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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001323119-13-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	13F-HR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20121231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130215
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130214
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20130215

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Covington Capital Management
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001323119
		IRS NUMBER:				201253741
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		13F-HR
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	028-11340
		FILM NUMBER:		13616406

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET, SUITE 2000
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		213 629-7500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET, SUITE 2000
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90017
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE


Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:  December 31, 2012

Check here if Amendment [ ];  Amendment Number:

This Amendment (Check only one.):		[ ] is a restatement.
 						[ ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:			Covington Capital Management
Address:		601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2000
			Los Angeles, CA 90017
13F File Number:	028-11340

The Institutional Investment Manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct, and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this submission.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:			Dwight Liu
Title:			Chief Financial Officer
Phone:			213 629-7510

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/ D. Liu		Los Angeles, CA		February 14, 2013

Report Type (Check only one.):

[x]  13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ]  13F NOTICE.
[ ]  13F COMBINATION REPORT.

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:		None

<PAGE>


FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE


Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers:		None
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:		225
Form 13F Information Table Value Total:		$763,979,000

List of Other Included Managers:		None

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NAME OF ISSUER		TITLE	CUSIP		VALUE	SHARES/	SH/	PUT/	INVESTMENT	OTHER	    	VOTING AUTHORITY
			OF CLASS		(x$1000)PRN AMT	PRN	CALL	DISCRETION	MANAGERS	SOLE	SHARED	NONE


