# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001127371
**File Stem:** 0001628280-26-010356
**Filing Date:** 2026-2
**Character Count:** 2264
**Document Hash:** a44fdda30f502a89b4bd4050add5857d
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## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-26-010356

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: CORRESP

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260220

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Community West Bancshares
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001127371
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 770539125
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** CA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** CORRESP

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, #101
- **CITY:** FRESNO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 93720
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 559-298-1775

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, #101
- **CITY:** FRESNO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 93720

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY BANCORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20001117

**Community West Bancshares**

**72100 North Financial Drive**

**Suite 101**

**Fresno, California 93720**

February 20, 2026

<u>VIA EDGAR</u> 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Financial Services

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Eric Envall

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| **Re:** | **Community West Bancshares** |
| | **Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-293199)** |

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Dear Mr. Envall:

The undersigned, Community West Bancshares (the "<u>Company</u>"), pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 be accelerated to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter.

We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Kurt Leeper of Otteson Shapiro LLP, the Company's counsel, at (720) 963-7546 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.

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|:---|:---|
| Sincerely, | Sincerely, |
| COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES | COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES |
| By: | /s/ Shannon R. Livingston |
|  | Shannon R. Livingston |
|  | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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