UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549





FORM 10-K





(Mark one)

|x | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015

OR



| ̈ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from
 to

Commission File Number: 333-199204-02





California
Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1

(Exact name of Issuing Entity as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of Issuing Entity: 0001633933





California
Republic Funding, LLC

(Exact name of Depositor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of Depositor: 0001561326





California
Republic Bank

(Exact name of Sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of Sponsor: 0001603949







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|Delaware                                                       |  | 38-7133760                         
|(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or Organization) |  | (I.R.S Employer
Identification No.)
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|18400 Von Karman Avenue Ste 1100, Irvine, CA                   |  | 92612                              
|(Address of principal executive offices)                       |  | (Zip Code)                         

Registrants telephone number, including area code: (949) 270-9700

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None





Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the securities Act.    Yes   ̈    No  x

Indicate by check mark
if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes   ̈    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days.    Yes  x    No   ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required
to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Not applicable.

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of
delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§232.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated
by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

Not applicable.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See Definition of
accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



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|Large accelerated filer |  |  ̈ |  | Accelerated filer         |  |  ̈
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|Non-accelerated filer   |  | x |  | Smaller Reporting Company |  |  ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Act).    Yes   ̈    No  x

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common
equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrants most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

Not applicable.









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PART I

The following items have been omitted from Part I in accordance with general instruction J(1) to Form 10-K:

Item 1. Business.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Item 2. Properties.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

PART II

The following items have been
omitted from Part II in accordance with general instruction J(1) to Form 10-K:

Item 5. Market for Registrants Common Equity, Related
Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

Item 9B. Other
Information.

None.

PART III

The following items have been omitted from Part III in accordance with general instruction J(2) to Form 10-K:

Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

Item 12. Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.



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Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

The following substitute information is provided in accordance with General Instruction J(2) to Form 10-K:

Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB. Significant Obligors of Pool Assets (Financial Information)

No single obligor represents more than 10% of the pool assets held by California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 (the Trust).

Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB. Credit Enhancement and Other Support Except for Certain Derivatives Instruments (Information Regarding Significant
Enhancement Providers)

None.

Item 1115(b) of
Regulation AB. Certain Derivative Instruments (Financial Information)

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any derivative instruments
that are used to alter payments characteristics of the cash flows from the Trust.

Item 1117 of Regulation AB.Legal Proceedings

No legal proceedings are pending against any of California Republic Bank (the Sponsor), California Republic Funding, LLC (the
Depositor), or the Trust, or against any property of any such entities that are or would be material to holders of the Notes or certificates (the Certificates) issued by the Trust.

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (DBTCA), the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Trust, has provided the following disclosure:

On June 18, 2014, a group of investors, including funds managed by Blackrock Advisors, LLC, PIMCO-Advisors, L.P., and others, filed a derivative
action against DBNTC and DBTCA in New York State Supreme Court purportedly on behalf of and for the benefit of 544 private-label RMBS trusts asserting claims for alleged violations of the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (TIA), breach of
contract, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence based on DBNTC and DBTCAs alleged failure to perform their duties as trustees for the trusts. Plaintiffs subsequently dismissed their state court complaint and filed a derivative and class
action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of and for the benefit of 564 private-label RMBS trusts, which substantially overlapped with the trusts at issue in the state court action. The
complaint alleges that the trusts at issue have suffered total realized collateral losses of U.S. $89.4 billion, but the complaint does not include a demand for money damages in a sum certain. DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion to dismiss, and on
January 19, 2016, the court partially granted the motion on procedural grounds: as to the 500 trusts that are governed by Pooling and Servicing Agreements, the court declined to exercise jurisdiction. The court did not rule on substantive
defenses asserted in the motion to dismiss as to the 64 trusts formed under indentures for which it retained jurisdiction. Instead, the court ordered plaintiffs to file an amended complaint as to those indenture trusts. On
February 23, 2016, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint as to 62 of the 64 indenture trusts included in the original U.S. District Court complaint. DBNTC and DBTCA will have an opportunity to file new defensive motions with respect to
this amended complaint. It is anticipated that plaintiffs will, in the near future, file a new state court complaint as to some or all of the 500 trusts governed by Pooling and Servicing Agreements which were dismissed from the U.S. District Court
action.

On December 30, 2015, IKB International, S.A. and IKB Deutsche Industriebank A.G. filed a Summons With Notice in New York state court naming
as defendants DBNTC and DBTCA, as trustees of 37 RMBS trusts (the IKB Action). The claims in the IKB Action appear to be substantively similar to the SDNY Action. The IKB Action is not styled as a putative class action, but may
attempt to bring derivative claims on behalf of the named RMBS Trusts. DBTCA intends to vigorously defend the IKB Action.



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DBTCA has no pending legal proceedings (including, based on DBTCAs present evaluation, the litigation
disclosed in the foregoing paragraphs) that would materially affect its ability to perform its duties as Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for this transaction.

Item 1119 of Regulation AB. Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

The Sponsor is the originator, as contemplated by Item 1110 of Regulation AB, of all the pool assets owned by the Trust. The Sponsor is also the primary
servicer. The Depositor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Sponsor and, therefore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the originator and the primary servicer.

The Indenture Trustee is not affiliated with the Sponsor (including in its role as originator and primary servicer), the Depositor, or the Trust. The Owner
Trustee is not affiliated with the Sponsor or the Depositor.

There are no significant obligors or support providers, or other material parties related to
the Notes or Certificates.

In addition, there are no business relationships, agreements, arrangements, transactions or understanding outside the ordinary
course of business or on terms other than would be obtained in an arms length transaction with an unrelated party, apart from the transaction involving the issuance of the Notes and Certificates by the Trust, between the Sponsor, the Depositor
or the Trust and any of the parties mentioned in this Item.

Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.

The Sponsor (in its role as servicer), and the Indenture Trustee (the Sponsor, as servicer, and the Indenture Trustee collectively as the Servicing
Participants) have each been identified by the Depositor as participating in the servicing function with respect to the asset pool held by the Trust. The Servicing Participants have each completed a report on an assessment of compliance with
its respective servicing functions (each, a Servicing Report), which Servicing Reports are attached as exhibits to this Form 10-K. Neither the Servicing Reports prepared by any of the Servicing Participants, nor the Attestation Reports
provided by the Servicing Participants respective registered public accounting firms have identified any material instance of noncompliance with the servicing criteria applicable to the respective Servicing Participant.

Item 1123 of Regulation AB. Servicer Compliance Statement.

The Sponsor (in its role as servicer) has been identified by the Depositor as a servicer with respect to the asset pool held by the Trust. The Sponsor has
completed a statement of compliance with applicable servicing criteria (the Compliance Statement), signed by an authorized officer of the Sponsor. The Compliance Statement is attached as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules.



| | (a) | (1) Financial Statements: Not applicable.
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| |  | (2) Financial Statement Schedules: Not applicable
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| |  | (3) List of Exhibits
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The following exhibits are provided as part of, and incorporated by reference into, this Annual
Report on

Form 10-K:



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|Exhibit |  | Description                                                                                                          
|        |  |                                                                                                                      
|3.1     |  | Depositors Certificate of Formation                                                                                  |  | *             
|        |  |                                                                                                                      
|3.2     |  | Depositors Operating Agreement                                                                                       |  | *             
|        |  |                                                                                                                      
|4.1     |  | The Indenture                                                                                                         |  | **            
|        |  |                                                                                                                      
|4.2     |  | Amended and Restated Trust Agreement                                                                                  |  | **            
|        |  |                                                                                                                      
|10      |  | Sale and Servicing Agreement                                                                                          |  | **            
|        |  |                                                                                                                      
|31      |  | Section 302 Certification                                                                                             |  | Filed herewith
|        |  |                                                                                                                      
|33.1    |  | Managements Report on assessment of Compliance with SEC Regulation AB Servicing Criteria                             |  | Filed herewith
|        |  |                                                                                                                      
|33.2    |  | Indenture Trustees Assertion of Compliance                                                                           |  | Filed herewith
|        |  |                                                                                                                      
|34.1    |  | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Deloitte & Touche LLP on behalf of California Republic Bank) |  | Filed herewith
|        |  |                                                                                                                      
|34.2    |  | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG LLP on behalf of Indenture Trustee)                     |  | Filed herewith
|        |  |                                                                                                                      
|35      |  | Servicing Compliance Report of California Republic Bank as Servicer                                                   |  | Filed herewith



|* | Incorporated herein by reference to the corresponding Exhibit to California Republic LLCs Registration Statement filed on August 28, 2013 (File No. 333-190866).
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|** | Incorporated herein by reference to the corresponding Exhibit to the Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2015 (File No. 333-199204-02).
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| | (b) | Exhibits.
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The Depositor hereby is providing as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K the
exhibits listed in Item 15(a)(3) set forth above.



| | (c) | Financial Statement Schedule.
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Not Applicable.



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Depositor has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

California Republic Funding, LLC, as Depositor



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|By:                                    |  | /s/ Mark K. Olson
|Mark K. Olson, Chief Financial Officer
|Dated: March 30, 2016                 



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