EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY



The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of
Jared M. Wolff, Lynn M. Hopkins and Richard E. Knecht,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-
in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
First Community Bancorp (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and timely file such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of attorney shall be in such a form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Form 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed on this 19th day of February,
2003.



		 	/s/ William T. Powers