SAN FRANCISCO CO
PRE 14A, 1996-11-05
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                            SCHEDULE 14A
                           (Rule 14a-101)
  
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
  
                      SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
     Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
            Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.         )
  
    Filed by the Registrant  X 
    Filed by a Party other than the Registrant  
    Check the appropriate box:
    X  Preliminary Proxy Statement        Confidential, for Use of the
                                         Commission Only (as
                                         permitted by Rule 14a-
                                         6(e)(2))
      Definitive Proxy Statement
      Definitive Additional Materials
      Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12
                      THE SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY
  
          (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
  
  (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, of other than the Registrant)
  
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       6(i)(2) or Item 22(a)(2) of Schedule 14A.
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       Rule 14a-6(i)(3).
       Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and
       0-11.
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  computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which
  the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):
  
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      Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
  Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
  paid previously.  Identify the previous filing by registration statement
  number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
  
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                      CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                 OF
                    CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                 OF
                      THE SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY
  
  1.  That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of The San
  Francisco Company (the "Corporation") resolutions were duly adopted
  setting forth a proposed amendment of the certificate of incorporation
  of the Corporation for consideration thereof.  The resolution setting forth
  the proposed amendment is as follows:
  
      RESOLVED, that the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation
      be amended by changing the Article and Section thereof numbered
      "FOURTH, Section A" so that, as amended, Article FOURTH, Section
      A shall be read as follows:
  
          "FOURTH. Capital Stock.
  
          A.   This corporation is authorized to issue two classes of
          shares, which shall be known as Preferred Stock and Class A
          Common Stock.  The total number of shares of stock of all
          classes that this corporation is authorized to issue is One Hundred
          Five Million (105,000,000).  Each share of each class of stock of
          this corporation shall have a par value of $0.01.  The total
          number of shares of Preferred Stock which this corporation is
          authorized to issue is Five Million (5,000,000).  The total number
          of shares of Class A Common Stock which this corporation is
          authorized to issue is One Hundred Million (100,000,000)."
  
  2.  That thereafter, pursuant to resolution of the Board of
  Directors, the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation was
  duly called and held, upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the
  General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, at which meeting the
  necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor
  of the amendment.
  
  3.  That said amendment has been duly adopted in accordance
  with the provisions of Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation
  Law.  
  
  4.  That the effective time of the foregoing amendment shall be
  _____________________, 1996.
  
  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this certificate to
  be signed by James E. Gilleran, its authorized officer, this __________
  day of __________________, 1996.
  
  
                                           ___________________________
                                           James E. Gilleran, CEO
  Attest:
  
  
  _____________________________________
  Keary L. Colwell, Assistant Secretary
  
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                      THE SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY
                  550 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor
                   San Francisco, California 94111
  
                          November 29, 1996
  
  Dear Stockholder:
  
     You are cordially invited to attend the 1996 Annual Meeting of
  Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of The San Francisco Company
  (the "Company"), to be held on December 18, 1996, at 10:00 a.m. local time,
  in the Boardroom of the Company at   550 Montgomery Street, 11th Floor,
  San Francisco, California, 94111.  Enclosed are  the Notice of the Annual
  Meeting, a Proxy Statement describing the business to be  transacted at the
  Annual Meeting, and proxy cards for use in voting at the Annual  Meeting.
  Separate proxy cards are provided for the holders of the Company's Class
  A Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), of the Company's
  8% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value
  (the "Series B Preferred Stock"), and of the Company's 9% Series D
  Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value (the "Series D Preferred Stock").
  A copy of the Company's Annual Report on  Form 10-K for the twelve months
  ended December 31, 1995 (the "1995 Annual Report") and the Quarterly
  Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the three months ended March 31, 1996,
  June 30, 1996 and September 30, 1996 accompany the Proxy
  Statement.
  
     At the Annual Meeting, stockholders will be asked:  
  
     (i)   to elect nine (9) of the nine (9) authorized directors of the
  Company, three (3) to serve for one-year terms, three (3) to serve for
  two-year terms, and three (3)  to serve for three-year terms;
  
     (ii)  to authorize the conversion of each share of the Series D Preferred
  Stock into 59 shares of the Class A Common Stock (including those shares of
  Series D Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to Warrants (the "Warrants"), as
  of December 31, 1996, to be issued in accordance with the February 26, 1996
  agreement with the Company's Principal Stockholder, Mr. Putra Masagung
  (the "February 26, 1996 agreement") to acquire shares of Series D
  Preferred Stock, and in connection with the Conversion to amend the
  Company's Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of
  the Common Stock to 100,000,000 to permit the Conversion of Series D
  Preferred Stock and the issuance of the Common Stock issuable upon
  conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to the
  exercise of the Warrants, to provide the Company with the ability to
  raise capital in the future through the issuance of the Common Stock, and,
  if the stockholders approve Item (iii), to provide for sufficient shares
  to be issued pursuant to stock options granted under The San Francisco 
  Company Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "Amended and
  Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan").  If the Conversion of the outstanding
  Series D Preferred Stock is approved, the interests of the Company's
  Principal Stockholder would increase from 88% of the outstanding voting
  securities of the Company to 97.6%, assuming he does not dispose
  of any of his shares, and as much as 99.1% if he were to exercise all
  of the Warrants he would hold pursuant to the February 26, 1996 agreement.
  Such percentage ownership interests of the Principal Stockholder do not
  account for the dilutive effect of the exercise of options to purchase the
  Common Stock that may be granted to employees and outside directors of the
  Company if the stockholders approve Item (iii) below.
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     (iii) to approve the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan and the
  grant of options pursuant to such plan to certain directors;
  
     (iv)  to ratify the Board of Directors' selection of KPMG Peat Marwick
  LLP, independent public accountants, as the independent accounting firm 
  for the Company during the fiscal years ending December 31, 1995, 1996 and
  1997; and 
  
     (v)   to act upon such other business as may properly come before the
  Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
  
     We hope that you will be able to attend the Annual Meeting.
  In any event, please complete, date, sign, and promptly return the 
  appropriate enclosed proxy for the Common Stock, the Series B Preferred
  Stock and/or the Series D Preferred Stock.  
  
                          Sincerely yours,
  
  
  
                          JAMES E. GILLERAN
                          Chairman of the Board and,
                            Chief Executive Officer
  
  
  
     You are urged to complete, date, sign, and promptly return your proxy
  card(s) in the enclosed envelope whether or not you plan to attend the
  Annual Meeting.
  
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                    THE SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY
                  550 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor
                   San Francisco, California 94111
  
  
            NOTICE OF 1996 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                   To Be Held On December 18, 1996
  
     To the holders of the Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
  (the "Common Stock"), the 8% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par 
  value $.01 per share (the "Series B Preferred Stock"), and the 9% Series D
  Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Series D 
  Preferred Stock"), of the San Francisco Company (the "Company"):
  
     The 1996 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company will be held
  on December 18, 1996 at 10:00 a.m. local time, in the Boardroom of the 
  Company, 550 Montgomery Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, California 94111
  (the "Annual Meeting") for the following purposes:
  
     1. To elect nine (9) of the nine (9) authorized directors of the Company,
  three (3) to serve for one-year terms, three (3) to serve for two-year 
  terms, and three (3) to serve for three-year terms;
  
  
     2. To authorize the conversion of each share of the Series D Preferred
  Stock into 59 shares of the Class A Common Stock (including those shares
  of Series D Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to Warrants (the "Warrants"),
  as of December 31, 1996, to be issued in accordance with the February 26,
  1996 agreement with the Company's Principal Stockholder, Mr. Putra Masagung
  (the "February 26, 1996 agreement") to acquire shares of Series D 
  Preferred Stock, and in connection with the Conversion to amend the 
  Company's Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares 
  of the Common Stock to 100,000,000 to permit the Conversion of Series D
  Preferred Stock and the issuance of the Common Stock issuable upon 
  conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to the 
  exercise of the Warrants, to provide the Company with the ability to raise
  capital in the future through the issuance of the Common Stock, and, if 
  the stockholders approve Item (iii), to provide for sufficient shares 
  to be issued pursuant to stock options granted under the Amended and 
  Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan. If the Conversion of the outstanding 
  Series D Preferred Stock is approved, the interests of the Company's 
  Principal Stockholder would increase from 88% of the outstanding voting
  securities of the Company to 97.6%, assuming he does not dispose of any 
  of his shares, and as much as 99.1% if he were to exercise all of the 
  Warrants he would hold pursuant to the February 26, 1996 agreement. Such
  percentage ownership interests of the Principal Stockholder 
  do not account for the  dilutive effect of the exercise of options to 
  purchase the Common Stock that may be granted to employees and outside 
  directors of the Company if the stockholders approve Item (iii) below.
  
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     3. To approve the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan and the
        grant of options pursuant to such plan to certain directors;
  
     4. To ratify the Board of Directors' selection of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
        independent public accountants, as the independent accounting firm
        for the Company during the fiscal years ending December 31, 1995,
        1996 and 1997; and 
  
     5. To act upon such other business as may properly come before the
        Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
  
     These matters are more fully discussed in the enclosed Proxy Statement.
  
     If the Company's Principal Stockholder votes all of his shares of the
 Common Stock and Series D Preferred Stock in favor of any or all of
 these proposals, then approval of such proposals would be assured.
 While the Principal Stockholder has not entered into any agreements as
 to the manner in which he will vote his shares, he has expressed his
 intent to vote in favor of all of the above proposals.
 
     Holders of the Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series D
 Preferred Stock of the Company of record at the close of business on
 November 12, 1996 are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting to the
 extent and in the manner set forth in the Proxy Statement.
 
     The Board of Directors has nominated: (1) Mr. Willard D. Sharpe, Mr.
 Gary Williams and Mr. Jackson Schultz to serve as Class III directors for
 terms until the Company's 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until 
 their successors are elected, (2) Mr. Gordon Swanson, Mr. James E.
 Gilleran and Mr. Peter Foo to serve as Class I directors for terms until 
 the Company's 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their
 successors are elected, (3) and Mr. Kent D. Price, Mr. Steven R.
 Champion and Mr. Nicholas Unkovic to serve as Class II directors for
 terms until the Company's 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until
 their successors are elected. Any stockholder entitled to vote for directors
 may nominate candidates for election as directors of the Company; provided,
 however, that nominations for director of the Company by any person other
 than the Board of Directors may be made only by a  record stockholder who
 has delivered a written notice to the Secretary of the Company no later
 than the close of business sixty (60) days in advance of the Annual
 Meeting or ten (10) days after the date on which notice of the Annual 
 Meeting is first given to stockholders, whichever is later.  Such
 stockholder's notice shall set forth (a) as to each person, if any, whom
 the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a
 director:  (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of
 such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person,
 (iii) the class and number of shares of the Company which are beneficially
 owned by such person, and (iv) any other information relating to such person
 that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election
 of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to 
 Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
 (the "Exchange Act") (including without limitation such person's written
 consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and 
 to serving as a director if elected); and (b) as to the stockholder giving 
 the notice:  (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear 
 on the Company's books, and (ii) the class and number of shares of the
 Company which are beneficially owned by such stockholder.  
 
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     At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by the
Board for election as a director shall furnish to the Assistant Secretary of
the Company that information required to be set forth in the stockholder's
notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee.  No person shall be 
Eligible for election as a director of the Company unless nominated in
accordance with the procedures set forth herein.  The Chairman of the 
Annual Meeting, if the facts warrant, shall determine and declare at
the Annual Meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the 
procedures prescribed herein, and if he should so determine, he shall so 
declare at the Annual Meeting and the defective nomination shall be 
disregarded.
  
     Any person giving a proxy has the power to revoke or suspend it before 
its exercise.  A proxy is revocable before the Annual Meeting by sending 
written notice or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date to Keary L. 
Colwell, Assistant Secretary of the Company, at the principal executive 
offices of the Company.  In addition, a stockholder giving a proxy may revoke 
it by attending the Annual Meeting and electing to vote in person, before any 
vote is taken.  Unless otherwise instructed, each valid proxy returned 
that is not revoked will be voted FOR the election as directors of the 
person or persons specified on such proxy card; FOR each of the proposals
listed above; and at the proxy holder's discretion, upon management's 
direction, on such other matters, if any, as may come before the Annual 
Meeting (including any proposal to adjourn the Annual Meeting).
  
     Please sign and date the appropriate enclosed proxy card or cards and 
return them promptly in the envelope provided whether or not you plan to 
attend the Annual Meeting.  The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a 
vote FOR the election as directors of the persons named on the proxy card 
enclosed herein, and FOR each of the other proposals.  The directors of the 
Company intend to vote all of their shares FOR the approval of the proposals 
described above.
  
                          By Order of the Board of Directors,
  
                          Keary L. Colwell, Assistant Secretary
  November 29, 1996
  (approximate mailing date
  of proxy material)

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                          PROXY STATEMENT
                                 OF
                    THE SAN FRANCISCO the Company
                  550 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor
                   San Francisco, California 94111
                           (415) 781-7810
  
                         GENERAL INFORMATION
  
     This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of 
the enclosed proxy by, and on behalf of, the Board of Directors of The San 
Francisco Company (the "the Company"), a Delaware corporation and bank 
holding company for Bank of San Francisco (the "Bank").  The enclosed proxy 
is for use at the 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be 
held on December 18, 1996, at 10:00 a.m. local time, in the Boardroom of the 
Company, 550 Montgomery Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94111 
and at all postponements or adjournments thereof (the "Annual Meeting").  
  
  Purpose of the Annual Meeting
  
     At the Annual Meeting, holders of the Company's Class A Common Stock, 
par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), 8% Series B Convertible 
Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Series B Preferred Stock") 
and 9% Series D Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the 
"Series D Preferred Stock") will be asked to act on the following proposals:
  
     1. To elect nine (9) of the nine (9) authorized directors of the Company, 
        three (3) to serve for one-year terms, three (3) to serve for two-year 
        terms, and three (3) to serve for three-year terms;
  
     2. To authorize the conversion of each share of the Series D Preferred 
        Stock into 59 shares of the Class A Common Stock (including those 
        shares of Series D Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to Warrants 
        (the "Warrants"), as of December 31, 1996, to be issued in accordance 
        with the February 26, 1996 agreement with the Company's Principal 
        Stockholder, Mr. Putra Masagung (the "February 26, 1996 agreement") 
        to acquire shares of Series D Preferred Stock, and in connection with 
        the Conversion to amend the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to
        increase the number of shares of the Common Stock to 100,000,000 to
        permit the Conversion of Series D Preferred Stock and the issuance of 
        the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred 
        Stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants, to provide 
        the Company with the ability to raise capital in the future through 
        the issuance of the Common Stock, and, if the stockholders approve 
        Item (iii), to provide for sufficient shares to be issued pursuant 
        to stock options granted under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock 
        Option Plan.  If the Conversion of the outstanding Series D 
        Preferred Stock is approved, the interests of the Company's Principal
        Stockholder would increase from 88% of the outstanding voting 
        securities of the Company to 97.6%, assuming he does not dispose of 
        any of his shares, and as much as 99.1% if he were to exercise all of 
        the Warrants he would hold pursuant to the February 26, 1996 
        agreement.
   
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        Such percentage ownership interests of the Principal Stockholder 
        do not account for the dilutive effect of the exercise 
        of options to purchase the Common Stock that may be granted to 
        Employees and outside directors of the Company if the stockholders 
        approve Item (iii) below.
  
     3. To approve the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan and the 
        grant of options pursuant to such plan to certain directors;
  
     4. To ratify the Board of Directors' selection of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
        independent public accountants, as the independent accounting firm 
        for the Company during the fiscal years ending December 31, 1995, 
        1996 and 1997; and 
  
     5. To act upon such other business as may properly come before the 
        Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
  
     If the Company's Principal Stockholder votes all of his shares of the 
  Common Stock and Series D Preferred Stock in favor of any or all of these 
  proposals, then approval of such proposals would be assured.  While the 
  Principal Stockholder has not entered into any agreements as to the manner 
  in which he will vote his shares, he has expressed his intent to vote in 
  favor of all of the above proposals.
  
