Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Capital Corp of the West:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-41440) on Form S-8 of our reports dated March 11, 2005, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Capital Corp of the West and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, which reports appear in the December 31, 2004, annual report on Form 10-K of Capital Corp of the West.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Sacramento, California
March 11, 2005