3M COMPANY		COM	88579Y101	5984	64449	SH		DEFINED			X
AFLAC INC		COM	001055102	1357	25548	SH		DEFINED			X
ABB LTD			ADR	000375204	870	41825	SH		DEFINED			X
ABBOTT LABORATORIES	COM	002824100	9965	152144	SH		DEFINED			X
ABBVIE INC		COM	00287Y109	5343	152144	SH		DEFINED			X
ACCENTURE LTD		CL A	G1150G111	8551	128592	SH		DEFINED			X
ACE LIMITED		ORD	G0070K103	3250	40726	SH		DEFINED			X
ADOBE SYSTEMS INC	COM	00724F101	288	7653	SH		DEFINED			X
AIR PROD & CHEMICALS	COM	009158106	2997	35671	SH		DEFINED			X
ALLERGAN INC		COM	018490102	722	7875	SH		DEFINED			X
ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE	COM	01988P108	199	21175	SH		DEFINED			X
ALTRIA GROUP		COM	02209S103	1856	59022	SH		DEFINED			X
AMERICA MOVIL SERIES L	ADR	02364W105	299	12924	SH		DEFINED			X
AMERICAN EXPRESS	COM	025816109	6205	107944	SH		DEFINED			X
AMGEN INCORPORATED	COM	031162100	422	4900	SH		DEFINED			X
ANADARKO PETROLEUM	COM	032511107	1922	25865	SH		DEFINED			X
ANALOG DEVICES INC	COM	32654105	934	22204	SH		DEFINED			X
APACHE CORP		COM	037411105	2196	27976	SH		DEFINED			X
APPLE COMPUTER		COM	037833100	14489	27227	SH		DEFINED			X
ATT			COM	00206R102	3191	94651	SH		DEFINED			X
AUTOMATIC DATA PROC	COM	053015103	4353	76454	SH		DEFINED			X
AVERY DENNISON CORP	COM	053611109	551	15770	SH		DEFINED			X
BANK OF AMERICA CORP	COM	060505104	691	59530	SH		DEFINED			X
BARRICK GOLD CORP	COM	67901108	5066	144694	SH		DEFINED			X
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL	COM	071813109	1047	15713	SH		DEFINED			X
BECTON DICKINSON & CO	COM	075887109	1137	14545	SH		DEFINED			X
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY	CL B	084670207	9517	106095	SH		DEFINED			X
BHP BILLITON		ADR	088606108	3559	45388	SH		DEFINED			X
BLACKROCK INC		COM	09247X101	5562	26906	SH		DEFINED			X
BLOCK H&R INC		COM	093671105	249	13400	SH		DEFINED			X
BOEING CO		COM	097023105	4451	59067	SH		DEFINED			X
BP PLC ADR		ADR	055622104	6151	147721	SH		DEFINED			X
BRE PPTYS INC		CL A	05564E106	202	3975	SH		DEFINED			X
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO	COM	110122108	796	24419	SH		DEFINED			X
BROADCOM CORP		CL A	111320107	867	26102	SH		DEFINED			X
C S X CORP		COM	126408103	298	15099	SH		DEFINED			X
CVS CAREMARK		COM	126650100	218	4515	SH		DEFINED			X
CATERPILLAR		COM	149123101	617	6883	SH		DEFINED			X
CELGENE CORP		COM	151020104	3621	46144	SH		DEFINED			X
CERNER CORPORATION	COM	156782104	6623	85445	SH		DEFINED			X
CHEVRONTEXACO CORP	COM	166764100	18262	168871	SH		DEFINED			X
CHINA MOBILE LTD	ADR	16941M109	301	5130	SH		DEFINED			X
CHUBB CORPORATION	COM	171232101	1775	23560	SH		DEFINED			X
CISCO SYSTEMS INC	COM	17275R102	5010	254962	SH		DEFINED			X
CLOROX COMPANY		COM	189054109	4045	55251	SH		DEFINED			X
COACH INC		COM	189754104	1182	21300	SH		DEFINED			X
COCA COLA COMPANY	COM	191216100	8370	230890	SH		DEFINED			X
COGNIZANT TECH		CL A	192446102	219	2960	SH		DEFINED			X
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO	COM	194162103	7086	67779	SH		DEFINED			X
CONOCOPHILLIPS		COM	20825C104	7120	122787	SH		DEFINED			X
CORNING INC		COM	219350105	401	31800	SH		DEFINED			X
COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW	COM	22160K105	2558	25914	SH		DEFINED			X
CUMMINS INC		COM	231021106	8266	76286	SH		DEFINED			X
DAILY JOURNAL CORP	COM	233912104	555	6000	SH		DEFINED			X
DANAHER CORP DEL	COM	235851102	4580	81937	SH		DEFINED			X
DEERE & CO		COM	244199105	394	4555	SH		DEFINED			X
DEVON ENERGY CP NEW	COM	25179M103	4083	78457	SH		DEFINED			X
DIAGEO PLC		ADR	25243Q205	845	7250	SH		DEFINED			X
DISCOVERY HOLDING SER A	COM	25470F104	335	5280	SH		DEFINED			X
DISNEY WALT CO		COM	254687106	7748	155610	SH		DEFINED			X
DOMINION RES INC	COM	25746U109	2192	42316	SH		DEFINED			X
DOW CHEMICAL CO		COM	260543103	877	27130	SH		DEFINED			X