  Voting Securities
  
     Only stockholders of record on November 12, 1996 (the "Record Date") 
 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.  At the close 
 of business on that Record Date, the Company had outstanding five million, 
 seven hundred and sixty-five thousand, nine hundred and ninety-five 
 (5,765,995) shares of its Common Stock, fifteen thousand, eight hundred and 
 sixty-nine (15,869) shares of its Series B Preferred Stock, and three 
 hundred and ninety thousand (390,000) shares of its Series D Preferred 
 Stock.
  
     Each holder of the Common Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock and the 
 Series D Preferred Stock is entitled, with respect to each matter as to 
 which such holder is entitled to vote, to one (1) vote, in person or by 
 proxy, for each share of the Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock or
 Series D Preferred Stock outstanding in his or her name on the transfer
  books of the Company as of the Record Date.
  
  Revocability of Proxies
  
     Any person giving a proxy has the power to revoke or suspend it before
 its exercise.  A proxy is revocable before the Annual Meeting by sending
 written notice or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date to Keary L.
 Colwell, Assistant Secretary of the Company, at the principal executive
 offices of the Company.  In addition, a stockholder giving a proxy in any
 of the forms accompanying this Proxy Statement may revoke it by attending
 the Annual Meeting and electing to vote in person, before any vote is taken.  
  
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Votes Required
  
     Holders of the Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series D 
  Preferred Stock are entitled to vote on each of the proposals to be
  presented at the Annual Meeting.  The following paragraphs explain, for 
  each proposal, the vote required for adoption.  In each case, a quorum 
  must be present for the vote to be valid.
  
     PROPOSAL ONE:  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, as to the Class I directors,
  the validly-nominated nominees for election as directors, who rank first, 
  second and third in number of votes received from holders of the Common
  Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series D Preferred Stock 
  represented and voting together as a single class will be elected as 
  directors; as to the Class II directors, the validly-nominated nominees 
  for election as directors, who rank first, second and third in number of 
  votes received from holders of the Common Stock, the Series B Preferred 
  Stock and the Series D Preferred Stock represented and voting together as
  a single class, will be elected as directors; and as to the Class III 
  directors, the validly-nominated nominees for election as directors, who 
  rank first, second, and third in number of votes received from holders 
  of the Common Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series D 
  Preferred Stock represented and voting together as a single class, will
  be elected as directors, even if some or all of such nominees receive 
  less than a majority of the total votes.  
  
     PROPOSAL TWO:  AUTHORIZATION OF THE CONVERSION OF SERIES
  D PREFERRED STOCK AND AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF
  INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF SHARES
  OF THE COMMON STOCK requires an affirmative vote of the holders of a 
  majority of the shares of the Common Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock
  represented and voting together as a single class, and an affirmative vote
  of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Series D Preferred Stock
  represented and voting as a separate class.  
     PROPOSAL THREE:  APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
  1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN AND GRANT OF OPTIONS PURSUANT TO SUCH
  PLAN TO CERTAIN DIRECTORS requires an affirmative vote of the holders of a
  majority of the shares of the Common Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock 
  and the Series D Preferred Stock represented and voting together as a 
  single class.  
  
     PROPOSAL FOUR:  RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT
  ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 1995, 1996, AND 1997 requires an affirmative vote of
  the holders of a majority of the shares of the Common Stock, the Series 
  B Preferred Stock and the Series D Preferred Stock represented and voting
  together as a single class.  
  
     Such other matters, if any, as may properly come before the Annual
  Meeting will generally require the affirmative vote of the holders of a
  majority of the shares of the Common Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock
  and the Series D Preferred Stock represented and voting together as a 
  single class.
  
     With regard to the election of directors, votes may be cast in favor 
  or withheld; votes that are withheld will be excluded from the vote and 
  will have no effect.  Abstentions may be specified on all proposals 
  (other than the election of directors) and will be counted as shares 
  that are present or 

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  represented at the Annual Meeting for purposes of 
  determining a quorum on the proposal on which the abstention is
  specified.  However, because such shares will be counted as represented 
  at the Annual Meeting, and because the success of the proposals (other 
  than the election of directors)is measured based on the number of
  affirmative votes out of the number of shares represented at the Annual 
  Meeting, abstentions will have the effect of a negative vote. 
  
  
     Under applicable Delaware law, broker non-votes are counted for the 
  purpose of determining the presence or absence of a quorum for the 
  transaction of business but are not otherwise counted.  Therefore, broker
  non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the election of 
  directors but will have the same effect as a vote against the
  other proposals.
  
     Unless otherwise instructed, each valid proxy returned which is not
  revoked will be voted FOR the election as directors of the persons 
  specified on such proxy card, FOR each of the other proposals, and at the
  proxy holders' discretion, upon management's direction, on such other 
  matters, if any, that may come before the Annual Meeting 
  (including any proposal to adjourn the Annual Meeting).
  
  Solicitation of Proxies
  
     The Company will bear the entire cost of preparing, assembling, printing 
  and mailing proxy materials furnished by the Board of Directors to 
  stockholders.  Copies of proxy materials also will be furnished to 
  brokerage houses, fiduciaries and custodians to be forwarded to the 
  beneficial owners of the Common Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock and 
  the Series D Preferred Stock.  In addition to the solicitation of proxies
  by use of the mail, some of the officers, directors and regular 
  employees of the Company and the Bank may (without additional compensation)
  solicit proxies by telephone or personal interview, the costs of which the 
  Company will bear.
  
     In the event that any of the nominees for election as director become 
  unavailable, which the Company does not expect, it is intended that, 
  pursuant to the accompanying proxy, votes will be cast for such substitute
  nominee or nominees as may be designated by the Board of Directors, unless 
  the Board of Directors reduces the number of directors.
  
  Annual Report
  
     A copy of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the twelve months
  ended December 31, 1995 (the "1995 Annual Report") and the Quarterly Reports
  Form 10-Q for each of the three months ended March 31, 1996, June 30, 1996
  and September 30, 1996 accompany this Proxy Statement.  Additional copies 
  of the 1995 Annual Report and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q are available
  without cost upon request by writing to Keary L. Colwell, Assistant
  Secretary, the San Francisco the Company, 550 Montgomery Street, 
  10th Floor, San Francisco, California 94111.
  
  Beneficial Ownership of Common and Preferred Stock
  
     The following sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership 
  of the holders of five percent (5%) or more of the Common Stock, all 
  directors and executive officers, as a group, and by all other stockholders
  as of November 12, 1996. Other than as set forth below based upon filings 
  made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the Company
  is not aware of any 
  
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  person who is the beneficial owner of five percent (5%) or more of the 
  Common Stock.  The address of Mr. Putra  Masagung is 55 MH Thamrin, 
  Jakarta, Indonesia.  The address of Mr. Kaharudin Latief is Tamara Center,
  20th Floor, Jl Jend. Sudirman Kav.24, Jakarta, Indonesia.  The 
  information does not assume the Conversion of any of the Company's
  Series D Preferred Stock.  
  
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                                                 Directors and
                                                   Executive          All
                    Masagung            Latief     Officers        Others
 <S>                 <C>                <C>          <C>            <C> 
  Common Stock      5,076,126           525,000       2,938        161,931     
  
  Percentage ownership   88.0%            9.1%        0.0%           2.9%
  
     The following sets forth information regarding Mr. Putra Masagung's 
  beneficial ownership of Series D Preferred Stock as of November 12, 1996.
  As of November 12, 1996, Mr. Masagung was the holder of all outstanding
  shares of Series D Preferred Stock.
  
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                              Masagung          Others
  <S>                          <C>               <C>
  Series D Preferred Shares     390,000           -
  
  Percentage ownership          100.0%            -
  
     The following sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership 
  of the Series B Preferred Stock as of November 12, 1996.  
  
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                          Number of Shares      Percentage
                          of Beneficially          of
                                Owned            Class   
  
  <S>                        <C>                 <C>    
     Gordon Swanson         7,200                 45.4%
  
     John A. Beal           2,143                 13.5
  
     John Volckman          3,500                 22.1
  
     All directors and
      current executive
       officers as a group   7,200                45.4
  
  
     The address of Mr. Beal is 101 Rock Cove Court, Folsom, California 
  95630 and Mr. Volckman is 127 Alta Vista, Atherton, California 94027, and
  the address of Mr. Swanson for the purpose of his ownership of the Series 
  B Preferred Stock is the principal executive office of the Company.
  
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Certain Transactions
  
     The Bank has had and expects to continue to have banking transactions
  with many of the directors and executive officers of the Company and the 
  Bank (and their associates).  Loans by the Bank to any director or 
  executive officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or any 
  associate of such persons) have been made in the ordinary course of
  business on substantially the same terms, including interest rates
  and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable 
  transactions with other persons, and have not involved more than the 
  normal risk of collection or presented other unfavorable features.
  Loans by the Bank to any director, executive officer or principal
  stockholder of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (as such persons are
  defined by regulation) are subject to limitations under California and
  federal law. Among other things, a loan by the Bank to a director, 
  executive officer, or principal stockholder of the Company or any of its 
  subsidiaries must be on non-preferential terms and, if all loans to a
  given person exceed $25,000, such loans must be approved in advance by
  the Bank's Board of Directors.  The aggregate balance of such loans
  at October 31, 1996 was zero.
  
     The Company and the Bank have engaged the law firm of Graham & James 
  LLP to perform the function of General Counsel.  Mr. Unkovic, a director
  of the Company and the Bank, is a partner with Graham & James LLP.  
  
     The Company entered into an indemnification agreement with Mr. Unkovic
  and Graham & James LLP dated December 16, 1994.  The indemnification
  agreement provides that Mr. Unkovic is indemnified from and against any
  and all liabilities or expenses arising with respect to any action or
  inaction taken in the course of his duties as a director of the Company 
  and the Bank, and that Graham & James LLP is indemnified against any
  and all liabilities and expenses against Graham & James LLP
  arising by reason of Mr. Unkovic serving as a director of the Company 
  and the Bank. The indemnification does not include legal services 
  Mr. Unkovic or Graham & James LLP may render to the Company or its 
  subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers or stockholders. 
  
     Under their employment agreements, Messrs. Gilleran and McGrath are
  indemnified by the Company and/or the Bank from any liability or 
  expense arising as a result of actions taken by the Company or the Bank,
  or events relating to the business of the Company or the Bank, occurring
  prior to the execution of the employment agreements.  See "Employment 
  Contracts and Termination of Employment" for additional information on 
  indemnification agreements.
  
     The Bank entered into an indemnification agreement with Mr. Thayer 
  Prentice, former Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive 
  Officer of the Company and the Bank.  The Bank obtained an irrevocable 
  standby letter of credit in the amount of $300,000 issued by Transpacific
  National Bank on December 30, 1995 on behalf of Thayer T. Prentice as 
  collateral for the Bank's obligations under its indemnification
  agreement.  The indemnification agreement expires August 31, 1997.
  
  Background Information
  
     In 1995, the Company recorded its first year of profit since 1990.
  During the period from 1991 through 1994, the Company suffered an aggregate
  of $74.6 million in losses, primarily as a result
  
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  of defaulted loans secured by real estate and losses on direct real
  estate investments.  The Company and the Bank succeeded in avoiding 
  insolvency during this period  only through the injection of new capital
  by the Company's Principal Stockholder, Mr. Putra Masagung.  As of October
  31, 1996, Mr. Masagung had contributed $54.6 million in new capital to 
  the Company and pursuant to the February 26, 1996 agreement has committed
  to contribute an additional $1.0 million.  
  
     The losses caused impairment of capital, and the breach of restrictions 
  and requirements on the Bank's and the Company's business activities 
  imposed by various regulatory authorities.  Presently, the Company is 
  operating under a Written Agreement (the "Written Agreement") with the 
  Federal Reserve Bank  (the "FRB") which imposes restrictions and 
  requirements including dividend restrictions, and the Bank is operating
  under two Orders to Cease & Desist (the "Orders").  The Orders were
  issued by the California State Department of Banking (the "SBD") and the 
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporations (the "FDIC").  As of October 31, 
  1996, the Company and the Bank are in full compliance with the Written 
  Agreement and the Orders, respectively. The Bank achieved full compliance
  with the Orders during the second quarter of 1996 primarily as a result
  of the continued capital infusions from the Principal Stockholder
  in 1996 through the purchase of shares of Series D Preferred Stock under
  the February 26, 1996 agreement.
  
     The Superintendent of Banks for the State of California has issued
  numerous Capital Impairment Orders (the "Impairment Order") to the Bank.
  The most recent Impairment Order dated August 15, 1996, orders the Bank
  to correct the impairment of its contributed capital within 60 days.
  In response to the August 15, 1996 Impairment Order, the Bank notified the
  SBD that it did not believe it would be in a position to comply with 
  the order within 60 days, and requested the SBD's cooperation as the 
  Company and the Bank continue to endeavor to achieve the requirements 
  necessary to effect a quasi-reorganization which would eliminate the
  negative retained deficit and the impairment.  The SBD has not yet agreed 
  to a quasi-reorganization.  See the Company's 1995 Annual Report for 
  more discussion on the Written Agreement, the Orders and the Impairment 
  Order.
  
     As a result of the losses incurred by the Company, the American Stock
  Exchange (the "AMEX") suspended trading of the Company's Common Stock 
  on April 10, 1995.  On November 1, 1995, the Company informed the AMEX 
  that it did not object to the removal of its Common Stock from listing 
  and registration on the AMEX, and on November 2, 1995, the AMEX applied 
  to the SEC for permission to delist the Company's Common Stock.  
  Presently, the Company's Common Stock is trading over-the-counter.  Van 
  Kasper & Company located at 600 California Street, Suite
  1700, San Francisco, California, telephone number (800)652-1747, is making 
  a market in the Company's Common Stock.
  
  Capital Contributions - 1995 and 1996
  
     During 1995 and 1996, the Company's Principal Stockholder contributed
  $7.8 million in capital to the Company through the purchase of shares of 
  Series D Preferred Stock.  As of October 31, 1996, he held 390,000 shares 
  of Series D Preferred Stock. The description of the rights and
  preferences of the Series D Preferred Stock are discussed in 
  PROPOSAL TWO: AUTHORIZATION OF THE CONVERSION OF
  SERIES D PREFERRED STOCK AND AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE
  OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF
  SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK.
  
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     Investments by Principal Stockholder in 1995
  
     As a result of the failure to meet certain minimum capital requirements
  as of December 31, 1994, in 1995, the Company's Principal Stockholder 
  contributed $4.3 million in capital to the Company through the purchase 
  of 215,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock at a price of $20.00 
  per share.  
  
     Investments by Principal Stockholder in 1996
  
     As a result of the continuing non-compliance with the Orders at the 
  end of 1995 and to provide for opportunity for growth, the Company and 
  its Principal Stockholder entered into an agreement (the "February 26, 
  1996 agreement") whereby the Company's Principal Stockholder committed 
  to invest an additional $4.5 million through the purchase of 225,000 
  shares of Series D Preferred Stock and the Warrants to acquire up to
  500,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock at an exercise price of
  $20.00 per share.  The Warrants will be exercisable in whole or in part
  at any time after the Principal Stockholder completes his purchase of 
  the 225,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to the February 
  26, 1996 agreement, but in no event later than February 26, 2003.
  
