---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-018797"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCAL"
cik: "0001795815"
company_name: "California BanCorp \\ CA"
filed_at: "2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T02:35:25.574310+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BCAL and CALB receive OCC, Fed approvals for merger; expect Q3 2024 close

## Summary
- Received regulatory approvals from OCC and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for merger of equals.
- Merger expected to close in Q3 2024, subject to remaining conditions including shareholder approval.
- Under terms, California BanCorp will merge into Southern California Bancorp.
- The merger was originally announced on January 30, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-018797
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCAL
- cik: 0001795815
- company_name: California BanCorp \ CA
- filed_at: 2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795815/000149315224018797/0001493152-24-018797-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795815/000149315224018797/form8-k.htm

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