Exhibit 99.1

SERVICER’S MONTHLY CERTIFICATE

PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.09(a) OF THE SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

January 12, 2021

This Servicer’s Monthly Certificate is delivered in connection with the sale by Mechanics Bank, a California corporation licensed and authorized to transact a banking business (“Mechanics Bank”) to California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1 (the “Issuer”) of the Depositor Conveyed Assets pursuant to a sale and servicing agreement, dated as of February 1, 2017 (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among the Issuer, California Republic Funding LLC (the “Depositor”), Mechanics Bank and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

The undersigned, a Responsible Officer of Mechanics Bank, hereby certifies that:

(a) No Event of Default or Servicer Termination Event has occurred and is continuing; and

(b) The information contained in Annex A, attached hereto, is complete and accurate and among other things, contains all information necessary to make the payments to be made on the January 15, 2021 Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement for this Collection Period.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, in my capacity as a Responsible Officer of Mechanics Bank as specified below, has caused this certificate to be executed as of the date first above written.

/s/ Nathan J. Duda

Nathan J. Duda

EVP, Chief Financial Officer


California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1
Pool ID:		CRAT171
Original Aggregate Note Balance	$	419,789,000.00
Collection Period Start Date:		12/01/2020
Collection Period Ending Date:		12/31/2020
Prior Distribution Date:		12/15/2020
Current Distribution Date:		01/15/2021


I.	SUMMARY
		Original Balance		Beginning Period Balance		Principal Distribution Amount		Ending Period Balance		Pool Factor

	Class A-1 Notes	$	69,300,000.00	$	-	$	-	$	-		0.000000
	Class A-2 Notes	$	110,000,000.00	$	-	$	-	$	-		0.000000
	Class A-3 Notes	$	100,000,000.00	$	-	$	-	$	-		0.000000
	Class A-4 Notes	$	93,963,000.00	$	7,641,290.70	$	3,976,705.74	$	3,664,584.96		0.039000
	Class B Notes	$	29,684,000.00	$	29,684,000.00	$	-	$	29,684,000.00		1.000000
	Class C Notes	$	16,842,000.00	$	16,842,000.00	$	-	$	16,842,000.00		1.000000

	Total Note Balance	$	419,789,000.00	$	54,167,290.70	$	3,976,705.74	$	50,190,584.96		0.119561

				Beginning Period Balance				Ending Period Balance

	Overcollateralization			$	9,263,166.41			$	9,263,166.41
	Reserve Account Balance			$	1,052,632.55			$	1,052,632.55
	Net Pool Balance			$	63,430,457.11			$	59,453,751.37


				Coupon Rate		Beginning Period Balance		Interest Distribution Amount

	Class A-1 Notes				0.90000%	$	-	$	-
	Class A-2 Notes				1.55000%	$	-	$	-
	Class A-3 Notes				1.90000%	$	-	$	-
	Class A-4 Notes				2.28000%	$	7,641,290.70	$	14,518.45
	Class B Notes				2.91000%	$	29,684,000.00	$	71,983.70
	Class C Notes				3.76000%	$	16,842,000.00	$	52,771.60

						$	54,167,290.70	$	139,273.75

II.	AVAILABLE FUNDS

	Interest Collections			$	380,812.12
	Principal Collections			$	3,831,123.86
	Repurchases			$	-
	Liquidation Proceeds			$	-
	Recoveries			$	230,967.28
	Investment Earnings			$	141.49
	Reimbursements of Prior Period Liquidation Expenses			$	(5,162.44)
	Reimbursements of Prior Period Servicer Advances			$	(62,047.53)
	Current Period Servicer Advances			$	55,650.42

	Total Collections			$	4,431,485.20

	Reserve Account Draw Amount			$	-

	Total Available Funds			$	4,431,485.20


III.	DISTRIBUTION OF AVAILABLE FUNDS
				Amount Due		Amount Paid		Amount Owed		Shortfall

	Servicing fees dues to master servicer		1.0000%	$	52,858.71	$	52,858.71	$	-	$	-
	Servicing fees dues to backup servicer			$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Class A-1 Note Interest			$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Class A-2 Note Interest			$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Class A-3 Note Interest			$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Class A-4 Note Interest			$	14,518.45	$	14,518.45	$	-	$	-
	First Allocation of Principal			$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Class B Note Interest			$	71,983.70	$	71,983.70	$	-	$	-
	Second Allocation of Principal			$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Class C Note Interest			$	52,771.60	$	52,771.60	$	-	$	-
	Third Allocation of Principal			$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Reserve Account Deposit			$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Regular Principal Distribution Amount			$	3,976,705.74	$	3,976,705.74	$	-	$	-
	Accrued and unpaid fees to owner/indenture trustees/servicer			$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Asset Representation Review/servicer			$	312.50	$	312.50	$	-	$	-
	Remaining Funds to Certificate Holder			$	262,334.50	$	262,334.50	$	-	$	-

				$	4,431,485.20	$	4,431,485.20	$	-	$	-

	First Allocation of Principal			$	-
	Second Allocation of Principal			$	-
	Third Allocation of Principal			$	-
	Regular Principal Distribution Amount			$	3,976,705.74

	Total Allocable Principal			$	3,976,705.74


IV.	POOL

	Pool Balance	$	59,453,751.37
	Number of Receivables Outstanding		7,572
	Weighted Average Contract Rate		7.25%
	Weighted Average Maturity		24.0

	OVERCOLLATERALIZATION

	Target O/C Amount	$	9,263,166.41
	Beginning Period O/C Amount	$	9,263,166.41
	Ending Period O/C Amount	$	9,263,166.41

	Overcollateralization Amount to Achieve Target	$	-

V.	RESERVE ACCOUNT

	Specified Reserve Account Balance	$	1,052,632.55
	Beginning Reserve Account Balance	$	1,052,632.55
	Reserve Account Deposits	$	-
	Reserve Account Earnings	$	-
	Distribute Earnings - Collection Account	$	-
	Reserve Account Draws	$	-

	Ending Reserve Account Balance	$	1,052,632.55


VI.	DELINQUENCY & LOSS
							% of Ending Pool
	Delinquency	Number		Amount		Balance

	30 - 59 Days		225	$	2,299,389.50		3.868%
	60 - 89 Days		94	$	901,100.58		1.516%
	90 + Days		28	$	279,637.64		0.470%

	Total		347	$	3,480,127.72		5.854%


	Repossession Inventory		10	$	131,166.50

			Current Period		Cumulative

	Losses	$	145,581.88	$	29,107,023.73
	Recoveries	$	(230,967.28)	$	(13,854,790.13)

	Net Losses	$	(85,385.40)	$	15,252,233.60


	Cumulative Net Loss Percentage				3.62%
	Cumulative Recovery Rate				47.60%

Mechanics Bank, as servicer, has delivered this information as required pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The information is complete and accurate in all material aspects. No Event of Default, Servicer Termination Event has occurred and is continuing as certified by:

/s/ Nathan J. Duda

January 12, 2021

Nathan J. Duda

EVP, Chief Financial Officer

California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1 10-D