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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Kum Chong Guk   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol First California Financial Group, Inc. [FCAL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 3027 TOWNSGATE ROAD, SUITE 300 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/21/2012 (Street) WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, $0.01 par value 03/21/2012   P   28,356 (1) A $ 5.29 403,702 (2) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kum Chong Guk 3027 TOWNSGATE ROAD, SUITE 300 WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361	X		President & CEO

Signatures

/s/ Romolo Santarosa, Attorney-in-Fact		03/22/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	28,356 shares of restricted common stock were granted to the reporting person on March 21, 2012 which restricted shares vest in three equal annual installments on each of March 21, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The closing price per share of the issuer's stock as of that date was $5.29 per share.
(2)	Includes previously reported 300,000 restricted shares of common stock granted on July 20, 2011, of which 150,000 restricted shares are subject to time-based vesting pursuant to which 50,000 of these restricted shares will vest on each of March 20, 2012, 2013 and 2014 and the remaining 150,000 restricted shares are subject to performance-based vesting pursuant to which 50,000 shares will vest on each of March 20, 2012, 2013 and 2014 provided that certain performance measure are achieved with respect to the fiscal year ending immediately prior to the applicable vesting date. Failure to achieve the performance measures will result in forfeiture of the shares of restricted stock subject to the applicable vesting date. Includes13,805 shares of restricted stock granted on February 25, 2009 that vest in five equal annual installments on each of February 25, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

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