# WESTERN EMPIRE FS & LA

> **Failed bank** · YORBA LINDA, CA · failed 1990-02-16 · SL · FDIC cost $27M

## What happened

WESTERN EMPIRE FS & LA of YORBA LINDA, CA was closed by state regulators on **1990-02-16**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Insured Deposit Transfer — insured deposits transferred to another bank

Deposits were transferred to **SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BANK** (DOWNEY, CA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 2663
- **FDIC Certificate:** 32101
- **FDIC FIN:** 7156
- **Bank name:** WESTERN EMPIRE FS & LA
- **Location:** YORBA LINDA, CA
- **Failure date:** 1990-02-16
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1990-08-31
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** Insured Deposit Transfer — insured deposits transferred to another bank
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $27M
- **Deposits at failure:** $318M
- **Assets at failure:** $407M
- **Acquiring bank:** SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BANK (DOWNEY, CA)

## Other banks SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- AMERICAN COMMERCE NATIONAL BANK (ANAHEIM, CA) — failed 1993-04-30 — /failed-bank/3452

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=WESTERN%20EMPIRE%20FS%20%26%20LA

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, WESTERN EMPIRE FS & LA (FDIC ID 2663), failed 1990-02-16. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-07 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/2663.

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