June 21 2005 Exhibit 16.1

EX-16 2 exhibit16x1.htm EXHIB. 16.1: LETTER FROM FORMER AUDITORS June 21 2005 Exhibit 16.1 Exhibit 16.1

June 21, 2005

Mr. Robert Stanberry
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Central Coast Bancorp
Salinas, California

Dear Mr. Stanberry:

This is to confirm that the client-auditor relationship between Central Coast Bancorp (Commission File No. 0-25418) and Deloitte & Touche LLP has ceased.

Yours truly,

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Deloitte & Touche LLP


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		Mr. Nick Ventimiglia, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer
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