EXHIBIT 23.2

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
Professional Bancorp, Inc.:

We consent to the inclusion of our report dated April 19, 1999, with respect to
the consolidated balance sheet of Professional Bancorp, Inc. (a Pennsylvania
corporation) and subsidiary as of December 31, 1998, and the related
consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, changes in
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period
ended December 31, 1998, which report appears in the registration statement on
Form S-4 of First Community Bancorp and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the prospectus.

                                          /s/ KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, California
October 3, 2000