POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and trustees of FRANKLIN CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE
INCOME FUND (the "Registrant") hereby appoint BRIAN E. LORENZ, HARMON E.
BURNS, DEBORAH R. GATZEK, KAREN L. SKIDMORE, LEIANN NUZUM, Murray L. Simpson,
Barbara J. Green and David P. Goss (with full power to each of them to act
alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all capacities, to execute,
deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any and all instruments
that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the
Registrant to comply with or register any security issued by the Registrant
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and interpretations
thereunder, including but not limited to, any registration statement,
including any and all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other
document to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any
and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any other
regulatory authority. Each of the undersigned grants to each of said
attorneys, full authority to do every act necessary to be done in order to
effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she could do
if personally present, thereby ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall be deemed
to be a single document.
The undersigned officers and directors hereby execute this Power of
Attorney as of the 16th day of May , 2000.
/S/ RUPERT H. JOHNSON, JR. /S/ HARRIS J. ASHTON
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr., Harris J. Ashton,
Principal Executive Officer and Director Director
/S/ S. JOSEPH FORTUNATO /S/ EDITH E. HOLIDAY
S. Joseph Fortunato, Edith E. Holiday,
Director Director
/S/ CHARLES B. JOHNSON /S/ GORDON S. MACKLIN
Charles B. Johnson, Gordon S. Macklin,
Director Director
/S/ MARTIN L. FLANAGAN /S/ KIMBERLEY H. MONASTERIO
Martin L. Flanagan, Kimberley H. Monasterio,
Principal Financial Officer Principal Accounting Officer
