POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of John F.
Coger, Gayle J.
Lee, and Calum Robertson, signing singly, as the undersigned's
true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1.  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as
an executive officer and/or director of Community Valley Bancorp,
a California
corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any amendments
thereto, in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder (the "Act") and
Forms 144 in
accordance with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "33
Act");

2.  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, 5 or
144 and timely file any such form with the Securities and
Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-
fact's sole discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
granted herein,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-
in-fact's substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers granted herein.  The
undersigned hereby
grants to such attorneys-in-fact the right to appoint a
substitute attorney-in-fact
from time to time in such attorney-in-fact's sole discretion.
The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact may rely
entirely on
information furnished orally or in writing by the undersigned, a
representative of
the undersigned or the Company to such attorney-in-fact.  The
undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned
is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to
be executed as of this
      26th            day of    September      , 2005.


Signed:  //S//:    Gary Strauss

Name:   Gary B. Strauss

Title:               Director