DU PONT E I DE NEMOUR	COM	263534109	4220	93833	SH		DEFINED			X
EMC CORP		COM	268648102	5711	225734	SH		DEFINED			X
EBAY INC		COM	278642103	453	8884	SH		DEFINED			X
EDISON INTERNATIONAL	COM	281020107	777	17204	SH		DEFINED			X
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	COM	291011104	3376	63750	SH		DEFINED			X
ENBRIDGE ENERGY PTNRS	COM	29250R106	800	28687	SH		DEFINED			X
ENDEAVOUR INTL		COM	29259G101	260	50109	SH		DEFINED			X
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION	COM	30231G102	34890	403117	SH		DEFINED			X
FINANCIAL SEL SPDR XLF	COM	30231G102	328	20000	SH		DEFINED			X
FIRSTENERGY CORP	COM	81369Y605	553	13235	SH		DEFINED			X
FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE PFD	COM	338480106	241	17700	SH		DEFINED			X
FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE PFO	COM	33848E106	830	73958	SH		DEFINED			X
FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE FFC	COM	338478100	2550	130424	SH		DEFINED			X
FREEPORT MCMORN		CL B	35671D857	5288	154621	SH		DEFINED			X
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO	COM	369604103	14643	697629	SH		DEFINED			X
GENERAL MILLS INC	COM	370334104	631	15600	SH		DEFINED			X
GENUINE PARTS		COM	372460105	627	9866	SH		DEFINED			X
GILEAD SCIENCES INC	COM	375558103	4714	64175	SH		DEFINED			X
GOOGLE INC		CL A	38259P508	6072	8584	SH		DEFINED			X
HALLIBURTON CO		COM	406216101	224	6458	SH		DEFINED			X
HEINZ HJ		COM	423074103	443	7685	SH		DEFINED			X
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY	COM	428236103	415	29100	SH		DEFINED			X
HOME DEPOT INC		COM	437076102	2711	43825	SH		DEFINED			X
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL	COM	438516106	395	6224	SH		DEFINED			X
HSBC			ADR	404280406	455	8575	SH		DEFINED			X
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	COM	452308109	1247	20500	SH		DEFINED			X
INTEL CORP		COM	458140100	7040	341414	SH		DEFINED			X
INTL BUSINESS MACHINES	COM	459200101	6211	32423	SH		DEFINED			X
INTUIT INC		COM	461202103	5150	86598	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES FTSE CHINA FXI	ETF	464287184	328	8110	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES GOLD TRUST IAU	ETF	464285105	413	25380	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES MSCI AUSTR EWA	ETF	464286103	743	29555	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES MSCI BRAZIL EWZ	ETF	464286400	1485	26554	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES MSCI CDA EWC	ETF	464286509	4640	163393	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES MSCI EAFE ECH	ETF	464286640	1728	27320	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES MSCI EAFE EFA	ETF	464287465	10319	181488	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES MSCI EMRGMKTEEM	ETF	464287234	2086	47042	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES MSCI JPN EWJ	ETF	464286848	764	78350	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES MSCI KOREA EWY	ETF	464286848	500	7900	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES MSCI JPIDX EPP	ETF	464286848	5235	111050	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES MSCI SINGAPAEWS	ETF	464286673	275	20100	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES MSCI TAIWAN EWT	ETF	464286731	376	27635	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES RUSS 2000 IWM	ETF	464287655	6733	79858	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES RUSS MID IWR	ETF	464287499	515	4550	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES RUSS 1000 IWB	ETF	464287622	1722	21760	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES RUSS 1000 IWF	ETF	464287614	502	7670	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES S&P 600 IJR	ETF	464287804	2786	35675	SH		DEFINED			X
ISHARES S&P IVV		ETF	46287200	444	3105	SH		DEFINED			X
JM SMUCKER CO		COM NEW	832696405	1514	17553	SH		DEFINED			X
