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NAME OF REGISTRANT:
Franklin California Tax-Free Income Fund, Inc.
File No. 811-2790
EXHIBIT ITEM No. 77C:
Submission of matters to a vote of security holders.
FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.
777 Mariners Island Blvd.
P.O. Box 7777
San Mateo, CA 94403-7777
415/312-3000
ACTION OF SOLE SHAREHOLDER BY WRITTEN CONSENT
The undersigned, being the sole shareholder of the Class II shares
of each of the Franklin Templeton Funds listed on the attached Schedule
A (the "Funds"), each of which is a series of the Investment Companies as
indicated on Schedule A (the "Companies"), does hereby take the following
actions and does hereby consent to the following resolution:
RESOLVED: That the Distribution Plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 (under the
Investment Company Act of 1940), as agreed to and accepted by
Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc. and each of the Companies prior to the
date below, be and it hereby is, approved for each Fund.
By execution hereof, the undersigned shareholder waives prior notice of
the foregoing action by written consent.
FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.
s/H.E. Burns
Dated as of: April 28, 1995 By: Harmon E. Burns
Executive Vice President
SCHEDULE A
INVESTMENT COMPANY
FUND & CLASS; TITAN NUMBER
Franklin Gold Fund
Franklin Gold Fund - Class II; 232
Franklin Equity Fund
Franklin Equity Fund - Class II; 234
Franklin Custodian Funds, Inc.
Growth Series - Class II; 206
Utilities Series - Class II; 207
Income Series - Class II; 209
U.S. Government Securities
Series - Class II; 210
Franklin California Tax-Free
Franklin California Tax-Free Income
Income Fund, Inc.
Fund - Class II; 212
Franklin New York Tax-Free
Franklin New York Tax-Free Income
Income Fund, Inc.
Fund - Class II; 215
Franklin Federal Tax-Free
Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income
Income Fund
Fund -Class II; 216
Franklin Managed Trust
Franklin Rising Dividends
Fund - Class II; 258
Franklin California Tax-Free Trust
Franklin California Insured Tax-Free
Income Fund - Class II; 224
Franklin New York Tax-Free Trust
Franklin New York Insured Tax-Free
Income Fund - Class II; 281
Franklin Investors Securities Trust
Franklin Global Government Income
Fund - Class II; 235
Franklin Equity Income
Fund - Class II; 239
Franklin Strategic Series
Franklin Global Utilities
Fund - Class II; 297
Franklin Real Estate Securities Trust
Franklin Real Estate Securities
Fund - Class II; 292
INVESTMENT COMPANY
FUND AND CLASS; TITAN NUMBER
Franklin Tax-Free
Franklin Alabama Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 264
Trust
Franklin Arizona Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 226
Franklin Colorado Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 227
Franklin Connecticut Tax Free Income
Fund - Class II; 266
Franklin Florida Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 265
Franklin Georgia Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 228
Franklin High Yield Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 230
Franklin Insured Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 221
Franklin Louisiana Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 268
Franklin Maryland Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 269
Franklin Massachusetts Insured Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 218
Franklin Michigan Insured Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 219
Franklin Minnesota Insured Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 220
Franklin Missouri Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 260
Franklin New Jersey Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 271
Franklin North Carolina Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 270
Franklin Ohio Insured Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 222
Franklin Oregon Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 261
Franklin Pennsylvania Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 229
Franklin Puerto Rico Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 223
Franklin Texas Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 262
Franklin Virginia Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II; 263
NAME OF REGISTRANT:
Franklin California Tax-Free Income Fund, Inc.
File No. 811-2790
EXHIBIT ITEM No. 77I(b):
Terms of new or amended securites
The registrant issues two classes of shares: Franklin California Tax-Free
Income Fund - Class I and Franklin California Tax-Free Income Fund -
Class II. Shares of each class represent proportionate interests in the
assets of the Registrant and have the same voting and other rights and
preferences as the other class of the Registrant for matters that affect the
Registrant as a whole.
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