POWER OF ATTORNEY
SECTION 16 REPORTS

I hereby make, constitute and appoint each person who at the time of acting
pursuant to this Power of Attorney is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial
Officer or Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Pacific Sunwear of
California, Inc. (the "Company"), each acting singly, my true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	prepare, sign, acknowledge, deliver and file for me and on my behalf, Forms
3, 4 and 5 and any amendments thereof in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") and the rules of
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), with respect to securities or
contracts of (or with respect to) the Company, and Form ID or other information
to secure any access and any other code and/or CIK number to permit my filing
via EDGAR;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for me and on my behalf which may be
necessary or desirable to complete any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and file in any
authorized manner such form and this power of attorney with the SEC and any
stock exchange or similar authority;
(3)	seek or obtain, as my representative and on my behalf, information
concerning transactions in or with respect to the Company's securities from any
third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees, knowing that I hereby authorize any such person to release any such
information to the attorney-in fact and approve any such release of information;
and
(4)	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
me, in my best interest, or legally required of me, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
I hereby grant 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 fully
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally 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.  This Power of Attorney
authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to exercise any of
the rights and powers herein granted in his or her discretion on the basis of
information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification
of such information.  I further acknowledge that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the 1934 Act or any liability I may have with respect to transactions
reported or reportable there under.
This Power of Attorney is granted only with respect to the matters referenced in
each of subparagraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) above and shall remain in full force
and effect until I am no longer required to file Section 16 reports with respect
to my holdings of and transactions in or involving securities issued by the
Company, or earlier if I revoke it in a signed writing delivered to each of the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

6/30/09		/s/ Gary Schoenfeld
Date		Signature

		Gary Schoenfeld
		Name