JACOBS ENGINEERING GRP	COM	469814107	2027	47619	SH		DEFINED			X
JOHNSON & JOHNSON	COM	478160104	15986	228051	SH		DEFINED			X
JOHNSON CONTROLS INC	COM	478366107	295	9625	SH		DEFINED			X
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO	COM	46625H100	6095	138620	SH		DEFINED			X
KIMBERLY CLARK		COM	494368103	260	3075	SH		DEFINED			X
KINDER MORGAN EN LP	UT LTD	494550106	445	5575	SH		DEFINED			X
KRAFT FOODS INC		CL A	50075N104	3440	75646	SH		DEFINED			X
LABORATORY CORP OF AMER	COM NEW	50540R409	1115	12875	SH		DEFINED			X
LENNAR CORP		CL A	526057104	305	7885	SH		DEFINED			X
LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORP	COM	527288104	903	37937	SH		DEFINED			X
LILLY ELI & COMPANY	COM	532457108	686	13900	SH		DEFINED			X
LINCOLN ELECTRIC	COM	533900106	1133	23275	SH		DEFINED			X
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	COM	539830109	415	4500	SH		DEFINED			X
LOWES COMPANIES INC	COM	548661107	6653	187290	SH		DEFINED			X
M&T BANK		COM	55261F104	2514	25527	SH		DEFINED			X
MC CORMICK		COM	579780206	1634	25725	SH		DEFINED			X
MC DONALDS CORP		COM	580135101	7861	89119	SH		DEFINED			X
MCKESSON INC		COM	58155Q103	296	3050	SH		DEFINED			X
MEAD JOHNSON 		COM	582839106	2612	39636	SH		DEFINED			X
MEDTRONIC INC		COM	585055106	3783	92228	SH		DEFINED			X
MERCK & CO INC		COM	589331107	7752	189359	SH		DEFINED			X
METLIFE INC		COM	59156R108	215	6519	SH		DEFINED			X
MICROSOFT CORP		COM	594918104	10077	377294	SH		DEFINED			X
MONDELEZ INTL		CL A	609207105	5448	214032	SH		DEFINED			X
MYLAN INC		COM	628530107	850	30957	SH		DEFINED			X
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS	COM	636518102	513	19875	SH		DEFINED			X
NATIONAL OILWELL	COM	637071101	1367	19999	SH		DEFINED			X
NEWS CORP LTD		CL A	65248E104	631	24725	SH		DEFINED			X
NEXTERA ENERGY		COM	654106103	5815	84046	SH		DEFINED			X
NIKE INC		CL B	654106103	6013	116532	SH		DEFINED			X
NOVARTIS AG		ADR	66987V109	1791	28294	SH		DEFINED			X
OMNICOM PARTNERS	COM	681919106	1951	39045	SH		DEFINED			X
ONEOK PARTNERS LP	UT	68268N103	661	12245	SH		DEFINED			X
ORACLE CORPORATION	COM	68389X105	7537	226195	SH		DEFINED			X
PAYCHEX INC		COM	704326107	3232	103911	SH		DEFINED			X
PEPSICO INCORPORATED	COM	713448108	9578	139963	SH		DEFINED			X
PFIZER INCORPORATED	COM	717081103	13308	530643	SH		DEFINED			X
PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC	COM	718172109	4340	51887	SH		DEFINED			X
PHILLIPS 66		COM	718546104	353	6652	SH		DEFINED			X
PLUM CREEK TIMBER	COM	729251108	1041	23457	SH		DEFINED			X
POTASH CORP SASK	COM	73755L107	1339	32913	SH		DEFINED			X
POWERSHS PCEF		ETF	73936Q843	1837	73056	SH		DEFINED			X
POWERSHS WINDERHILL PBW	ETF	73935X500	214	52475	SH		DEFINED			X
POWERSHS GLOBAL EXC PIO	ETF	73936T623	273	15138	SH		DEFINED			X
POWERSHS ETF WATER PHO	ETF	73935X575	847	40800	SH		DEFINED			X
PROCTER & GAMBLE	COM	742718109	12754	187859	SH		DEFINED			X
PUBLIC STORAGE		COM	74460D109	1561	10770	SH		DEFINED			X
QUALCOMM INC		COM	747525103	9798	158397	SH		DEFINED			X
ROPER INDUSTRIES	COM	776696106	1182	10600	SH		DEFINED			X
ROWE T PRICE GROUP	COM	74144T108	2351	36110	SH		DEFINED			X
ROYAL DTCH 1.25 GUILDER	NY REG	780257804	2451	35553	SH		DEFINED			X
S J W CORP		COM	784305104	51978	1954070	SH		DEFINED			X
SCHLUMBERGER LTD  	COM	806857108	5656	81616	SH		DEFINED			X
SEMPRA ENERGY		COM	816851109	2301	32430	SH		DEFINED			X
SPDR DJ RE RWX		ETF	784634863	270	6524	SH		DEFINED			X
SPDR GOLD SHARES GLD	ETF	78463V107	13359	82453	SH		DEFINED			X
SPDR S&P DIV SDY	ETF	78462F103	522	8973	SH		DEFINED			X
SPDR TRUST SPY		ETF	78462F103	6191	43471	SH		DEFINED			X
SPDR S&P EMERGMKTS EDIV	ETF	784634533	5080	107675	SH		DEFINED			X
SPDR S&P HOMEBUILDERXHB	ETF	78464A888	1310	49250	SH		DEFINED			X
SPDR TRUST MDY		ETF	78467Y107	9307	50118	SH		DEFINED			X
