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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-09-10</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2007-09-12</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001063997</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HARRINGTON WEST FINANCIAL GROUP INC/CA</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HWFG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001016248</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BREEDEN DOUGLAS T</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O THE BREEDEN GROUP, ATTN: ALLEN LYLES</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>100 EUROPA DRIVE, NUMBER 589</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHAPEL HILL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>27517</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-09-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>600</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>14.75</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>46775</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Breeden Family Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Six hundred shares were omitted from the total shares reported to have been purchased by the Breeden Family Trust (the &quot;Trust&quot;) in the September 12, 2007 Form 4 filing and in one subsequent Form 4 filed by the reporting person on September 28, 2007.  Consequently, as of October 4, 2007, the date of this filing, the total number of shares beneficially owned by the Trust is 90,175.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Douglas T. Breeden's  (&quot;Dr. Breeden&quot;) children are the beneficiaries of the Trust.  Dr. Breeden disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held by the Trust in which Dr. Breeden does not have an actual pecuniary interest.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List - Exhibit 24, Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ R. Allen Lyles, Attorney-in-fact for Douglas T. Breeden</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-10-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
