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

July 15, 2020

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

UNITED SECURITY BANCSHARES

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

California

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

000-32987						91-2112732
(Commission File Number)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2126 Inyo Street, Fresno, California						93721
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip Code)

559-248-4943

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On July 15, 2020 United Security Bancshares (the "Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders. A total of 13,737,398 shares were represented and voting at the meeting, constituting 80.92% of the 16,977,239 issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting. At the annual meeting, the Company's shareholders (i) elected all 10 nominees to the Company's Board of Directors, and (ii) ratified the selection of Moss Adams LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2020. The following are the voting results of each matter submitted to the Company's shareholders at the annual meeting:

1.Election of the following 10 nominees to the Company's Board of Directors for a term of one year:

Nominee			For			Against			Abstain			Broker Non-Votes
Stanley J. Cavalla			9,648,508			153,310			—			3,935,580
Tom Ellithorpe			9,458,339			343,479			—			3,935,580
Benjamin Mackovak			9,673,750			128,068			—			3,935,580
Nabeel Mahmood			9,690,461			111,357			—			3,935,580
Robert M. Mochizuki			9,638,543			163,275			—			3,935,580
Kenneth D. Newby			9,685,396			116,422			—			3,935,580
Susan Quigley			9,668,279			133,539			—			3,935,580
Brian Tkacz			9,676,437			125,381			—			3,935,580
Dennis R. Woods			9,489,647			312,171			—			3,935,580
Michael T. Woolf			9,633,275			168,543			—			3,935,580

2. Ratification of Moss Adams LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2020:

For			Against			Abstain			Non-Votes
13,616,220			84,157			37,022			—

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

									UNITED SECURITY BANCSHARES
Date:			July 16, 2020						By: /s/ Bhavneet Gill
									Bhavneet Gill
									Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer