EXHIBIT 23.2

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No.
333-36881 on Form S-8 of PICO Holdings, Inc. of our report dated March 4, 2004,
relating to the consolidated balance sheet of HyperFeed Technologies, Inc. and
subsidiary as of December 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year then ended, which
report appears in the December 31, 2004 annual report on Form 10-K of PICO
Holdings, Inc.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois
March 11, 2005


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