Southern California Bancorp announced that effective on October 1, 2021, it completed its previously announced acquisition of Bank of Santa Clarita. The acquisition was accomplished by merging Bank of Santa Clarita with and into Bank of Southern California, N.A., the wholly owned subsidiary of Southern California Bancorp. In conjunction with the closing of the merger, Frank Di Tomaso Jr. will join the Boards of Directors of Southern California Bancorp and Bank of Southern California, N.A. Mr. Di Tomaso was a founder of Bank of Santa Clarita and had served as its Chairman since 2009 and Chief Executive Officer since 2012. He has more than 40 years of commercial banking experience in Southern California.