Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
First Community Bancorp:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-124948) on Form S-3 and (Nos. 333-43330, 333-101025, 333-107636 and 333-138542) on Form S-8 of First Community Bancorp of our reports dated February 27, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of First Community Bancorp and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, which reports appear in the December 31, 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K of First Community Bancorp.

	/s/ KPMG LLP
Los Angeles, California
February 27, 2007