     As of October 31, 1996, the Company's Principal Stockholder had 
  contributed $3.5 million of the $4.5 million he committed to contribute
  pursuant to the February 26, 1996 agreement.  The remaining $1.0 million
  is due by December 31, 1996.  The Company intends to issue 2,950,000 
  shares of the Common Stock upon the receipt of the remaining $1.0 million
  if the Conversion of each share of Series D Preferred Stock into 59 shares
  of the Common Stock as described in PROPOSAL TWO is approved. 
  (see the table on page 31)
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               PROPOSAL ONE: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
  
  Directors and Nominees
  
     The bylaws of the Company provide a procedure for nomination for 
  election of members of the Board of Directors, which procedure is printed 
  in full in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders accompanying this 
  Proxy Statement.  If nomination is not made in accordance with the 
  procedures set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the
  Chairman of the Annual Meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and 
  declare at the Annual Meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance
  with the procedures set forth in the bylaws and direct that the defective
  nomination be disregarded.
  
     The bylaws of the Company presently provide that the number of directors
  of the Company is subject to adjustment by resolution of the Board of 
  Directors, and the Board of Directors have adopted a resolution setting 
  the number of directors at nine (9).  Pursuant to the reincorporation of 
  the Company in Delaware in 1988, the Board of Directors is divided into 
  three classes (Class I, Class II, and Class III).  The bylaws prescribe 
  that the three classes shall be as nearly equal in number as possible. 
  Accordingly, Classes I, II and III are each comprised of three (3) 
  directors.  Each director serves for a term ending on the date of the 
  third annual meeting of the stockholders following the annual meeting at 
  which the director was elected.  The Class I, II and III directors are 
  presently serving until the Annual Meeting. Notwithstanding the above, 
  each director serves pursuant to the bylaws until his
  successor is duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation
  or removal.  
  
     The Board has had significant turnover since the 1994 annual meeting of
  stockholders, at which time the bylaws of the company provided for nine 
  (9) directors and there were eight (8) serving on the Board.  Four (4) of 
  the eight (8) directors have resigned since the 1994 annual meeting.  As 
  a result of the postponement of the 1995 annual meeting, and the nomination
  of five (5) new directors, all nine (9) directors are to be elected at
  the Annual Meeting.  
  
     Except as stated below, no director of the Company is a director of 
  any company with a class of securities registered pursuant to section 12 
  of the Exchange Act, or subject to the requirements of section 15(d) of the 
  Exchange Act or of any company registered as an investment company under
  the Investment the Company Act of 1940, as amended.  Except for the Bank,
  none of the corporations or organizations discussed below is an affiliate 
  of the Company.  No director, nominee for director or executive
  officer of the Company or the Bank has any family relationship with
  any other director or executive officer of the Company or director or 
  executive officer of the Bank.
  
     No vacancy on the Board of Directors will exist after the election 
  of directors pursuant to this PROPOSAL ONE.
  
     Class I Directors.  Three (3) Class I directors are to be elected at 
  the Annual Meeting, each to hold office until the Company's 1998 annual
  meeting of stockholders and until his respective successor is duly elected
  and qualified, or until his death, resignation or removal.  The nominees 
  for election as a Class I Director are Messrs. Gordon B. Swanson, James 
  E. Gilleran and Peter Foo.  Each is presently serving as a director. 
  The following sets forth as to each nominee for election as a Class
 
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  I director of the Company, such person's age, principal occupation during 
  at least the last five years, and the period during which each person 
  has served as a director of the Company.
  
  JAMES E. GILLERAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
  
     Mr. Gilleran has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 
     of the Company and the Bank since October 1994.  He served as 
     Superintendent of Banks for the State of California from 1989 to 1994. 
     At December 31, 1995, Mr. Gilleran was 62 years of age and he has 
     served as a director of the Company and the Bank since 1994.
  
  GORDON B. SWANSON  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
  
     Mr. Swanson has been Vice President of Real Estate with Levi Strauss &
     Company since 1993.  He served as President of G. B. Swanson & Co., 
     a real estate advisory firm from 1991 to 1992.  Mr. Swanson has served
     as Director Emeritus of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce since 
     1986 and as Managing Director of Jones Lang Wootton U.S.A., a 
     commercial real estate investment company, from 1989 to 1991.  At 
     December 31, 1995, Mr. Swanson was 51 years of age and he has served
     as a director of the Company and the Bank since 1985.
  
  PETER FOO  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
  
     Mr. Foo has been the President of Peninsula Holdings Inc. since 1993.
     He was the co-owner of Ampac Trading (USA) Co. from 1980 to 1993.  At 
     December 31, 1995, Mr. Foo was 48 years of age.  He has served as a 
     director of the Company and the Bank since 1996.
  
  
     Class II Directors.  Three (3) Class II directors are to be elected at 
  the Annual Meeting, each to hold office until the Company's 1999 annual 
  meeting of stockholders and until his respective successor is duly elected
  and qualified, or until his death, resignation or removal.  The nominees 
  for election as a Class II Director are Messrs. Kent D. Price, Steven
  R. Champion and Nicholas Unkovic.  Each is presently serving
  as a director.  The following sets forth as to each nominee for election 
  as a Class II director of the Company, such person's age, principal 
  occupation during at least the last five years, and the period during 
  which each person has served as a director of the Company.
  
  STEVEN R. CHAMPION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
  
     Mr. Champion has served as President and Chief Financial Officer of San
     Francisco and East Asia Capital Management since January 1995.  Mr. 
     Champion was the Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of the 
     Company and the Bank, and Chief Investment Officer of the Bank, from 
     August 1993 to October 1994.  He served as Chief International 
     Investment Officer of Bank of America from 1992 to 1993, President and 
     Chief Executive Officer of the R.O.C. - Taiwan Fund from 1989 to 1992,
     and President and Chief Executive Officer of International Investment
     Trust Company in Taipei, Taiwan from 1987 to 1992. At December 31,
     1995, Mr. Champion was 50 years of age and he has served as a
     director of the Company and the Bank since 1993.
  
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  KENT D. PRICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
  
     Mr. Price has served as Executive Vice President of IBM since September 
     1994. Mr. Price was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the 
     Company and the Bank from September 1993 to August 1994.  He served as
     Executive Vice President, Private Banking and Corporate Development of 
     Bank of America from 1991 to 1993; Chief Financial Officer and 
     Executive Vice President of Bank of New England Corporation from 1990 
     to 1991; and Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and 
     Director of Barr Rosenberg Investment Management in 1990.  At December 
     31, 1995, Mr. Price was 52 years of age and he has served
     as a director of the Company since 1993 and was a director of the 
     Bank from 1993 to 1994.            
  
  NICHOLAS UNKOVIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
  
     Mr. Unkovic has been a partner for the law firm of Graham & James LLP 
     for more than five years and has been a partner at Graham & James LLP
     during the past five years.  At December 31, 1995, Mr. Unkovic was 44 
     years of age and he has served as a director of the Company since 1994
     and as director of the Bank since 1996.
  
  
     Class III Directors.  Three (3) Class III directors are to be elected
  at the Annual Meeting, each to hold office until the Company's 1997 annual
  meeting of stockholders and until his respective successor is duly elected
  and qualified, or until his death, resignation or removal.  The nominees
  for election as a Class III Director are Messrs.  Willard D. Sharpe,
  Gary Williams and Jackson Schultz.  Each is presently serving as
  a director.  The following sets forth as to each nominee for election as 
  a Class III director of the Company, such person's age, principal 
  occupation during at least the last five years, and the period during 
  which each person has served as a director of the Company.
  
  JACKSON SCHULTZ  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
  
     Mr. Schultz is a retired banker who has provided consulting services to
     Wells Fargo Bank for more than five years.  Prior to consulting, Mr. 
     Schultz served as a Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo.  At December 
     31, 1995, Mr. Schultz was 70 years of age and he has served as a 
     director of the Company and the Bank since 1996.
  
  WILLARD D. SHARPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
  
     Mr. Sharpe is a retired economist who, at the time of his retirement 
     in 1987, served as a Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank and as the 
     Bank's chief economist for Asia.  In addition, since 1993, Mr. Sharpe
     has been a Vice President of two privately held companies involved in 
     efforts to explore prospects for investment in Vietnam.  At December 
     31, 1995, Mr. Sharpe was 72 years of age and he has served as a 
     director of the Company and the Bank since 1993.
  
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  GARY WILLIAMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
  
     Mr. Williams has served as the Dean of the McLaren School of Business
     School at the University of San Francisco since 1986.  At December 31,
     1995, Mr. Williams was 63 years of age and he has served as a director 
     of the Company and the Bank since 1996.
  
  
  Committees of the Boards of Directors
  
     The Company's Board of Directors held twelve (12) meetings during 1995 
  and acted on several items by unanimous written consent.  Mr. Price 
  attended less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the Board meetings during
  1995. 
  
     The Company and the Bank reorganized their committee structures in
  November 1994.  The following sets forth information with respect to the
  committees of the Company's and the Bank's Board of Directors following 
  such revisions.   The Company's Board of Directors presently does not have
  a standing nominating committee.
  
  Present Committees
  
        The Company Personnel/Compensation Committee presently includes 
     outside directors Unkovic, Schultz, Williams, and Sharpe and one 
     employee director, Mr. Gilleran.  This Committee has responsibility for
     all personnel and compensation policy matters pertaining to Bank 
     employees, officers and directors.  It also monitors the Company's 
     compliance with laws and regulations applicable uniquely to the 
     protection of employees and officers.  This Committee met 
     eleven (11) times in the 1995 fiscal year.
  
        The Bank Personnel Committee presently includes directors Schultz,
     Gilleran, Unkovic, Sharpe, McGrath, Williams, and one non-director 
     executive officer. This Committee is responsible for the oversight of 
     the management and administration of the benefit plans and monitoring 
     employment practices of the Bank's employees and officers.  This 
     Committee met eleven (11) times in the 1995 fiscal year.
  
        The Company Audit and Examining Committee presently includes outside
     directors Sharpe, Champion, Foo, Schultz and Unkovic.  Mr. Gilleran 
     serves as an advisor to the Committee.  This Committee evaluates Company
     performance and compliance with respect to the Written Agreement and  
     other reports of examination from the FRB and appoints the Company's
     outside auditors'. It also initiates suitable audit examinations of 
     the Company's internal controls to preserve the Company's assets, 
     and reviews periodic reports from outside auditors. This Committee 
     met eleven (11) times in the 1995 fiscal year.
  
        The Bank's Regulatory Committee presently includes outside directors
     Swanson, Champion, Foo, Sharpe, Unkovic, and Schultz.  This Committee is
     responsible for reviewing management's progress toward meeting and 
     resolving all conditions contained in the Orders, monitoring compliance
     with regulations, and monitoring corrective actions taken with regard 
     to reports of examination issued by the FDIC and SBD.
  
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      The Bank Loan, Investment and Special Assets Committee presently 
     includes directors Gilleran, McGrath, Unkovic, Swanson and Foo with
     directors Champion and Williams as alternate Committee members, and 
     one non-director executive officer.  The Committee examines and 
     approves loans above a specified size and monitors regular reviews of 
     the entire loan portfolio.  This Committee is responsible for lending,
     credit, investment and asset/liability management policies and 
     monitors compliance with such policies.  This Committee is
     responsible for oversight and some approval actions related to the
     Bank's nonperforming assets and adversely classified performing assets.
     This Committee met nineteen (19) times in the 1995 fiscal year.
  
  Executive Officers and Other Significant Officers
  
     Each executive officer is selected annually by the Board of Directors 
  pursuant to provisions of the bylaws of the Company and the Bank.  The 
  following is a list of executive officers of the Company and/or Bank, 
  their occupation for the previous five years, age and the length of 
  service as an officer.
  
  JAMES E. GILLERAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
     
     (See description of Mr. Gilleran's position with the Company and the 
     Bank, and his background under the heading "Directors and Nominees").
  
  JOHN McGRATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
        
     Mr. McGrath has served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief
     Credit Officer of the Bank since December 1995.  He served as President
     and Chief Executive Officer of Sacramento First National Bank from 1982
     to 1995.  At December 31, 1995, Mr. McGrath was 53 years of age and he
     has been serving as a director and officer of the Bank since 1995.
  
  JOANNE GREENWOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
        
     Ms. Greenwood has served as Executive Vice President and Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the Bank, and Secretary of the Bank and the
     Company since March 1996.  She served as Executive Vice President and 
     Chief Financial Officer of Sacramento First National Bank from 1982 to 
     1995.  At December 31, 1995, Ms. Greenwood was 54 years of age.
  
  KEARY COLWELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
  
     Ms. Colwell has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial 
     Officer of the Bank since April 1996 and as Chief Accounting Officer 
     and Assistant Secretary of the Company since October 1993.  She served 
     as Senior Vice President and Controller of the Bank and the Company 
     from 1992 to 1996.  Prior to joining the Company and the Bank, she 
     served as Vice President at First Nationwide Bank from 1988 to 1992.
     At December 31, 1995, Ms. Colwell was 36 years of age.
  
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  Executive Compensation
  
     Decisions on the compensation of the Company's and the Bank's 
  executives are generally made by the four-member Personnel/Compensation 
  Committee.  The members of the Personnel/Compensation Committee are  
  members of the Board of Directors of the Company.  All decisions by the 
  Personnel/Compensation Committee relating to the compensation of the 
  Company's and the Bank's executive officers are reviewed by the Company's 
  and the Bank's full Boards of Directors, except for decisions about awards
  under certain of the Company's stock-based compensation plans, which are
  made solely by the Committee in order for the grants or awards
  under such plans to satisfy Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.  Set 
  forth below is a report of the Personnel/Compensation Committee addressing
  the Company's compensation policies for 1995 as they affected the Chief 
  Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank serving at the end of 1995, 
  the Chief Operating Officer of the Bank in 1995, and an officer who would 
  have qualified for disclosure if he had not terminated employment,
  (collectively, the "Named Executives") as of December 31, 1995.  The
  Named Executives' compensation in 1995 is shown in the "Executive
  Compensation Tables" below.  
  
  Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation in Compensation
  Decisions
  
     The Company's Personnel/Compensation Committee, which during 1995
  consisted of Mrs. Donna Miller Casey, Mr. Gilleran (Chairman and Chief
  Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank), Mr. Unkovic and Mr. Sharpe,
  makes decisions with respect to the compensation of executive officers.
  In 1996, Mr. Schultz  filled Mrs. Casey's position as Chairman of the
  Personnel/Compensation Committee. There are no director interlocks.
  
  Board of Directors' Fees
  
     The Company and the Bank pay director fees to each outside Director for
  attendance at Board meetings and Committee meetings, which are held 
  monthly.  The fee for attendance at a Board meeting is $750 per meeting.
  The Chairman of each committee receives $300 and each member receives 
  $200 for each committee meeting attended.   
  
  Compensation Philosophy
  
     The compensation policies adopted by the Personnel/Compensation 
  Committee and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and the 
  Bank in 1992, and continued since then, were designed to provide
  competitive levels of compensation, reward improvements in corporate 
  performance, recognize above-average individual achievements and
  initiative, and thereby assist the Bank in attracting and retaining
  qualified employees.
  
     The Personnel/Compensation Committee either approved or recommended to
  the Board of Directors payment amounts and award levels for all executives
  of the Bank including the Named Executives.  With regard to compensation 
  actions affecting Mr. Gilleran, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 
  the Company and Bank, all of the non-employee members of the Board of 
  Directors acted as the approving body.
  
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   The Company and the Bank experienced substantial financial losses from
  1991 to 1994 and continued to be in noncompliance with various regulatory
  orders, as described under "Background Information" above.  During such 
  period as well as during 1995, the Named Executives were required to 
  devote a substantial and unusual amount of time and effort in dealing with
  non-performing assets, raising new capital, responding to regulatory
  concerns and implementing changes in operating systems and controls.
  Consequently, the use of traditional corporate performance measures such
  as earnings per share or increases in book value to determine executive
  compensation was not considered to be in the Company's best interests.
  Therefore, there was no direct relationship in 1994 or 1995 between
  executive compensation and the Company's financial performance, 
  either as compared to the Company's prior performance or as compared 
  to the banking companies with which the Company competes for executive
  talent.  Instead, the 1994 and 1995 executive compensation programs of
  the Bank were designed to provide compensation which would allow the
  Bank to attract and retain talented and experienced executives necessary
  for management of the Bank's turnaround program.  The focus of the 
  executive compensation program was on base salary and longer term 
  incentives through the grant of stock options.  None of the Named
  Executives received a cash bonus in 1994 or 1995.  
  
