8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE

ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 24, 2017

COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California	000-23575	77-0446957
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

445 Pine Avenue, Goleta, California	93117
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

(805) 692-5821

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 7.01.          Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 24, 2017, Community West Bancshares (the “Company”) posted a newsletter on its website and sent the newsletter to its shareholders.  A copy of the newsletter is provided at Exhibit 99-1 to this current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this report, including Exhibit 99-1 is being furnished pursuant to item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other use subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act of 1934, as amended.

Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)          Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Community West Bancshares newsletter.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 25, 2017

COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES
By:	/s/Susan C. Thompson
	Susan C. Thompson
	Executive Vice President and CFO

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Community West Bancshares newsletter.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

August 24, 2017

To the Shareholders of Community West Bancshares:

We are happy to report that Community West Bancshares is building on the positive momentum established last year.  A number of new Community West Bank offices have opened recently, expanding our reach throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, and our board of directors has been strengthened with the addition of two very experienced new members as we continue to  position the bank for long-term growth.

Significant consolidation among community banks continues throughout our marketplace, furthering a  trend that started a few years ago.  We are seizing the opportunity to fill the void left from acquisitions  of home-grown community banks by much larger regional banks.  Our full-service branch office in San  Luis Obispo opened in November 2016, additionally we relocated our branch in Santa Maria and opened  a new Oxnard branch in January 2017.  Also, we opened a new Paso Robles loan production office in  June 2017, and we have received approval from our primary regulator to establish a full-service branch  office in Paso Robles, which will open in 2018.  Needless to say, we are on the move to securing our  vision of being the leading community bank serving the Central Coast of California.

Dana Boutain and Tom Dobyns joined the Community West Bancshares board of directors in June.  Dana  is a Managing Director in the Oxnard office of CBIZ, an accountancy, financial services and insurance  services firm, with deep connections to the business community throughout Ventura County.  Tom has  more than 40 years of executive-level bank management experience, including most recently as  President and Chief Executive Officer of Mission Community Bank in San Luis Obispo County.  Dana and  Tom’s expertise is welcome, and their positive influence is already evident as our board of directors  develops business plans to maintain our community banking independence in the years ahead.

As we have focused on growing our franchise, we’ve concurrently delivered improved operating results.  Please review the attached second quarter investor fact sheet.  And we are proud that Community West  was awarded a “Super Premier” rating in April 2017, by The Findley Reports, the highest ranking for a  community bank.  In making their selections, The Findley Reports focuses on four ratios: growth, return  on beginning equity, net operating income as a percentage of average assets, and loan losses as a  percentage of gross loans.  It is an honor for our bank to be recognized by The Findley Reports.

The future is bright for community banks on California’s Central Coast.  We appreciate the continued support from you, our shareholders, as we pursue our growth opportunities.

Sincerely,

William R. Peeples	Martin E. Plourd
Chairman of the Board	President and Chief Executive Officer

 NASDAQ: CWBC  $10.15  August 1, 2017  FACT SHEET  SECOND QUARTER 2017 HIGHLIGHTS  Net Loan Portfolio  $685 Million at 6/30/17  2.9%  16.1%  30.2%  5.0% 45.8%  CommercialReal estateSBA  Manufactured housing  Other  Deposit Portfolio  $670 Million at 6/30/17  16.0%  à Net income was $1.6 million, or $0.18 per diluted share.à Net interest margin was 4.39%.  à Net loans increased $24.1 million to $684.8 million at June 30, 2017, compared to $660.8 million three months earlier and increased $120.0  million compared to $564.8 million a year ago.  à Non-interest-bearing deposits increased 28.2% to $107.0 million at  June 30, 2017, compared to $83.5 million a year ago.  à Book value per common share increased to $8.36 at June 30, 2017, compared to $7.81 a year ago.  à The Bank continues to be well-capitalized per banking regulations with its total risk-based capital ratio at 11.62% and Tier 1 leverage ratio at  9.23% at June 30, 2017.  à Annualized return on average assets was 0.83%.à Annualized return on average common equity was 9.20%.  FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  Loan Loss ALL/loans Net  EPS Total Provision held for Interest  Period diluted assets* Expense investment Margin  2Q17 $ 0.18 $ 785 $ 0.12 1.27% 4.39%  2Q16 $ 0.13 $ 643 $ 0.06 1.37% 4.47%  2016 $ 0.62 $ 711 $ (0.05) 1.31% 4.60%  2015 $ 0.30 $ 621 $ (2.30) 1.44% 4.80%  2014 $ 0.75 $ 557 $ (5.10) 1.84% 4.50%  $ in millions except per share data  30.5%  12.3%  2.0%  39.2%  Non-interest-bearingInterest-bearing  Savings  CDs over 250KCDs under 250K  * at end of period  ABOUT COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES  Community West Bancshares is a financial services company with headquartersin Goleta, California. The Company is the holding company for Community WestBank, the largest publicly traded community bank serving California’s CentralCoast area of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. Communi-ty West Bank has seven full-service California branch banking offices, in Goleta,Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Ventura, Westlake Village, San Luis Obispo andOxnard and a loan production office in Paso Robles. The principal business ac-  tivities of the Company are Relationship business banking, Manufactured Hous-  ing lending and Government Guaranteed lending. 

 CWBC AUGUST 1, 2017  Recent Price $10.15  Shares Outstanding 8.2M  Estimated Float 6.0M52-Week Price Range $7.70-$10.65  Net Interest Margin* 4.39%  *most recent quarter  Market Cap $82.8MBook Value per  Common Share $8.36  Price/Book 1.21x  Institutional Ownership 37.1%  Insider Ownership 26.8%  CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS  Community West Bank 445 Pine Avenue  Goleta, CA 93117Phone (805) 692-5821  www.communitywestbank.com  FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  (in thousands, except per share)  Income Statement Three Months Ended  30-Jun-17 31-Mar-17 30-Jun-16  Interest income $ 9,066 $ 8,703 $ 7,674  Interest expense 1,030 929 777Net interest income  before provision for loan losses 8,036 7,774 6,897  Provision for loan losses 120 144 61Net interest income  after provision for loan losses 7,916 7,630 6,836  Non-interest income 697 641 577  Non-interest expenses 6,007 5,923 5,506  Income before income taxes 2,606 2,348 1,907  Provision for income taxes 1,050 992 782  Net income 1,556 1,356 1,125  Earnings per common share:  Basic $ 0.19 $ 0.17 $ 0.14  Diluted $ 0.18 $ 0.16 $ 0.13  Balance Sheet 30-Jun-17 31-Mar-17 30-Jun-16  Total assets $ 784,972 $ 748,300 $ 642,624  Total stockholders' equity $ 68,216 $ 66,567 $ 63,238  Total deposits $ 670,280 $ 640,130 $ 565,184  Net loans $ 684,836 $ 660,761 $ 564,826  Asset Quality 30-Jun-17 31-Mar-17 30-Jun-16  Nonaccrual loans, net $ 1,988 $ 2,302 $ 3,988  Nonaccrual loans, net/total loans 0.29% 0.34% 0.70%Nonaccrual loans plus other assets  acquired through foreclosure, net $ 2,350 $ 2,447 $ 4,117Nonaccrual loans plus other assets  acquired through foreclosure, net/total assets 0.30% 0.33% 0.64%  Net loan (recoveries) charge-offs in the quarter $ (88) $ (177) $ (148)Net loan (recoveries) charge-offs  in the quarter/total loans (0.01%) (0.03%) (0.03%)  TOP INSTITUTIONAL  SHAREHOLDERS *  First Securities America 6.97%  Wellington 6.39%  Stieven Capital 6.28%  Siena Capital 3.78%  Maltese Capital Mgmt. 3.19%  AllianceBernstein Holding 2.16%  Cutler Capital 1.74%  Dimensional Fund 1.55%  M3F 1.21%  Context BH Capital 0.70%  Northwestern Mutual 0.68%  Bridgeway Capital 0.47%  *information from SNL as of 31--Mar-17  MANAGEMENT TEAM  Martin E. Plourd  President & Chief Executive OfficerSusan C. Thompson  EVP & Chief Financial OfficerMaureen C. Clark  EVP , Chief Operating Officer & ChiefInformation Officer  William F. Filippin  EVP & Chief Banking OfficerKristine D. Price  EVP & Chief Credit Officer  The company described in this report is a client of Len Cereghino & Co., d.b.a. The Cereghino Group, a securities industry relations firm. This report was prepared using information obtained from management and from publications  available to the public. This report does not purport to be a complete statement of all material facts and is not to be construed as a recommendation or solicitation to buy or sell securities of the company described herein. Upon receiv-ing a written request sent to its website at www.stockvalues.com, The Cereghino Group will provide a package of detailed information on the client company. The Cereghino Group is compensated by the client company for servicesrendered on a continuing basis and consequently, the amount of such compensation related to the preparation and distribution of this report is not separately determinable. The Cereghino Group and/or its employees and/or membersof their families, may have a long position in the securities of the company described herein.  Issued: August 1, 2017