Exhibit 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
First Community Bancorp

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of First Community Bancorp of our report dated January 14, 2000,
relating to the balance sheets of Rancho Santa Fe National Bank as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related statements of earnings,
shareholders' equity and comprehensive income and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears
in the registration statement on Form S-4 of First Community Bancorp filed on
May 5, 2000.

/s/ KPMG LLP

San Diego, California
August 9, 2000