     Going forward, in addition to the philosophies described above, the 
  Committee will also be guided by the terms of the FDIC Order in setting 
  executive compensation.  The FDIC Order provides that, without the 
  prior written approval of the FDIC, the Bank may not (a) pay a bonus 
  to an executive officer, or (b) provide compensation to an executive 
  officer at a rate exceeding his or her average rate of compensation
  (excluding bonuses, stock options and profit-sharing) during the twelve
  (12) calendar months preceding the months in which the Bank first became
  undercapitalized.
 
  Executive Compensation Tables
  
     Summary of 1993-1995 Compensation.  The following table sets forth the 
  annual compensation, long-term compensation and other compensation paid 
  to each of the Named Executives.  Compensation is listed as of December 
  31, 1995, 1994 and 1993.
 
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                           SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

<CAPTION>
                       Annual compensation    Long term compensation
                                                     Awards
                   Salary   Bonus  Other   Restricted             All other
                   ($)      ($)    annual  stock                  compen-
                                   compen- award(s)    Options/   sation
                                   sation  (1)         SARs(#)(4) ($) (2)
Name and principal
position      Year              
 (a)           (b) (c)      (d)    (e)       (f)         (g)      (i)
<S>           <C>  <C>      <C>    <C>      <C>         <C>        <C>  
Chairman/CEO                     
James E.       1995 262,507      0        0         0            0       0
Gilleran       1994  51,681      0    7,936         0    313,369(3)      0    
               1993       0      0        0         0            0       0

President/COO- 1995       0      0   11,308         0            0       0
COO/Bank       1994       0      0        0         0            0       0
John McGrath   1993       0      0        0         0            0       0

EVP - Former   1995 142,339      0        0         0            0  29,327
Stephen V. R.  1994 150,000      0        0         0            0       0
 Spaulding     1993  25,096      0   17,692         0            0       0

(1)         "Other annual compensation" consists solely of consulting fees
            paid for consulting services prior to formal appointment into 
            designated positions.  

(2)         "All other compensation" consists of group term life insurance
            coverage and severance expenses related to the termination of
            employment.

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(3)         These options were granted pursuant to Mr. Gilleran's 
            employment described under PROPOSAL ONE: ELECTION OF
            DIRECTORS-Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment.

(4)         The options granted are out-of-the-money with an exercise 
            price of $5.68 per share.


          401(k) Profit Sharing Plan.  In 1986 the Company established a 
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan(the "Plan") which is intended to qualify under
Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.  The Plan permits
each participating employee with six months of service to contribute to the
Plan through payroll deductions ("salary deferral contributions") of from 
2% to 16% of the participant's eligible compensation from the Company and
its subsidiaries, thereby deferring taxes on all or a portion of these 
amounts.  Under the Plan, the Company currently will match a participant's
tax deferred contributions by an amount equal to 100% of such contribution
for each year, except that the matching contribution by the Company for the
participant may not exceed 2% of the participant's eligible compensation 
for that year.

          The Company may also make additional contributions to the Plan in 
such amounts as may be determined by the Company's Board of Directors.  Any
such additional contributions are allocated among Plan participants based
upon their compensation levels.  The Company's contribution vests 100% 
after a participant has completed five years of participation in the Plan, 
with vesting of 20% per year for each of years one through five.  In 
addition, the Company's contribution vests upon a participant's retirement
at age 65 or upon a participant's death or permanent disability.
Participants are entitled to receive their salary deferral contributions 
and vested benefits under the Plan upon termination of employment, 
retirement, death or disability.  Participants have the right to allocate 
their salary deferral contributions among four different investment funds.  


Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment

          Employment Agreement of Mr. Gilleran.  The Company and the Bank 
entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Gilleran dated October 1, 
1994 which provided, among other things, for Mr. Gilleran to receive an 
annual salary of at least $250,000 per year, payable in accordance with
the Bank's usual payment practices.  Mr. Gilleran's annual base salary 
will be increased to $300,000 upon the conclusion of the Company's third 
consecutive profitable quarter, subject to regulatory approval.  In addition,
the employment agreement provides for an annual cash performance bonus of
between 0% and 100% of base salary, and a special incentive one-time bonus 
of $150,000 at such time that the condition of the Company and the Bank 
are deemed satisfactory.  The employment contract expires on September 30, 
1998.

          The agreement provides that the Board of Directors shall grant 
Mr. Gilleran options under the 1993 Executive Stock Option Plan to acquire 
shares of the Company's Common Stock equal to 5% of the fully-diluted 
shares of the Common Stock, with additional anti-dilution options to be 
granted in the future as necessary to maintain the 5% interest until after 
the next public offering of the Company's Common Stock.  If PROPOSAL 
THREE, (which involves the approval of the Amended and Restated 1993 
Stock Option Plan), is approved, for purposes of determining the number of

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fully-diluted shares, the Common Stock issuable on the exercise of the 
Warrants would not be counted until they become exercisable.  Effective 
October 1, 1994, options to acquire 313,369 shares of the Common Stock 
were granted to Mr. Gilleran pursuant to his employment agreement.  The 
exercise price of these options is $5.68 per share.

          Based on the capitalization of the Company as of October 31, 1996, 
and assuming the Conversion of Series D Preferred Stock into the Common 
Stock and the issuance of additional shares of the Common Stock to Mr. 
Putra Masagung in accordance with the February 26, 1996 agreement and 
the exercise of the Warrants if PROPOSAL TWO (which involves the approval 
of the Conversion) is approved, Mr. Gilleran would hold options to 
purchase 313,369 shares of the Common Stock with an exercise price of 
$5.68 per share and options to purchase 3,165,381 shares of the Common 
Stock with an exercise price of $0.34 per share (the effective price of 
the Second Quarter 1995 and the 1996 investments by Mr. Masagung).  The 
options granted to Mr. Gilleran, including those granted if PROPOSAL TWO 
is approved, vest over a three-year period, with one-third vesting on 
each anniversary date of the employment agreement except that if the 
Company closes a public offering of its shares of the Common Stock all 
options will vest.  As of October 31, 1996, his options are 66.6% vested.
The exercise price of subsequent anti-dilution options would be at 
then-current fair market value per share of the Common Stock or the price 
per share for the Common Stock issued to others in a public offering of
the Company's Common Stock.  

          Under the employment agreement, Mr. Gilleran is indemnified by 
the Company and the Bank from any liability or expense arising as a result 
of actions taken by the Company or the Bank, or events relating to the 
business of the Company or the Bank, occurring prior to the execution of 
the employment agreement.  Subject to certain limitations, Mr. Gilleran is 
also indemnified by the Company and the Bank from any liability or expense 
arising as a result of actions taken by the Company or the Bank, or 
events relating to the business of the Company or the Bank, occurring 
after the execution of the employment agreement, unless such liability or 
expense is due to his bad faith or gross negligence.  

          Employment Agreement of Mr. McGrath.  The Bank entered into an
employment agreement with Mr. McGrath dated November 27, 1995 which 
provides, among other things, for Mr. McGrath to receive an annual 
salary of at least $170,000 per year, payable in accordance with the Bank's 
usual payment practices.  In addition, the employment agreement provides 
for an annual cash performance bonus of between 0% and 50% of base salary.
The employment contract expires on November 27, 1998.

          The agreement provides that the Board of Directors shall grant 
Mr. McGrath options under the 1993 Executive Stock Option Plan to acquire 
shares of the Company's Common Stock equal to 1% of the fully-diluted 
shares of the Common Stock, with additional anti-dilution options to be
granted in the future as necessary to maintain the 1% interest until 
after the next public offering of the Company's Common Stock.  For 
purposes of determining the number of fully-diluted shares of the 
Common Stock, the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants 
would not be counted until they become exercisable.  The initial grant of
options to acquire 62,819 shares of the Common Stock are to be granted 
effective November 27, 1995.

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          Based on the capitalization of the Company as of October 31, 1996,
and assuming the conversion of Series D Preferred Stock into the Common 
Stock and the issuance of additional shares of the Common Stock and the 
Warrants to Mr. Putra Masagung in accordance with the February 26,
1996 agreement and the exercise of the Warrants, if PROPOSAL TWO is 
approved, Mr. McGrath would hold options to purchase 695,750 shares of the 
Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.34 per share (the effective 
price of the Second Quarter 1995 and 1996 investments by Mr. Masagung). 
The options granted to Mr. McGrath, including those granted if PROPOSAL 
TWO is approved, vest over a three-year period, with one-third vesting on 
each anniversary date of the employment agreement except that if the 
Company closes a public offering of its shares of the Common Stock all
options will vest.  As of October 31, 1996, none of his options are vested.
The exercise price of subsequent anti-dilution options would be at then-
current fair market value per share of the Common Stock or the price per 
share of the Common Stock issued to others in a public offering of the 
Company's Common Stock.  

          Under the employment agreement, Mr. McGrath is indemnified by the 
Bank from any liability or expense arising as a result of actions taken by 
the Bank or the Company, or events relating to the business of the Bank 
or the Company, occurring prior to the execution of the employment agreement. 
Subject to certain limitations, Mr. McGrath is also indemnified by the 
Bank from any liability or expense arising as a result of actions taken by 
the Bank or the Company, or events relating to the business of the Bank 
or the Company, occurring after the execution of the employment agreement,
unless such liability or expense is due to the his bad faith or gross
negligence.
  
          Separation Agreements with Certain Former Executive Officers of 
the Bank.  During 1994, certain executive officers resigned from their 
employment with the Bank.  Effective September 16, 1994, Mr. Price 
resigned as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank and the Company. 
Effective November 1, 1994, Mr. Champion resigned as Vice Chairman and
Chief Financial Officer of the Bank and the Company.  

          The separation agreements with Messrs. Price and Champion provide 
for the termination of prior employment agreements with them.  In 
consideration for the termination of such employment agreements, the Board
of Directors granted each of Messrs. Price and Champion options under the
1993 Executive Stock Option Plan to acquire shares of the Company's Common 
Stock equal to 1% and 2%, respectively, of the fully-diluted shares of the 
Common Stock, with additional anti-dilution options to be granted in 
the future as necessary to maintain the 1% and 2% interest, respectively,
until after the next public offering of the Company's Common Stock.  For 
purposes of determining the number of fully-diluted shares of the Common 
Stock, the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are not 
counted until they become exercisable.  As of December 31, 1995, the total
options granted to Messrs, Price and Champion are 62,674 and 125,348, 
respectively.  The exercise price of these options is $5.68 per share of 
the Common Stock.

          Based on the capitalization of the Company as of October 31, 1996,
and assuming the conversion of Series D Preferred Stock into the Common 
Stock and the issuance of additional shares of the Common Stock to Mr. 
Putra Masagung in accordance with the February 26, 1996 agreement
and exercise of the Warrants, if PROPOSAL TWO is approved, Mr. Price 
would hold options to purchase an additional 633,076 shares of the 
Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.34 per share, and Mr. Champion 
would hold options to purchase an additional 1,266,151 shares of the Common

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Stock.  The $0.34 per share exercise price of the options is the 
effective price of the Second Quarter 1995 and 1996 investments by Mr. 
Masagung, and the exercise price of subsequent anti-dilution options 
would be at the then-current fair market value per share of the Common Stock
or the price per share of the Common Stock issued to others in a public 
offering of the Company's Common Stock.  The options granted to Messrs. 
Price and Champion vest immediately.

Compliance with Reporting Requirements of Section 16

          Under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, the Company's directors,
executive officers, and any person holding ten percent (10%) or more of the
Company's Common Stock are required to report their ownership of any class 
of stock and any changes in that ownership to the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (the "SEC") and to furnish the Company with copies of such 
reports.  Specific due dates for these reports have been established, and 
the Company is required to report any failure to file on a timely basis 
by such persons.  Based solely upon review of copies of reports filed with
the SEC during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, all reporting 
persons filed reports on a timely basis, except for Form 4 Statement of 
Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Form 4) and Form 5 Annual Statement of 
Changes in Beneficial Ownership, from Mr. Putra Masagung, the Principal
Stockholder, with respect to the purchases of Series D Preferred Stock and 
the sale of 525,000 shares of the Common Stock during 1995. 


PROPOSAL TWO:  AUTHORIZATION OF THE CONVERSION OF THE SERIES D
         PREFERRED STOCK AND THE AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF
      INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF THE COMMON
                                  STOCK

Introduction

          The Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously adopted a 
resolution that submits for stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting a 
proposal to provide for the Conversion of all outstanding shares of 
Series D Preferred Stock and the substitution of shares of the Common Stock
for shares of Series D Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to the February 
26, 1996 agreement and the Warrants as of December 31, 1996.  A vote in 
favor of PROPOSAL TWO willconstitute a vote in favor of the proposed 
amendment of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to increase the 
authorized the Common Stock from 40,000,000 to 100,000,000, as shown in 
Appendix A and will constitute a vote in favor of the Conversion of the 
Series D Preferred Stock to the Common Stock resulting in a significant 
increase in the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding.

Reason for Approving PROPOSAL TWO

          As described in more detail in "Background Information" above, 
the Company's Principal Stockholder desired to purchase the Common Stock in
1995 and 1996, and the Board of Directors would have approved such a sale
to him at that time if that sale could have been accomplished in a timely
fashion to comply with the Written Agreement and the Orders.  When the 
Company's Principal Stockholder agreed to purchase shares of Series D 
Preferred Stock and Warrants to purchase shares of Series D Preferred 
Stock, which shares would be convertible into the Common Stock, subject to

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obtaining stockholder approval, the Board agreed to recommend to the 
stockholders that they approve the Conversion.  Not only is approval of 
the Conversion a matter of fairness to the Principal Stockholder, who 
provided critically-needed capital to the Company upon very short notice,
management also believes that causing the Conversion of the Series D 
Preferred Stock will greatly simplify the capital structure of the 
Company and perhaps make it easier to raise additional capital
in the future.  The Conversion will result in the conversion of each share
of Series D Preferred Stock into 59 shares of the Common Stock.  The 
Conversion of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding and 
issuable pursuant to the February 26, 1996 agreement, the Warrants, and 
the options for shares of the Common Stock to be issued under the 
anti-dilution provisions of the employment and separations agreements,
require at least 75,000,000 shares of the Common Stock to be authorized. 
To provide sufficient shares of the Common Stock for further issuance, the 
Board of Directors has determined that the appropriate number of shares of 
authorized the Common Stock should be 100,000,000.

          If PROPOSAL TWO is approved, the Company shall eliminate the Series
D Preferred Stock entirely as a separate class of the Company's stock by 
filing a Certificate of Elimination with the Delaware Secretary of 
State's Office, stating that no shares of Series D Preferred are outstanding
and that the Company does not plan on issuing any shares of the Series D 
Preferred Stock.

          The approval of PROPOSAL TWO will result in significant dilution 
of existing stockholders. 

          Although dividends on the Series D Preferred Stock are not 
cumulative and it is highly unlikely that the Company will pay dividends on 
any class of its capital stock in the foreseeable future, conversion of 
the Series D Preferred Stock will eliminate the requirement that dividends
at the rate of 9% per annum be paid on the Series D Preferred Stock in any 
given year before dividends can be paid on the Common Stock, and will 
eliminate the liquidation preference of $20.00 per share of Series D 
Preferred Stock that would otherwise be paid on the Series D Preferred Stock
on the dissolution and liquidation of the Company.  These dividend and
liquidation preferences of the Series D Preferred Stock may make an
investment in the Company's Common Stock less attractive.

