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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Gere Andrew   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SJW CORP [SJW] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Operating Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 110 W TAYLOR STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/04/2016 (Street) SAN JOSE, CA 95110 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 01/04/2016   A   2,858 (1) A $ 0 11,122 (2) D   Common Stock 01/04/2016   F   190 (3) D $ 29.4 10,932 (4) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Gere Andrew 110 W TAYLOR STREET SAN JOSE, CA 95110			Chief Operating Officer

Signatures

/s/ Suzy Papazian Attorney-in-Fact for Andrew Gere		01/05/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents 2,858 shares of the issuer's common stock underlying restricted stock units granted to the reporting person under the issuer's Long-Term Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit will entitle the reporting person to receive one share of the issuer's common stock when that unit vests. The units will vest in three successive annual installments upon the reporting person's completion of each year of service with the issuer over the three-year period measured from the issue date of the units, subject to accelerated vesting under certain prescribed circumstances.
(2)	Represents 6,560 shares of the issuer's common stock and 4,562 shares of the issuer's common stock underlying restricted stock units.
(3)	Represents 190 shares of Common Stock of the issuer withheld by the issuer in satisfaction of the applicable withholding taxes on certain shares of Common Stock that became issuable on January 4, 2016 pursuant to the terms of the January 2, 2014 and January 2, 2015 Restricted Stock Unit Issuance Agreements between the reporting person and the issuer. The issuable shares were previously reported as Table I securities in the Form 3 and Form 4 filed on April 30, 2015, accordingly the issuance of those shares is not a reportable transaction on this Form 4.
(4)	Represents 6,807 shares of the issuer's common stock and 4,125 shares of the issuer's common stock underlying restricted stock units.

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