# **EXHIBIT 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION  PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION  302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

 
|        | I, Larry M.        Rinehart, certify that: |
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| 1.     |                                            | I have reviewed        this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of PFF Bancorp, Inc.; |
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| 2.     |                                            | Based on my        knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement        of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make        the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such        statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered        by this report; |
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| 3.     |                                            | Based on my        knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information        included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the        financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the        registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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| 4.     |                                            | The registrant's        other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and        maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange        Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial        reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for        the registrant and we have: |
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|        | (a)                                        |  | Designed such        disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls        and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that        material information relating to the registrant, including its        consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those        entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report        is being prepared; |
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|        | (b)                                        |  | Designed such        internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal        control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,        to provide reasonableness assurance regarding the reliability of        financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for        external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting        principles; |
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|        | (c)                                        |  | Evaluated the        effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and        presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the        disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered        by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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|        | (d)                                        |  | Disclosed in this        report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial        reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal        quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual        report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to        materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial        reporting; and |

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| 5. |  | The        registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our        most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to        the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's        board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |

 
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All        significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or        operation of internal control over financial reporting which are        reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to        record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)

Any fraud,        whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who        have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over        financial reporting.
 
Date:        February 9, 2006

/s/ Larry M.        Rinehart
 
Larry M. Rinehart

Chief Executive        Officer and Director
******EXHIBIT 31.2**
**CERTIFICATION  PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION  302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

 

I, Gregory C.        Talbott, certify that:
  
1.

I have reviewed        this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of PFF Bancorp, Inc.;
  
2.

Based on my        knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement        of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make        the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such        statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered        by this report;
   
3.

Based on my        knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information        included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the        financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the        registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
   
4.

The registrant's        other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and        maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange        Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial        reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for        the registrant and we have:
   
(a)

Designed such        disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls        and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that        material information relating to the registrant, including its        consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those        entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report        is being prepared;
  
(b)

Designed such        internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal        control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,        to provide reasonableness assurance regarding the reliability of        financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for        external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting        principles;
   
(c)

Evaluated the        effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and        presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the        disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered        by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
(d)

Disclosed in this        report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial        reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal        quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual        report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to        materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial        reporting; and
 
5.

The        registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our        most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to        the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's        board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)

All        significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or        operation of internal control over financial reporting which are        reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to        record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
    
(b)

Any fraud,        whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who        have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over        financial reporting.
 
Date:        February 9, 2006

/s/        Gregory C. Talbott  
 
Gregory C.        Talbott

Executive        Vice President, Chief Financial 

Officer        and Treasurer
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