          In addition, although capital attributable to noncumulative 
preferred stock such as the Series D Preferred Stock is normally included 
in Tier 1 capital for the Company and the Bank under FRB and FDIC 
regulatory minimum capital requirements, the applicable regulations of 
both agencies also indicate that it is desirable from a supervisory 
standpoint that voting common equity remain the dominant form of Tier 1 
capital. 
          
          If the Principal Stockholder were to vote all of his shares of 
the Common Stock and Series D Preferred Stock in favor of PROPOSAL TWO,
approval of PROPOSAL TWO would be assured. 


Ownership of Series D Preferred Stock

          At present, the Principal Stockholder owns all of the 390,000 
shares of Series D Preferred Stock that are issued and outstanding.  

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Description of Series D Preferred Stock

          The principal features of the Certificate of Designation of the 
Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to which the Series D Preferred Stock was
established are as follows:

          1.   Dividends.  Holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock 
are entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors
of the Company, an annual cash dividend of One Dollar and Eighty Cents
($1.80) per share, payable semi-annually in April and October of each year,
before any dividends can be paid on the Common Stock of the Company.
Dividends on the Series D Preferred Stock are junior to payment of
dividends at the stated annual rate of Fifty-Six Cents ($.56) per share
on the Series B Preferred Stock.  Dividends on the Series D Preferred
Stock are not cumulative and the Board of Directors has the right at any 
time to eliminate or defer such dividends during any fiscal year of the 
Company.  If PROPOSAL TWO is approved, it is likely that no dividends 
will ever be paid on the Series D Preferred Stock.  Even if PROPOSAL TWO 
is not approved, it is highly unlikely that the Company will pay dividends
on the Series D Preferred Stock in the foreseeable future.

          2.   Voting Rights.  Subject to applicable law, the holders of 
shares of Series D Preferred Stock are entitled to one vote per each share
of Series D Preferred Stock on all matters on which stockholders are
entitled to vote, including the election of directors.  Holders of shares 
of Series D Preferred Stock generally vote with the holders of shares of 
the Common Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock as a single class, except
that the holders of shares of the Series D Preferred Stock are entitled 
to vote as a separate class on any modifications to the rights of the 
holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock and otherwise as required by 
law.  The Series D Preferred Stock will vote as a separate class with 
respect to Proposal Two.

          3.   Liquidation Preference.  In the event of any liquidation, 
dissolution, receivership, bankruptcy or winding up of the Company, 
voluntarily or involuntarily, the holders of shares of Series D Preferred
Stock are entitled to receive the sum of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per share,
plus any declared but unpaid dividends thereon, before any distributions 
will be made to the holders of shares of the Common Stock or any other 
class of stock junior in preference upon liquidation, but after 
distributions at the rate of Seven Dollars ($7.00) per share on the Series 
B Preferred Stock and after or concurrent with distributions to be made at
the stated rate on any other preferred stock of any series ranking on 
a parity with or senior in preference upon liquidation to the Series D 
Preferred Stock.

          4.   Conversion.  Shares of the Series D Preferred Stock are not 
currently convertible.  If PROPOSAL TWO is approved by the stockholders 
at the Annual Meeting, each share of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding
will be mandatorily converted into 59 shares of the Common Stock (i.e.,
such shares will be converted at a conversion price of approximately
$0.34 per share of the Common Stock).

Effect of Conversion

          The Principal Stockholder currently owns and controls the voting
power of 5,076,126 or 88.0% of the issued and outstanding shares of the 
Common Stock and 390,000 or 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of
Series D Preferred Stock.  He currently does not own any of the 15,869
issued and outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.  If PROPOSAL
TWO is approved by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting causing all of 
the Principal Stockholder's shares of Series D 

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Preferred Stock to be converted into the Common Stock he would receive 
25,960,000 shares of the Common Stock and would then own 28,086,126 
shares of the Common Stock or approximately 97.6% of the Company's 
outstanding voting securities.  On a fully diluted basis, subject to the
issuance of options to purchase the Common Stock pursuant to options that
may be granted under theAmended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan, if 
PROPOSAL THREE is approved, the Principal Stockholder would own the 
Common Stock and the Warrants to acquire shares of the Common Stock 
totaling 60,536,126, or approximately 99.1% of the ownership of the 
Common Stock of the Company.  Thus, if PROPOSAL TWO is approved at the 
Annual Meeting, the Principal Stockholder's voting power and control over 
the Company will increase. If PROPOSAL TWO is approved and the Common Stock 
is issued to the Principal stockholder in accordance with the February 26,
1996 agreement, the book value per share of the Common Stock, as of 
September 30, 1996, would decline to $0.38 from $0.52 and the earnings per 
share of the Common Stock for the same period would decline from $0.10 to 
less than $0.01.  The holdings of the existing stockholders would be 
diluted by the Conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock.  In addition, 
the Principal Stockholder's control would increase further and existing 
stockholders will be further diluted if PROPOSAL TWO is approved by the 
stockholders, and the Principal Stockholder completes his acquisition of 
additional shares of the Company's Common Stock.    

          The following table assumes the Conversion of the Company's 
Series D Preferred Stock into the Common Stock pursuant to the February 26, 
1996 agreement as if the Conversion were effected October 31, 1996.


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                                            Directors and
                                             Executive        All
                 Masagung    Latief           Officers       Others
<S>             <C>          <C>              <C>           <C>
Common Stock    28,086,126   525,000             2,938      161,931

Percentage 
 ownership        97.6%         1.8%               0.0%        0.6%


          The following table assumes the Conversion of the Company's Series 
D Preferred Stock into the Common Stock and the issuance of additional the 
Common Stock pursuant to the February 26, 1996 agreement as if the 
Conversion, the issuance of additional the Common Stock, and the exercise
of the Warrants were effected as of October 31, 1996.  The figures shown 
below do not take into account the dilutive effect of the issuance of the 
Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of Options that may be granted 
pursuant to the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan as discussed
under PROPOSAL THREE.


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<CAPTION>                                     Director and
                                               Executive       All
                       Masagung   Mr. Latief    Officers      Others
<S>                   <C>         <C>           <C>           <C>
Common Stock and
Warrants              60,536,126    525,000        2,938        161,931

Percentage ownership   99.1%          0.7%          0.0%          0.2%

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          As a result of his existing ownership of the Common Stock, the 
Principal Stockholder has, and will in all likelihood continue to have for 
the near future, sufficient voting power to enable him to exercise 
control over virtually all aspects of the operations of the Company and 
the Bank except to the extent that he sells securities owned by him or 
other parties purchase additional securities.  If the Principal 
Stockholder were to vote all of his shares of the Common Stock and Series 
D Preferred Stock in favor of PROPOSAL TWO, approval would be assured.

Conversion Of Certain Shares Of Series D Preferred Stock

          The Series D Certificate of Designation provides that, upon 
obtaining the requisite approval of the stockholders of the Company 
holding Common Stock and series B Preferred Stock, all of 
the shares of Series D Preferred Stock that are owned by the Principal
Stockholder and which represent all the series D Preferred Stock 
outstanding will automatically be converted into shares of the Common Stock
as described above, at anytime from the date of adoption by the stockholders
as described herein. It is proposed that the conversion will occur as of
December 31, 1996.

Rights Of Dissenting Stockholders

          Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, stockholders of the 
Company are not entitled to any rights of appraisal or dissenters' rights 
in connection with the adoption of PROPOSAL TWO: AUTHORIZATION OF 
CONVERSION OF SERIES D PREFERRED STOCK AND AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE 
OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF THE COMMON STOCK.

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR
     PROPOSAL TWO:  AUTHORIZATION OF THE CONVERSION OF THE SERIES D
    PREFERRED STOCK AND AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
          TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF THE COMMON STOCK

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     PROPOSAL THREE: APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 1993 STOCK
               OPTION PLAN AND GRANTS TO CERTAIN DIRECTORS

Introduction

          The Board of Directors of the Company believe that a stock option
incentive program is an important factor in attracting, retaining, and 
motivating highly qualified employees and directors who will dedicate 
their productive efforts towards the advancement of the interests of the 
Company and the Bank.

          In 1994, the Board of Directors and the stockholders of the 
Company approved The 1993 Executive Stock Option Plan and the 1993 
Nonemployee Directors Stock Option Plan, (collectively the "1993 Plans").
The Board of Directors has approved and is submitting to the stockholders 
for approval the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan.  If PROPOSAL 
THREE is approved, the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan will 
consolidate the 1993 Plans under one plan, and the options available for 
grant under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan will increase
to 9,000,000.  

          Further, each of the Board of Directors is submitting to the 
stockholders for approval, the initial grant of options to purchase 
26,438 shares of the Common Stock to each of directors Swanson,
Unkovic, Sharpe, Williams, Schultz, and Foo under the Amended and 
Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan as described below.  The stockholders 
are being asked to approve such grants to ensure that the directors will 
maintain their disinterested status and, therefore, are able to take the 
actions necessary to administer the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock 
Option Plan.

          Set forth below are descriptions of the principal terms and 
conditions of the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan.  The 
following descriptions are summaries and do not purport to be fully 
descriptive and reference should be made to the actual Amended and Restated
1993 Stock Option Plan for more detailed information.  Copies of the Amended 
and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan are attached to this Proxy Statement
as Appendix B.

Purchase Price of Shares Issuable Upon Exercise of Options

          The exercise price of options under the Amended and Restated 1993 
Stock Option Plan shall be such price, as is determined by a Committee 
of the Board of Directors, consisting of outside disinterested directors 
(the "Committee"), which shall in no event be less than the fair market 
value of the shares of the Common Stock on the date the option is granted.
The fair market value of the Common Stock shall be determined by the
Committee, using such criteria as it deems relevant; provided however, 
that if there is a public market for the Common Stock, the fair market 
value of the shares shall be the average of the last reported bid and asked 
prices of the Common Stock on the date of grant, as reported in The Wall 
Street Journal, or if not so reported, as otherwise reported by a market 
maker in the Company's Common Stock, or the National Association of 
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) System, or used in recent 
transactions involving the Common Stock or securities convertible into 
the Common Stock such as a recapitalization or in the event the Common

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Stock is listed on a national securities exchange (within the meaning 
of Section 6 of the Exchange Act) or on the NASDAQ National Market System 
(or any successor national market system), the fair market value of the 
shares shall be the closing price on such exchange on the date of grant 
of the option, as reported in The Wall Street Journal. 

          Fair market value in the case of nonstatutory stock options which
do not meet the requirements for exemption from the qualification 
requirements under the California Corporate General Law shall have the 
same meaning as set forth in Section 260.140.150 of the California Code 
of Regulations.

Payments Under The Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan

          The terms of options granted under the Amended and Restated 1993 
Stock Option Plan may not exceed ten (10) years.  The Committee has the 
right to provide for the vesting of options in installments and at such 
times and subject to such conditions as it may determine.  
          
Transfer of Options

          Options granted under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option 
Plan are not transferable except by will or the laws of descent.
Therefore, during the lifetime of an option holder, an option may be 
exercised only by the option holder (or personal representative in the 
case of disability).

Termination of Employment or Director Status

          In the event that the holder of options ceases to be an employee 
due to a reason other than death, disability, or termination for cause, 
all options held by the holder that are not exercisable expire upon 
termination and all that are exercisable must be exercised within 30 days 
after the date of such termination.  In the event of death or disability, 
all options held by the holder that are not exercisable within 90 days 
of termination will expire and all options that are exercisable must be
exercised within 90 days for disability and within 180 days for death. 
Employees terminated for cause forfeit all options.

          In the event that the holder of options ceases to be a 
non-employee director for any reason other than death or disability, 
all options held by the holder that are not exercisable within 30 days
after the date of such termination shall expire with the exception of 
Messrs. Price and Champion. Messrs. Price's and Champion's options terminate
ten (10) years of the date of grant regardless of their affiliation 
with the Company.
 
Dilutions and Other Adjustments

          The options granted will increase or decrease and the exercise 
price shall be adjusted accordingly if the number of shares of the 
Company's Common Stock increase or decrease through a corporate 
reorganization, stock split or similar transaction.

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Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended

          Options under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan 
shall be subject to the conditions of Section 162(m) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and any Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.  In addition, the maximum number of shares of the Common
Stock with respect to which options may be granted during any calender 
year to any employee shall not exceed three million, five hundred thousand
(3,500,000) shares (subject to adjustment). Calculation of the total 
number of shares covered by option grants during a calender year shall be
made in accordance with the provisions of any applicable Treasury 
Regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
as amended.

Federal Income Tax Considerations

          Options granted may be either incentive stock options in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, or non-qualified stock options that do not meet the requirements 
of Section 422.

          In the case of incentive stock options, the optionee will realize 
no taxable income upon either the grant or exercise of an incentive stock 
option, nor will the Company obtain any deduction from its taxable income.
Upon subsequent disposition of shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of 
an incentive stock option, if the shares have not been disposed of prior to 
two years from the date of grant nor within one year from the date of 
exercise, the excess, if any, of the sales price of the shares upon 
disposition over the exercise price of the option will be treated as 
long-term capital gain to the optionee.  If the shares acquired pursuant
to the exercise of an incentive stock option are disposed of prior to the 
expiration of the required holding period, the optionee recognizes ordinary 
income to the extent of the lesser of the sales price of the shares upon 
disposition over the exercise price of the option, or the excess, if any, 
of the market value of the shares on the date of exercise over the
exercise price of the option.  In this case, the Company will be allowed 
a deduction to the extent of the ordinary income recognized by the optionee.  

          Upon the grant of a non-qualified option, no taxable income will 
generally be recognized by the optionee nor will any deduction from the 
Company's taxable income be allowed.  Upon the exercise of a non-qualified
stock option, the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the shares on
the date of exercise over the exercise price of the option will be treated 
as ordinary income to the optionee, and the Company will be allowed a 
deduction to the extent of the ordinary income recognized by the optionee.
Upon subsequent disposition of shares acquired through the exercise of
a non-qualified stock option, if the shares have been held for more than 
twelve (12) months, the excess, if any, of the sales price of the shares 
upon disposition over the fair market value of the shares on the date of 
exercise will be treated as long-term capital gain to the optionee; if the 
shares have been held for less the twelve (12) months, the excess, if any, 
will be treated as a short-term capital gain.

Administration, Modification and Termination of the Plans

          The Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan will be 
administered by the Personnel/Compensation Committee, which is composed of 
non-employee disinterested directors in 

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accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.  The Committee interprets 
and makes appropriate determinations under the Amended and Restated 1993 
Stock Option Plan, including to whom options shall be granted, the number 
of options to be granted to each qualified employee and new director,
the exercise price of each option, any vesting period or other conditions 
to exercise, and the period during which each option may be exercised.
Awards will be discretionary based on job performance and/or contribution
to the Company's goals.
          
          The Committee may amend the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option 
Plan, except that stockholder approval is required to (i) increase the number 
of shares available other than for anti-dilution purposes related to a 
reorganization as described above, or (ii) reduce the exercise prices of
options granted thereunder below those specified in the Amended and 
Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan.  Further, the Committee may not, without 
stockholder approval, amend the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option 
Plan to: (i) increase the aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock
which may be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Amended and Restated 
1993 Stock Option Plan, (ii) change the minimum option price, (iii) change
the class of employees eligible to receive options or increase materially 
the benefits accruing to employees under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock
Option Plan, (iv) extend the maximum period during which options may be 
granted under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan, (v) modify 
materially the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the 
Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan, or (vi) decrease any
authority granted to the Committee in contravention of Rule 16b-3 of the 
Exchange Act. 
          
