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Investments (Details Textual) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Available For Sale Securities Pledged As Collateral Amortized Cost $ 354,700,000pacw_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateralAmortizedCost    
Payments to Acquire Investments (196,600,000)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInvestments   (140,000,000)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInvestments
Proceeds from Sale of Available-for-sale Securities 144,945,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities   142,041,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Portion Attributable to Parent 2,364,000us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent 5,559,000us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent 10,172,000us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost 28,905,000us-gaap_FederalHomeLoanBankStock 40,609,000us-gaap_FederalHomeLoanBankStock  
Net change in FLHB Stock 11,704,000pacw_NetchangeinFLHBStock   2,939,000pacw_NetchangeinFLHBStock
Redemptions of FHLB stock 15,600,000pacw_RedemptionsofFHLBstock    
Purchases of FHLB Stock (3,900,000)pacw_PurchasesofFHLBStock    
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Available-for-sale Securities Adjustment, before Reclassification Adjustments, Net of Tax 4,258,000us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentBeforeReclassificationAdjustmentsNetOfTax 5,559,000us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentBeforeReclassificationAdjustmentsNetOfTax 12,928,000us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentBeforeReclassificationAdjustmentsNetOfTax
Government agency and government-sponsored enterprise pass through securities [Member]      
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Proceeds from Sale of Available-for-sale Securities 60,300,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= pacw_GovernmentagencyandgovernmentsponsoredenterprisepassthroughsecuritiesMember
  137,300,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= pacw_GovernmentagencyandgovernmentsponsoredenterprisepassthroughsecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gains     4,800,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= pacw_GovernmentagencyandgovernmentsponsoredenterprisepassthroughsecuritiesMember
Government agency and government-sponsored enterprise pass through securities      
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gains 2,600,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
   
Texas Municipal Securities [Member]      
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Proceeds from Sale of Available-for-sale Securities 13,900,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= pacw_TexasMunicipalSecuritiesMember
   
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gains 883,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= pacw_TexasMunicipalSecuritiesMember
   
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]      
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Proceeds from Sale of Available-for-sale Securities 67,500,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
   
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Losses $ (232,000)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember