reported |
| 21919 Erwin StWoodland Hills, CA | No longer reported |
| 1445 Los Angeles AveSimi Valley, CA | No longer reported |
| 996 S Seaward AveVentura, CA | No longer reported |
| 5470 Beach BlvdBuena Park, CA | No longer reported |
| 12112 Valley View StGarden Grove, CA | No longer reported |
| 15475 Jeffrey RdIrvine, CA | No longer reported |
| 4860 Irvine BlvdNorth Irvine, CA | No longer reported |
| 216 E. Chapman Ave.Orange, CA | No longer reported |
| 12848 Victory BlvdNorth Hollywood, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Peoples Bank of California
2 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 4 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The Bank of HollywoodLos Angeles, CA | Jan 31, 2000 |
| Southern California Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Savings andBeverly Hills, CA | Oct 1, 1985 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 32433 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.