          The Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan will terminate in 
2003 unless earlier terminated.  Upon termination no more options may be 
granted, although termination will not affect the options previously granted.

Initial Grants Under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan

          The Committee has determined that to provide an incentive for 
attracting, retaining and motivating highly qualified employees and 
directors, options, other than options to be granted under the contracts
discussed below, should be provided for qualified employees and directors.
Incentive stock options are to be granted to employees of the Company; 
nonstatutory stock options shall be granted to non-employee directors.  The 
Committee has approved the allocation of approximately 324,400 options or 
approximately 1% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock to be set 
aside for grants to directors, and approximately 634,500 or approximately 2% 
of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock to be set aside for the 
grants to qualified employees.  The Committee has determined that an 
initial grant, effective October 1, 1996, to certain qualified employees and
directors should be made.

          If PROPOSAL THREE is approved, approximately 475,900 options will 
be granted to qualified employees and directors effective October 1, 1996.  
The Board of Directors recommends, for approval by the stockholders, the 
initial grant of 26,438 options at an exercise price of $0.34 per
share to be granted to each of directors Foo, Schultz, Sharpe, Swanson, 
Unkovic, and Williams (directors not covered by an existing contract).  The 
stockholders are asked to vote on this initial grant to ensure that such 
directors will maintain their disinterested status and, therefore, be able 
to take the actions necessary to administer the Amended and Restated 1993 
Stock Option Plan.  (A disinterested director is generally any director 
who has not received a grant of options within one year prior to
beginning 

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as a member of the Committee or during such service).  The Board of 
Directors is unable to determine at this time the qualified employees that 
will be granted options under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option 
Plan.

Reason for Approving PROPOSAL THREE

          If PROPOSAL THREE is approved, the 1993 Non-employee Stock Option 
Plan and the 1993 Executive Management Stock Option Plan will be merged into 
one plan known as the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan, the 
number of options available will increase from 575,000 to 9,000,000, and 
an initial grant of 158,628 options will be made to directors Foo, Schultz,
Sharpe, Swanson, Unkovic and Williams.  If PROPOSAL THREE is not approved 
the Company and the Bank will be in violation of the Employment and 
Termination of Employment Contracts entered into with certain officers 
and directors as described above as there will be insufficient shares of 
the Common Stock to cover options required to be granted under those 
agreements.  The violation of these agreements could result in legal and 
settlement expenses.  In addition, the ability of the Company to
attract, retain and motivate qualified employees and directors would 
be restricted.

          The employment agreements which the Company has entered into with 
Messrs. Gilleran and McGrath, and the separation agreements which the Company 
has entered into with Messrs. Price and Champion as described in "Employment 
Contracts and Termination of Employment", provide that the Board of 
Directors shall grant each of Messrs. Gilleran, McGrath, Price and Champion 
options to acquire shares of the Company's Common Stock equal to 9% of the 
outstanding fully-diluted shares of the Common Stock, with additional options 
to be granted in the future as necessary to maintain the 9% interest.  
If PROPOSAL TWO is approved there will be insufficient options available in 
the 1993 Plans to grant the number of options required to maintain such 9% 
interest.  Based on the current capitalization of the Company, if PROPOSAL 
TWO is approved, (i) each of Messrs. Price and McGrath should receive 
options to purchase 672,984 shares or 1% each of the outstanding shares of
the Common Stock including the Common Stock equivalent securities of the 
Company, effective September 30, 1994 and November 27, 1995, respectively, 
(ii) Mr. Champion should receive options to purchase 1,345,967 shares or 
2% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock including the
Common Stock equivalent securities of the Company, effective November 1, 
1994, and (iii) Mr. Gilleran should receive options to purchase 3,364,918 
shares or 5% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock including the 
Common Stock equivalent securities of the Company, effective October
1, 1994.  

          The options granted to Messrs. Price and Champion would be fully 
vested.  The options granted to Messrs. Gilleran and McGrath would 
retroactively vest over a three-year period, with one-third vesting on 
each anniversary of their respective employment agreements.  The exercise 
price of the options to be granted effective prior to April 20, 1995 would 
be $5.68 per share of the Common Stock, and the exercise price of 
subsequent anti-dilution options to be granted effective for between
April 20, 1995 and December 31, 1996 would be $0.34 per share of the 
Common Stock, and all future options would be granted at then-current fair 
market value per share of the Common Stock or the price per share of the 
Common Stock issued to others in a public offering of the Company's
Common Stock.  

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          Awards under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan, if 
not covered by an existing contract, will be discretionary and will be based 
on the performance of the Company, the director's or officer's job 
performance, the importance of his or her position, and his or her
contribution to the Company's goals for the award period (which goals in 
the short term are likely to focus more on compliance with regulatory 
requirements, increasing market share, and improvements in financial 
performance than on financial performance comparable to other bank
holding companies).

          If PROPOSALS TWO AND THREE are approved, after options are 
granted under the contracts discussed above, the Amended and Restated 1993 
Stock Option Plan will provide for a total of approximately 2,943,000 of 
additional options, or approximately 3% of the outstanding Common
Stock, and the Common Stock issuable under the Warrants and options to 
acquire the Common Stock. These additional options will be available for 
grant to directors and qualified employees.  The Board of Directors has 
determined that it is in the best interest of the Company that approximately
324,400 of the additional options, or approximately 1% of the outstanding 
shares of the Common Stock to be set aside for grants to directors, and that
approximately 634,500, or approximately 2% of the outstanding shares of 
the Common Stock be set aside for grants to qualified employees.  The 
exercise of such options will result in further anti-dilution options being 
issued.  If all the options anticipated to be granted to directors and 
qualified employees were exercised, an additional 1,333,003 anti-dilution 
options would be required to be granted.  If PROPOSAL THREE is approved, 
approximately half of the options allocated to directors will be granted 
effective October 1, 1996.


Effect of the Approval of the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan 
and the Approval of Grants to Directors 

          If PROPOSAL TWO AND THREE are approved and the Principal 
Stockholder were to purchase the remaining shares of the Common Stock he 
has committed to purchase under the February 26, 1996 agreement and 
exercise the Warrants, and options the Company is obligated to grant 
and those options anticipated to be granted under the Amended and Restated 
1993 Stock Option Plan were granted and exercised, the Principal 
Stockholder would own and control the voting power of 87% of the 
Company's Common Stock, employees directors and management would own and 
control the voting power of 12% of the Common Stock, and the remaining 1% 
would be held by other outside stockholders.  The book value per share of
the Common Stock, assuming the approval of PROPOSAL TWO AND THREE, the 
purchase of additional shares of the Common Stock and the exercise of the
Warrants by the Principal Stockholder, and the granting and exercising of 
all options under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan, as of 
September 30, 1996, would decline to $0.35 from $0.52 and the earnings 
per share of the Common Stock for the same nine month period would
decline from $0.10 to less than $0.01. 

          The following sets forth information regarding the beneficial 
ownership assuming the approval of PROPOSAL TWO AND THREE, the purchase 
of additional shares of the Common Stock and the exercise of the Warrants 
by the Principal Stockholder, and the granting and exercising of options the
 
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Company is obligated to grant and those options anticipated to be 
granted under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan:


</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>                                       Director/     All
                  Masagung     Latief           Officers     Others
<S>              <C>           <C>              <C>          <C> 
Common Stock     31,036,126    525,000              2,938     161,933

Warrants         29,500,000         --                 --          --

Amended and 
Restated 1993 
Stock Option Plan         --        --           8,349,003          --

Total             60,536,126    525,000          8,351,936     161,933

Percentage               87%        0.8%               12%        0.2%

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          The following table shows grants to be made if PROPOSAL TWO AND 
THREE are approved under the Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan for 
the individuals and groups set forth below:

</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


Name and Position                                     Number of Shares of 
                                                      the Common Stock
                                                      Underlying Options
                                                      Granted or to be
                                                      Granted Through
                                                      December 31, 1996(4)

<S>                                                   <C>
James E. Gilleran (1)
          Director of the Company and the Bank        3,478,750

John McGrath (2)
          Director of the Bank                          695,750

Kent D. Price (3)
          Director of the Company and the Bank          695,750

Steven R. Champion (3)
          Director of the Company and the Bank         1,391,499

Peter Foo (5)
          Director of the Company and Bank                26,438

Nicholas Unkovic (5)
          Director of the Company and Bank                27,315

Willard D. Sharpe (5)
          Director of the Company and Bank                28,938

Gordon B. Swanson (5)
          Director of the Company and Bank                28,938

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Jackson Schultz (5)
          Director of the Company and Bank                26,438

Gary G. Williams (5)
          Director of the Company and Bank                26,438

Other members of Senior Management (6)                   317,260


Executive and Senior Management Group                  4,491,760

Outside Director Group                                 2,251,754


_____________________
(1)       Includes 313,369 options with an exercise price of $5.68.  See 
          Employment Agreement - Mr. Gilleran above.

(2)       Options will be granted with an effective date of December 1, 1995 
          at an exercise price of $0.34.  See Employment Agreement - Mr. 
          McGrath above.

(3)       Includes 62,674 options which were granted in 1994 at an exercise 
          price of $5.68.  All options granted and to be granted are or will 
          be fully vested.

(4)       The table includes options to be granted pursuant to the 
          anti-dilution provisions of existing contracts described as if 
          PROPOSAL TWO were approved.  All anti-dilution options have an
          exercise price of $0.34 per share.   

(5)       Each outside director not covered by an existing contract will be 
          granted options to acquire 26,438 shares of the Common Stock at a 
          price of $0.34 effective October 1, 1996.  These options will 
          vest based on seniority with Messrs. Swanson and Sharpe being 
          fully vested, Mr. Unkovic 75% vested and Messrs. Foo, Schultz and 
          Williams 25% vested.  One former Director, Donna Miller Casey, 
          has 1,250 options with an exercise price of $30.00 per share
          which expire December 31, 1996 and are not included in the 
          above table.  

(6)       Certain officers not covered by an existing contract will be 
          granted options to acquire 317,260 shares of the Common Stock at 
          an exercise price of $0.34 effective October 1, 1996.  Options
          will vest based on seniority.  


The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR
    PROPOSAL THREE:  APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 1993 STOCK
               OPTION PLAN AND GRANTS TO CERTAIN DIRECTORS

                  PROPOSAL FOUR:  RATIFICATION OF SELECTION
          OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 1995, 1996 AND 1997

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          The firm of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP independent public accountants, 
was appointed in 1995 and 1996 to audit the books and records of the Company 
and the Bank for 1995 and 1996, respectively.  In October 1996, the Board 
of Directors appointed KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to audit the books and 
records of the Company for 1997.

          The selection of an independent accounting firm to provide audit 
services for the Company has been approved annually by the Company's Board 
of Directors.  The Board engaged KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to perform auditing 
services for 1995 prior to ratification by the stockholders.  The Board 
desires to have KPMG Peat Marwick LLP continue as the independent accounting 
firm for the Company for the current 1996 fiscal year and for the 1997 
fiscal year.  Accordingly, stockholders are being asked to act upon a 
proposal to ratify the Board of Directors' selection of KPMG Peat Marwick
LLP for 1995, 1996 and 1997. 

          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP has advised the Company that one or more of 
its representatives will be present at the Annual Meeting to make a 
statement if they so desire and to respond to appropriate questions.

               The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR
                 PROPOSAL FOUR:  RATIFICATION OF SELECTION
          OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 1995, 1996 AND 1997


                           STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

          The deadline for stockholders to submit proposals to be considered 
for inclusion in the Company's proxy statement and form of proxy for the 
Annual Meeting of stockholders is January 2, 1997.

                           OTHER PROPOSED ACTION

          The Board of Directors is not aware of other business which will 
come before the Annual Meeting, but if any such matters are properly 
presented, proxies solicited hereby will be voted, at the proxy holder's 
discretion, upon the direction of management.  All shares represented by 
duly executed proxies will be voted at the Annual Meeting.

                                 The SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY


                                 KEARY L. COLWELL
                                 Assistant Secretary

San Francisco, California
November 29, 1996


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                         THE SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY

                AMENDED AND RESTATED 1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                     

        1.   Purposes of the Plan.  The San Francisco Company Amended and 
Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") amends and restates The San 
Francisco Company 1993 Executive Officers Stock Option Plan adopted and 
approved by the Stockholders of The San Francisco Company at the May 23, 
1993 Annual Meeting.  The Plan also subsumes The San Francisco Company 
1993 Non-employee Directors Stock Option Plan also adopted and approved
by the Stockholders of The San Francisco Company at the May 23, 1993 Annual 
Meeting.  The purposes of the Plan are to attract and retain the best 
available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to 
provide additional incentives to Employees or Non-Employee Directors of 
the Company and its Subsidiaries, and to promote the success of the 
Company's business.  Options granted hereunder may be either Incentive 
Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options at the discretion of the 
Committee.  This is intended to be a stock option plan for purposes of 
Section 408 of the California General Corporation Law.
     
        2.   Definitions.  As used herein, and in any Option granted 
hereunder, the following definitions shall apply:

        (a)  "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

        (b)  "Change of Control Value" shall mean the amount determined in
Clause (i), (ii), or (iii), whichever is applicable, as follows:  (i) the 
per share price offered to shareholders of the Company in any merger, 
consolidation, sale of assets or dissolution transaction, (ii) the price 
per share offered to shareholders of the Company in any tender offer
or exchange offer whereby a Corporate Change takes place or (iii) if a 
Corporate Change occurs other than as described in Clause (i) or Clause 
(ii), the fair market value per share determined by the Board as of the 
date determined by the Board to be the date of cancellation and surrender
of an Option.  If the consideration offered to shareholders of the Company 
in any transaction described in this paragraph or Section 11 consists of 
anything other than cash, the Board shall determine the fair cash 
equivalent of the portion of the consideration offered which is other than
cash.

        (c)  "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

        (d)  "Common Stock" shall mean the Class A Common Stock, par value
of $0.01 per share, of the Company.

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        (e)  "Company" shall mean The San Francisco Company, a Delaware
corporation.

        (f)  "Committee" shall mean the Committee appointed by the Board in
accordance with paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Plan.  If the Board does 
not appoint or ceases to maintain a Committee in accordance with such 
paragraph, the term "Committee" shall refer to the Board or a committee 
appointed by the Board.

        (g)  "Corporate Change" shall mean one of the following events:  (i)
the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company in which 
the outstanding Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for a different 
class of securities of the Company, a class of securities of any other 
issuer (except a Subsidiary or Parent), cash or other property other 
than (a) a merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company which 
would result in the voting stock of the Company outstanding immediately 
prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or 
by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity), in 
combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding 
securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, at least sixty 
percent (60%) of the combined voting power of the voting stock of the 
Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such 
merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company, or (b) merger,
consolidation or reorganization of the Company effected to implement a 
recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no person 
acquires more than forty-nine percent (49%) of the combined voting power of 
the Company's then outstanding stock; (ii) the sale, lease or exchange of 
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any other 
corporation or entity (except a subsidiary or parent company); (iii) the 
adoption by the stockholders of the Company of a plan of liquidation and 
dissolution; (iv) the acquisition (other than acquisition pursuant to any 
other clause of this definition) by any person or entity, including 
without limitation a "group" as contemplated by Section 13(d)(3) of the 
Exchange Act, of beneficial ownership, as contemplated by such Section, of 
more than twenty-five percent (25%) (based on voting power) of the 
Company's outstanding capital stock or acquisition by a person or entity
who currently has beneficial ownership which increases such person's or 
entity's beneficial ownership to fifty percent (50%) or more (based on 
voting power) of the Company's outstanding capital stock; or (v) as a result
of or in connection with a contested election of directors, the
persons who were directors of the Company before such election shall 
cease to constitute a majority of the Board.  Notwithstanding the provisions 
of clause (iv) above, a Corporate Change shall not be considered to have 
occurred upon the acquisition (other than acquisition pursuant
to any other clause of the preceding sentence) by any person or entity, 
including without limitation a "group" as contemplated by Section 13(d)(3) 
of the Exchange Act, of beneficial ownership, as contemplated by such 
Section, of more than twenty-five percent (25%) (based on voting power) 
of the Company's outstanding capital stock or the requisite percentage to 
increase their ownership to fifty percent (50%) resulting from a public 
offering of securities of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, 
as amended.
  
