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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-042244"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCAL"
cik: "0001795815"
company_name: "California BanCorp \\ CA"
filed_at: "2023-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T22:47:20.320502+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southern California Bancorp auditor Eide Bailly to decline reappointment for FY2024; exiting bank audit practice

## Summary
- Eide Bailly LLP notified Company on Nov 17, 2023, that it is exiting financial institution SEC audit practice.
- Eide Bailly will not stand for reappointment for the year ending Dec 31, 2024, but will complete 2023 audit and Q1 2024 review.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred during 2021, 2022, or subsequent interim periods.
- Company expects to engage a new auditor in time for the Q2 2024 interim review.
- Eide Bailly furnished a letter agreeing with the Company's statements, filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-042244
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCAL
- cik: 0001795815
- company_name: California BanCorp \ CA
- filed_at: 2023-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795815/000149315223042244/0001493152-23-042244-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795815/000149315223042244/form8-k.htm

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