STARBUCKS CORP		COM	855244109	1252	23350	SH		DEFINED			X
STATE STREET CORP	COM	857477103	883	18784	SH		DEFINED			X
STERICYCLE INC		COM	858912108	3959	42440	SH		DEFINED			X
STRYKER CORP		COM	863667101	3411	62226	SH		DEFINED			X
SYSCO CORP		COM	871829107	507	16006	SH		DEFINED			X
TJX COS INC		COM	872540109	2549	60049	SH		DEFINED			X
TARGET CORPORATION	COM	87612E106	6385	107907	SH		DEFINED			X
TECH SEL SPDR XLK	ETF	81369Y803	551	19082	SH		DEFINED			X
TETRA TECH		COM	88162G103	310	11725	SH		DEFINED			X
TEVA PHARM INDS LTD	ADR	881624209	2915	78056	SH		DEFINED			X
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC	COM	882508104	312	10115	SH		DEFINED			X
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORP	COM	808513105	1113	77513	SH		DEFINED			X
THERMO FISHER SCIEN	COM	883556102	225	3527	SH		DEFINED			X
TIFFANY			COM	886547108	320	5581	SH		DEFINED			X
TIME WARNER CABLE TWC	COM	88732J207	513	5282	SH		DEFINED			X
TIME WARNER INC TWX	COM	887317303	1207	25229	SH		DEFINED			X
TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY	COM	892356106	2209	25000	SH		DEFINED			X
TRANSOCEAN INC		COM	G90078109	979	21926	SH		DEFINED			X
U S BANCORP DEL NEW	COM NEW	902973304	371	11621	SH		DEFINED			X
UNILEVER NV NY SHS	NY SHS	904784709	268	6993	SH		DEFINED			X
UNION PACIFIC CORP	COM	907818108	6140	48842	SH		DEFINED			X
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE	CL B	911312106	2743	37204	SH		DEFINED			X
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES	COM	913017109	3882	47341	SH		DEFINED			X
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC	COM	91324P102	1125	20750	SH		DEFINED			X
VF CORP			COM	918204108	4141	27431	SH		DEFINED			X
VALERO ENERGY CORP NEW	COM	91913Y100	612	17938	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD ALLWORLD VSS	ETF	922042718	1573	17304	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD DIV APPREC VIG	ETF	921908844	3294	55289	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD EMG MKT VWO	ETF	922042858	7560	169781	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD ENERGY VDE	ETF	92204A306	946	9250	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD EURPAC VEA	ETF	921943858	4954	140609	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD EURO VGK	ETF	922042874	3217	65866	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD MIDCAP VIP VO	ETF	922908629	1481	17962	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD INTL EQTY VEU	ETF	922042775	3451	75428	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD LARGE CAP VV	ETF	922908637	738	11324	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD PACIFIC VPL	ETF	922042866	2018	37791	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD SMCAP VIP VB	ETF	922908751	600	7415	SH		DEFINED			X
VANGUARD TOTAL STK VTI	ETF	922908769	449	6127	SH		DEFINED			X
VERISK ANALYTICS	CL A	92345Y106	1167	22905	SH		DEFINED			X
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS	COM	92343V104	6747	155927	SH		DEFINED			X
VISA INC CL A		CL A	92826C839	338	2231	SH		DEFINED			X
VODAFONE GROUP PLC	ADR	92857W100	8333	330793	SH		DEFINED			X
WAL-MART STORES INC	COM	931142103	5677	83202	SH		DEFINED			X
WASHINGTON POST		CL B	939640108	310	850	SH		DEFINED			X
WASTE MANAGEMENT	COM	94106L109	3599	106654	SH		DEFINED			X
WATSON PHARM		COM	942683103	1658	19275	SH		DEFINED			X
WELLS FARGO & CO NEW	COM	949746101	9018	263846	SH		DEFINED			X
WILLIAMS COMPANIES	COM	969457100	5709	174382	SH		DEFINED			X
WILLIAMS PARTNERS LP	COM LP	96950F104	1310	26925	SH		DEFINED			X
WIPRO LTD ADR		ADR	97651M109	138	15700	SH		DEFINED			X
WISDOM TREE ELD		ETF	97717X867	1339	25050	SH		DEFINED			X
XYLEM INC		COM	98419M100	333	12293	SH		DEFINED			X
YUM BRANDS INC		COM	988498101	443	6665	SH		DEFINED			X
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