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       (h)  "Continuous Employment" shall mean the absence of any
interruption or termination of service as an Employee or Non-Employee 
Director by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary.  Continuous Employment 
shall not be considered interrupted during any period of sick leave, 
military leave or any other leave of absence approved by the Board or in 
the case of transfers between locations of the Company or between
the Company and any Parent, Subsidiary or successor of the Company.

        (i)  "Covered Employee" shall mean any individual whose compensation
s subject to the limitations on tax deductibility provided by Section 
162(m) of the Code and any Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder in 
effect at the close of the taxable year of the Company in which an Option 
has been granted to such individual.

        (j)  "Disinterested Person" shall mean a person who has not at any 
time within one year prior to service as a member of the Committee (or 
during such service) been granted or awarded Options or other equity 
securities pursuant to the Plan or any other plan of the Company or any 
Parent or Subsidiary.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a member of the
Committee shall not fail to be a Disinterested Person merely because he 
or she participates in a plan meeting the requirements of Rule 16b-3(c)(2)
(i)(A) or (B) promulgated under the Exchange Act.

        (k)  "Employee" shall mean any person, including officers (whether 
or not they are directors), employed by the Company or any Parent or 
Subsidiary.

        (l)  "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.

        (m)  "Incentive Stock Option" shall mean any Option granted under the
Plan and any other Option granted to an Employee in accordance with the 
provisions of Section 422 of the Code, and the regulations promulgated 
thereunder.

        (n)  "Non-Employee Director" shall mean any director of the Company
or any Parent or Subsidiary who is not employed by the Company or such 
Parent or Subsidiary.

        (o)  "Nonstatutory Stock Option" shall mean an Option granted under
the Plan that is subject to the provisions of Section 1.83-7 of the 
Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 83 of the Code.

        (p)  "Option" shall mean a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.

        (q)  "Option Agreement" shall mean a written agreement between the
Company and the Optionee regarding the grant and exercise of Options to 
purchase Shares and the terms and conditions thereof as determined by the 
Committee pursuant to the Plan.


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        (r)  "Optioned Shares" shall mean the Common Stock subject to an
Option.

        (s)  "Optionee"  shall mean an Employee or Non-Employee Director
who receives an Option.

        (t)  "Outside Director" shall mean a director of the Company who
qualifies as an outside director as such term is used in Section 162(m) of 
the Code and defined in any applicable Treasury Regulations promulgated 
thereunder.

        (u)  "Parent" shall mean a "parent corporation," whether now or
hereafter existing, as defined by Section 424(e) and (g) of the Code.

        (v)  "Plan" shall mean this The San Francisco Company Amended and
Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan. 

        (w)  "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended.

        (x)  "Share" shall mean a share of the Common Stock subject to an
Option, as adjusted in accordance with Section 11 of the Plan.

        (y)  "Subsidiary" shall mean a "subsidiary corporation," whether now
or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

        3.   Stock Subject to the Plan.  Subject to the provisions of Section 
11 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be optioned 
and sold under the Plan is 9,000,000 Shares.  The Shares may be authorized 
but unissued or reacquired shares of Common Stock.  If an Option expires 
or becomes unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in 
full, the Shares which were subject to the Option but as to which the Option
was not exercised shall become available for other Option grants under 
the Plan, unless the Plan shall have been terminated.

        4.   Administration of the Plan.

        (a)  Procedure.  The Plan shall be administered either by: (i) the 
full Board, provided that all members of the Board are Disinterested Persons;
or (ii) a Committee of two (2) or more Outside Directors, each of whom is a 
Disinterested Person.  Once appointed, the Committee shall continue to 
serve until otherwise directed by the Board.  From time to time, the Board 
may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members 
thereof, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in 
substitution therefor, fill vacancies, however caused, and remove all members
of the Committee and, thereafter, directly administer the Plan, subject, 
however, to the requirements 

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of Code Section 162(m) and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder.
 Members of the Board or the Committee who are either eligible for Options 
or have been granted Options may vote on any matters affecting the 
administration of the Plan or the grant of Options pursuant to the Plan, 
except that no such member shall act upon the granting of an Option to 
himself, but any such member may be counted in determining the existence 
of a quorum at any meeting of the Board or the Committee during which 
action is taken with respect to the granting of an Option to him or her.
The Board or the Committee shall take all action necessary to administer 
the Plan in accordance with the then effective provisions of Rule 16b-3 
promulgated under the Exchange Act, provided that any amendment to the 
Plan required for compliance with such provisions shall be made consistent 
with the provisions of Section 13 of the Plan, and such regulations.
Options can be granted to members of the Board or the Committee only 
if: (i) the Plan is being administered by a Committee consisting solely 
of Disinterested Persons; or (ii) a majority of the Board and a majority of 
the directors acting with respect to such Option grants consists of 
Disinterested Persons.

        The Committee shall meet at such times and places and upon such 
notice as the chairperson determines.  A majority of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum.  Any acts by the Committee may be taken at any 
meeting at which a quorum is present and shall be by majority vote of 
those members entitled to vote.  Additionally, any acts reduced to writing
or approved in writing by all members of the Committee shall be valid acts 
of the Committee.

        (b)  Powers of the Committee.   Subject to the provisions of the 
Plan, the Committee shall have the authority: (i) to determine, upon review 
of relevant information, the fair market value of the Common Stock; (ii) 
to determine the exercise price of Options to be granted, the Employees 
or Directors to whom and the time or times at which Options shall
be granted, and the number of Shares to be represented by each Option; 
(iii) to interpret the Plan; (iv) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and 
regulations relating to the Plan; (v) to determine the terms and 
provisions of each Option granted under the Plan (which need not be
identical) and, with the consent of the holder thereof, to modify or 
amend any Option; (vi) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the 
Company any instrument required to effectuate the grant of an Option 
previously granted by the Committee; (vii) to accelerate or (with the
consent of the Optionee) defer an exercise date of any Option, subject to 
the provisions of Section 9(a) of the Plan; (viii) to determine whether 
Options granted under the Plan will be Incentive Stock Options or 
Nonstatutory Stock Options; and (ix) to make all other determinations
deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

        (c)  Effect of Committee's Decision.  All decisions, determinations 
and interpretations of the Committee shall be final and binding on all 
potential or actual Optionees, any other holder of an Option or other 
equity security of the Company and all other persons.

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        5.   Eligibility.

        (a)  Persons Eligible for Options.  Options under the Plan may be
granted only to Employees or Non-Employee Directors whom the Committee, in 
its sole discretion, may designate from time to time; provided, however, 
that Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees.  An 
Employee who has been granted an Option, if he or she is otherwise 
eligible, may be granted an additional Option or Options.  However, the 
aggregate fair market value (determined in accordance with the provisions of 
Section 8(a) of the Plan) of the Shares subject to one or more Incentive 
Stock Options grants that are exercisable for the first time by an 
Optionee during any calendar year (under all stock option plans of the 
Company and its Parents and Subsidiaries) shall not exceed $100,000 
(determined as of the grant date). Options under the Plan shall be granted to 
Covered Employees upon satisfaction of the conditions to such grants 
provided pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code and any Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder.  In addition, the maximum number of 
Shares with respect to which Options may be granted during any calendar 
year to any Employee shall not exceed three million, five hundred 
thousand (3,500,000) Shares (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 
11, hereof).  Finally, calculation of the total number of Shares covered by 
Option grants during a calendar year shall be made in accordance with the 
provisions of any applicable Treasury Regulations promulgated under 
Section 162(m) of the Code.

        (b)  No Right to Continuing Employment.  Neither the establishment
nor the operation of the Plan shall confer upon any Optionee or any other 
person any right with respect to continuation of employment or other service 
with the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, nor shall the Plan interfere 
in any way with the right of the Optionee or the right of the Company 
(or any Parent or Subsidiary) to terminate such employment or service at 
anytime.

        6.   Term of Plan.  The Plan shall become effective upon its adoption 
by the Board or its approval by vote of the holders of the outstanding shares 
of the Company entitled to vote on the adoption of the Plan (in accordance 
with the provisions of Section 18 hereof), whichever is earlier.  It 
shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless sooner
terminated under Section 13 of the Plan.

        7.   Term of Option.  Unless the Committee determines otherwise, 
the term of each Option granted under the Plan shall be ten (10) years from 
the date of grant.  The term of the Option shall be set forth in the Option 
Agreement.  No Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable after the 
expiration of ten (10) years from the date such Option is granted; provided,
however, that no Incentive Stock Option granted to any Employee who, at 
the date such Option is granted, owns (within the meaning of Section 424(d) 
of the Code) more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting 
power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary 
shall be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date 
such Option is granted.

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        8.   Option Price and Consideration.

        (a)  Option Price.  Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
below, the option price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to any Option 
(whether an Incentive Stock Option or Non-statutory Stock Option) shall be 
such price as is determined by the Committee, which shall in no event be 
less than the fair market value of such Shares on the date the Option
is granted.  Fair market value of the Common Stock shall be determined by 
the Committee, using such criteria as it deems relevant; provided, however, 
that if there is a public market for the Common Stock, the fair market 
value per Share shall be the average of the last reported bid and asked 
prices of the Common Stock on the date of grant, as reported in The Wall 
Street Journal, or, if not so reported, as otherwise reported by a market 
maker in the Company's stock, or the National Association of Securities 
Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) System), or used in recent transactions 
involving the Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock 
such as a recapitalization, or in the event the Common Stock is listed on 
a national securities exchange (within the meaning of Section 6 of the 
Exchange Act) or on the NASDAQ National Market System (or any successor 
national market system), the fair market value per Share shall be the 
closing price on such exchange on the date of grant of the Option, as 
reported in The Wall Street Journal.  Fair market value in the case of 
Nonstatutory Stock Options which do not meet the requirements for exemption 
from the qualification requirements under the California General 
Corporation Law shall have the same meaning as set forth in Section
260.140.50 of the California Code of Regulations.

        (b)  Ten Percent Shareholders.  No Incentive Stock Option shall be
granted to any Employee who, at the date such Option is granted, owns 
(within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than ten percent
(10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the 
Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, unless the option price for the 
Shares to be issued pursuant to such Option is at least equal to one hundred 
ten percent (110%) of the fair market value of such Shares on the grant 
date determined by the Committee in the manner set forth in subsection
(a) above.

        (c)  Consideration.  The consideration to be paid for the Optioned
Shares shall be payment in cash or by check unless payment in some other 
manner, including by promissory note, other shares of the Company's 
Common Stock or such other consideration and method of payment for the 
issuance of Optioned Shares as may be permitted under applicable law, is 
authorized by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Option.  Any 
cash or other property received by the Company from the sale of Shares 
pursuant to the Plan shall constitute part of the general assets of the 
Company.

        9.   Exercise of Option.

        (a)  Vesting Period.  Any Option granted hereunder shall be 
exercisable at such times and under such conditions as determined by the 
Committee and as 

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shall be permissible under the terms of the Plan, which shall be specified 
in the Option Agreement evidencing the Option.

        (b)  Exercise Procedures.  An Option shall be deemed to be exercised
when written notice of such exercise has been given to the Company and the 
Committee in accordance with the terms of the Option by the person entitled 
to exercise the Option and full payment for the Shares with respect to which 
the Option is exercised has been received by the Company.  If the Options 
being exercised are Nonstatutory Stock Options, full payment must include 
any withholding tax required by law.  Any exercise of an Option by any 
person subject to short-swing trading liability under Section 16(b) of the 
Exchange Act shall comply with the relevant requirements of Rule 16b-3(d) 
or (e) promulgated under the Exchange Act.  In lieu of delivery of a cash 
payment for the purchase price of the Shares with respect to which the 
Option is exercised, the Optionee may deliver to the Company a sell order 
to a broker for the Shares being purchased and an agreement to pay (or have 
the broker remit payment for) the purchase price for the Shares being 
purchased on or before the settlement date for the sale of such shares
to the broker.  As soon as practicable following the exercise of an 
Option in the manner set forth above, the Company shall issue or cause 
its transfer agent to issue stock certificates representing
the Shares purchased. Until the issuance of such stock certificates 
(as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of 
a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or 
receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder shall exist
with respect to the Optioned Shares notwithstanding the exercise of the 
Option.  No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other rights for 
which the record date is prior to the date of the transfer by the Optionee 
of the consideration for the purchase of the Shares, except as provided
in Section 11 of the Plan.

        (c)  Exercise of Option With Stock.  If an Optionee is permitted to
exercise an Option by delivering shares of the Company's Common Stock, the 
Option Agreement covering such Option may include provisions authorizing 
the Optionee to exercise the Option, in whole or in part, by (i) 
delivering whole shares of the Company's Common Stock previously owned 
 by such Optionee (whether or not acquired through the prior exercise of a
stock option) having a fair market value equal to the option price; or 
(ii) directing the Company to withhold from the Shares that would otherwise
be issued upon exercise of the Option that number of whole Shares having 
a fair market value equal to the option price.  Shares of the Company's 
Common Stock so delivered or withheld shall be valued at their fair market 
value at the close of the last business day immediately preceding the date 
of exercise of the Option, as determined by the Committee.  Any balance 
of the option price shall be paid in cash.  Any Shares delivered or 
withheld in accordance with this provision shall again become available for
purposes of the Plan and for Options subsequently granted thereunder.  
After the Registration Date, any exercise of an Option under Section 9(c)(i)
or 9(c)(ii) above by any person subject to short-swing trading liability 
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act shall comply with the relevant 
requirements of Rule 16b-3(d) or (e) promulgated under the Exchange Act.

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        (d)  Termination of Status as Employee or Non-Employee Director.  
In the event of the termination of the employment of the Optionee including 
a termination that is voluntary on the part of the Optionee and with Good 
Reason, other than (a) a termination that is either (i) for Cause or (ii) 
voluntary on the part of the Optionee and without Good Reason, (b) a 
termination by reason of retirement or disability within the meaning of the 
then existing long-term disability plan maintained by the Company, or 
(c) death, the Optionee may exercise the Option at any time within thirty
(30) days of such termination of employment unless the exercise period 
is extended by the Committee which shall be specified in the Option 
Agreement evidencing the Option, but in no event after ten (10) years from 
the date of granting thereof, but only to the extent of the number of Shares 
for which the Option is exercisable by him or her at the date of the 
termination of employment.  

        In the event of a termination of the employment of the Optionee 
that is either (i) for Cause or (ii) voluntary on the part of the Optionee 
and without Good Reason, the Option, to the extent not previously exercised, 
shall forthwith terminate on the date of such termination of employment.  
Except as may be otherwise provided in the Plan, an Option granted 
hereunder shall not be affected by any change of employment so long as 
Optionee continues to be employed by the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary.

        "Cause" shall mean, as determined by the Committee, in its sole 
discretion exercised in a nondiscriminatory manner, (i) the continued failure 
of the Optionee to substantially perform his duties for the Company, a 
Parent or a Subsidiary (other than any such failure resulting from 
disability as defined above), (ii) the engaging by the Optionee in willful,
reckless or grossly negligent misconduct which is determined by the 
Committee to be materially injurious to the Company or any of its 
affiliates, monetarily or otherwise, or (iii) the Optionee's pleading 
guilty to or conviction of a felony.

        "Good Reason" shall mean, as determined by the Committee, in its 
sole discretion exercised in a nondiscriminatory manner, the occurrence of 
any of the following events without the Optionee's express written consent:

        (i)  a substantial and adverse change in the Optionee's duties,
control, authority or status or position, or the assignment to the Optionee 
or any duties or responsibilities which are inconsistent with such status or 
position, or a reduction in the duties and responsibilities previously 
exercised by the Optionee, or a loss of title, loss of office, loss
of significant authority, power or control, or any removal of him or her 
from or any failure to reappoint or reelect him to such positions, except 
in connection with the termination of his employment for Cause or 
disability (as defined above), or as a result of his death;

        (ii) a reduction in the Optionee's base salary or a material
reduction in the Optionee's total compensation of ten percent 
(10%) or more); or 

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        (iii)any material breach by the Company of any provisions of
any agreement with the Optionee.

        (e)  Disability of Optionee.  In the event of the permanent and 
total disability during the Option period of an Optionee who is at the 
time of such disability (as defined in Section 9(d) above), or was within 
the 90-day period prior thereto, an Employee or Non-Employee Director and 
who was in Continuous Employment as such from the date of the grant of 
the Option until the date of disability or termination, the Option may be 
exercised at any time within 90 days following the date of disability, but 
only to the extent of the accrued right to exercise at the time of the 
termination or disability, whichever comes first, subject to the 
condition that no Option shall be exercised after the expiration of the 
Option period.

        (f)  Death of Optionee.  In the event of the death during the Option
period of an Optionee who is at the time of his or her death, or was within 
the 90-day period immediately prior thereto, an Employee or Non-Employee 
Director and who was in Continuous Employment as such from the date of 
the grant of the Option until the date of death or termination, the 
Option may be exercised, at any time within 180 days following the date of
death, by the Optionee's estate or by a person who acquired the right to 
exercise the Option by bequest, inheritance or otherwise as a result of the 
Optionee's death, but only to the extent of the accrued right to exercise 
at the time of the termination or death, whichever comes first, subject 
to the condition that no Option shall be exercised after the expiration of 
the Option period.

        10.  Non-Transferability of Options.  An Option may not be sold, 
pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner 
other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and may be 
exercised, during the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee.

        11.  Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization.    Subject to any 
required action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of Optioned 
Shares covered by each outstanding Option, and the per Share exercise price 
of each such Option, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase 
or decrease in the number of issued and/or outstanding shares of Common 
Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization,
combination, reclassification, the payment of a stock dividend on the 
Common Stock or any other increase or decrease in the number of such shares 
of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company;
provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the 
Company shall not be deemed to have been "effected without receipt of
consideration."  Such adjustment shall be made by the Committee, whose 
determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive.  
Except as expressly provided herein or by written agreement, no issue by 
the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible
into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by 
reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares 
of Common Stock subject to an Option.

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        The Committee may, if it so determines in the exercise of its sole 
discretion, also make provision for proportionately adjusting the number or 
class of securities covered by any Option, as well as the price to be 
paid therefor, in the event of a Corporate Change.  

        In the event of a Corporate Change, unless otherwise deemed to be 
impractical by the Board, then no later than (i) two business days prior to 
any Corporate Change referenced in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (v) of the 
definition thereof or (ii) ten business days after any Corporate Change 
referenced in Clause (iv) of the definition thereof, the Board, acting in 
its sole discretion without the consent or approval of any Optionee, shall 
act to effect one or more of the following alternatives with respect to 
outstanding Options which acts may vary among individual Optionees and, 
with respect to acts taken pursuant to clause (i) above, may be contingent 
upon effectuation of the Corporate Change: (A) accelerate the time at which 
Options then outstanding may be exercised so that such Options may be 
exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified 
date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Board, after 
which specified date all unexercised Options and all rights of Optionees 
thereunder shall terminate; (B) require the mandatory surrender to the 
Company by selected Optionees of some or all of the outstanding Options 
held by such Optionees (irrespective of whether such Options are then
exercisable under the provisions of the Plan) as of a date (before or 
after such Corporate Change) specified by the Board, in which event the 
Board shall thereupon cancel such Options and pay to each Optionee an 
amount of cash per Share equal to the excess, if any, of the Change
of Control Value of the shares subject to such Option over the exercise 
price(s) under such Options for such Shares; (C) make such adjustments to 
Options then outstanding as the Board deems appropriate to reflect such 
Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Board may determine in its 
sole discretion that no adjustment is necessary to Options then 
outstanding); or (D) provide that thereafter upon any exercise of an Option 
theretofore granted the Optionee shall be entitled to purchase under 
such Option, in lieu of the number of Shares as to which such Option 
shall then be exercisable, the number and class of shares of stock or other 
securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the 
Optionee would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement of 
merger, consolidation or sale of assets or plan of liquidation and 
dissolution if, immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale of 
assets or any distribution in liquidation and dissolution of the Company, 
the Optionee had been the holder of record of the number of shares of 
Common Stock then covered by such Option.

        12.  Time of Granting Options.  Unless otherwise specified by the 
Committee, the date of grant of an Option under the Plan shall be the date 
on which the Committee makes the determination granting such Option.  Notice 
of the determination shall be given to each Optionee to whom an Option is 
so granted within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

        13.  Amendment and Termination of the Plan.  The Board in its 
discretion may terminate the Plan or any Option or alter or amend the Plan 
or any part thereof or any Option from time to time; provided, however, 
that no change in any Option previously 

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granted may be made which would impair the rights of the Optionee without 
the consent of the Optionee, and provided further, that the Board may not, 
without approval of the shareholders amend the Plan:

        (a)  to increase the aggregate number of Shares which may be issued
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan on exercise or surrender of Options;

        (b)  to change the minimum Option price;

        (c)  to change the class of Employees eligible to receive Options or
increase materially the benefits accruing to Employees under the Plan;

        (d)  to extend the maximum period during which Options may be
granted under the Plan;

        (e)  to modify materially the requirements as to eligibility for
participation in the Plan; or

        (f)  to decrease any authority granted to the Board hereunder in
contravention of Rule 16b-3.

        14.  Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.  Shares shall not be issued 
with respect to an Option granted under the Plan unless the exercise of 
such Option and the issuance and delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto 
shall comply with all relevant provisions of law, including, without 
limitation, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any stock exchange upon 
which the Shares may then be listed, and shall be further subject to the 
approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.  As 
a condition to the exercise of an Option, the Company may require the 
person exercising such Option to represent and warrant at the time of any 
such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and 
without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the 
opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by 
any of the aforementioned relevant provisions of law.

        15.  Reservation of Shares.  During the term of the Plan the Company 
will at all times reserve and keep available the number of Shares as shall 
be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.  Inability of the 
Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction and 
authority deemed by the Company's counsel to be necessary to the lawful
issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder shall relieve the Company of 
any liability in respect of the nonissuance or sale of such Shares as to 
which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

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        16.  Information to Optionee.  During the term of any Option granted 
under the Plan, the Company shall provide or otherwise make available to 
each Optionee a copy of its annual report to shareholders and financial 
information which is provided to its shareholders in accordance with the 
provisions of the Company's Bylaws and applicable law.

        17.  Option Agreement.  Options granted under the Plan shall be 
evidenced by Option Agreements.

        18.  Shareholder Approval.  The Plan shall be subject to approval 
by the shareholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or 
after the Plan is adopted. Any amendments to the Plan requiring shareholder 
approval must be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a 
majority of the outstanding shares of voting stock present or represented
and entitled to vote at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present, 
or by the written consent of the shareholders in the manner provided by 
Delaware law.

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                        THE SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY 
                Proxy Solicited by the Board of Directors 
                      Annual Meeting of Stockholders
                             December 18, 1996

James E. Gilleran or Keary L. Colwell, or either of them, each with the power 
of substitution, is hereby authorized to represent and to vote the Class A 
Common Stock (the "Common Stock") of the undersigned at the Annual Meeting 
of Stockholders of THE SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY (the "Company"), to be held 
on December 18, 1996, at 10:00 a.m. local time, in the Boardroom of the 
Company at 550 Montgomery Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, California 
94111, or any adjournment thereof, as follows:


1.  PROPOSAL ONE:  to elect nine (9) of the nine (9) authorized directors of 
the Company, three (3) to serve for one-year terms (Class III), three (3) to 
serve for two-year terms (Class I), and three (3) to serve for three-year 
terms (Class II).  FOR all nominees listed below (except as listed to 
the contrary) or WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed below. 

Class I Directors:  Gordon B. Swanson, James E. Gilleran, and Peter Foo.
Class II Directors:  Kent D. Price, Steven R. Champion, and Nicholas Unkovic. 
Class III Directors:  Jackson Schultz, Willard D. Sharpe, and Gary Williams.  


FOR ALL ________________  WITHHELD FOR ALL ______________  

FOR ALL EXCEPT  __________________
                __________________
                __________________


2.  PROPOSAL TWO:  to authorize the conversion of each share of the 9% Series 
D Perpetual Preferred Stock ("Series D Preferred Stock") into 59 shares of 
the Class A Common Stock (including those shares of Series D Preferred 
Stock issuable pursuant to Warrants) to be issued to the Company's 
Principal Stockholder, Mr. Putra Masagung to acquire shares of Series D
Preferred Stock, and to amend the Company's Certificate of Incorporation 
to increase the number of shares of the Common Stock to 100,000,000.


FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


3.  PROPOSAL THREE:  to approve The San Francisco Company Amended and 
Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan and the grant of options pursuant to such 
plan to certain directors.


FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


4.  PROPOSAL FOUR:  to ratify the Board of Directors' selection of KPMG 
Peat Marwick LLP, independent public accountants, as the independent 
accounting firm for the Company during the fiscal years ending 
December 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997.

FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


5.  PROPOSAL FIVE:  to approve any actions upon such other business as may 
properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. 


FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


This proxy will be voted as specified, or if no choice is specified, will 
be voted FOR Proposals One, Two, Three, Four and Five.  

Dated:  _______________________________, 1996

_____________________________________________
        (Signature)

_____________________________________________
        (Signature if held jointly)

(Please sign EXACTLY as your name appears on your stock certificate and 
this proxy. Executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, attorneys etc. 
should give their full title.  If signer is a corporation, please give full 
corporate name and signature by a duly authorized officer, stating the 
officer's title.  If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by an
authorized person.)

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                       THE SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY 
                Proxy Solicited by the Board of Directors 
                      Annual Meeting of Stockholders
                             December 18, 1996

James E. Gilleran or Keary L. Colwell, or either of them, each with the 
power of substitution, is hereby authorized to represent and to vote the 8% 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the undersigned at the Annual 
Meeting of Stockholders of THE SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY (the "Company"), to 
be held on December 18, 1996, at 10:00 a.m. local time, in the Boardroom of
the Company at 550 Montgomery Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, 
California 94111, or any adjournment thereof, as follows:


1.  PROPOSAL ONE:  to elect nine (9) of the nine (9) authorized directors 
of the Company, three (3) to serve for one-year terms (Class III), three 
(3) to serve for two-year terms (Class I), and three (3) to serve for 
three-year terms (Class II).  FOR all nominees listed below (except
as listed to the contrary) or WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees 
listed below. 

Class I Directors:  Gordon B. Swanson, James E. Gilleran, and Peter Foo.
Class II Directors:  Kent D. Price, Steven R. Champion, and Nicholas Unkovic. 
Class III Directors:  Jackson Schultz, Willard D. Sharpe, and Gary Williams.  


FOR ALL ________________  WITHHELD FOR ALL ______________  

FOR ALL EXCEPT  __________________
                __________________
                __________________


2.  PROPOSAL TWO:  to authorize the conversion of each share of the 9% 
Series D Perpetual Preferred Stock ("Series D Preferred Stock") into 59 
shares of the Class A Common Stock (the "Common Stock") (including those 
shares of Series D Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to Warrants) to be 
issued to the Company's Principal Stockholder, Mr. Putra Masagung to acquire
shares of Series D Preferred Stock, and to amend the Company's Certificate 
of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of the Common Stock 
to 100,000,000.


FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


3.  PROPOSAL THREE:  to approve The San Francisco Company Amended and 
Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan and the grant of options pursuant to such 
plan to certain directors.


FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


4.  PROPOSAL FOUR:  to ratify the Board of Directors' selection of KPMG Peat 
Marwick LLP, independent public accountants, as the independent accounting 
firm for the Company during the fiscal years ending December 31, 1995, 1996 
and 1997.

FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


5.  PROPOSAL FIVE:  to approve any actions upon such other business as may 
properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. 


FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


This proxy will be voted as specified, or if no choice is specified, will be 
voted FOR Proposals One, Two, Three, Four and Five.  

Dated:  _______________________________, 1996

_____________________________________________
        (Signature)

_____________________________________________
        (Signature if held jointly)

(Please sign EXACTLY as your name appears on your stock certificate and 
this proxy. Executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, attorneys etc. 
should give their full title.  If signer is a corporation, please give full 
corporate name and signature by a duly authorized officer, stating the 
officer's title.  If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by an
authorized person.)


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                         THE SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY 
                Proxy Solicited by the Board of Directors 
                      Annual Meeting of Stockholders
                             December 18, 1996

James E. Gilleran or Keary L. Colwell, or either of them, each with the 
power of substitution, is hereby authorized to represent and to vote the 9% 
Series D Perpetual Preferred Stock (the "Series D Preferred Stock") of 
the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of THE SAN FRANCISCO 
COMPANY (the "Company"), to be held on December 18, 1996, at 10:00
a.m. local time, in the Boardroom of the Company at 550 Montgomery Street, 
11th Floor, San Francisco, California 94111, or any adjournment thereof, as 
follows:


1.  PROPOSAL ONE:  to elect nine (9) of the nine (9) authorized directors of 
the Company, three (3) to serve for one-year terms (Class III), three (3) 
to serve for two-year terms (Class I), and three (3) to serve for 
three-year terms (Class II).  FOR all nominees listed below (except
as listed to the contrary) or WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees 
listed below. 

Class I Directors:  Gordon B. Swanson, James E. Gilleran, and Peter Foo.
Class II Directors:  Kent D. Price, Steven R. Champion, and Nicholas Unkovic. 
Class III Directors:  Jackson Schultz, Willard D. Sharpe, and Gary Williams.  


FOR ALL ________________  WITHHELD FOR ALL ______________  

FOR ALL EXCEPT        __________________
                      __________________
                      __________________


2.  PROPOSAL TWO:  to authorize the conversion of each share of the Series D 
Preferred Stock into 59 shares of the Class A Common Stock (the "Common 
Stock") (including those shares of Series D Preferred Stock issuable pursuant 
to Warrants) to be issued to the Company's Principal Stockholder, Mr. 
Putra Masagung to acquire shares of Series D Preferred Stock, and to amend 
the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares 
of the Common Stock to 100,000,000.


FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


3.  PROPOSAL THREE:  to approve The San Francisco Company Amended and 
Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan and the grant of options pursuant to such 
plan to certain directors.


FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


4.  PROPOSAL FOUR:  to ratify the Board of Directors' selection of KPMG Peat 
Marwick LLP, independent public accountants, as the independent accounting 
firm for the Company during the fiscal years ending December 31, 1995, 1996 
and 1997.

FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


5.  PROPOSAL FIVE:  to approve any actions upon such other business as may 
properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. 


FOR ________   AGAINST _____________  ABSTAIN ____________


This proxy will be voted as specified, or if no choice is specified, will be 
voted FOR Proposals One, Two, Three, Four and Five.  

Dated:  _______________________________, 1996

_____________________________________________
        (Signature)

_____________________________________________
        (Signature if held jointly)

(Please sign EXACTLY as your name appears on your stock certificate and this 
proxy. Executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, attorneys etc. should 
give their full title.  If signer is a corporation, please give full 
corporate name and signature by a duly authorized officer, stating the 
officer's title.  If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by an
authorized person.)



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