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SIGNATURE CAROLINE PEARSON
TITLE VICE PRESIDENT
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Scudder
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qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Scudder California Tax Free Trust:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements and financial
highlights (hereinafter referred to as "financial statements") of Scudder
California Tax Free Money Fund and Scudder California Tax Free Fund, both a
series of Scudder California Tax Free Trust, for the year ended March 31, 1999,
we considered their internal control, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the
purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with
the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control.
The management of Scudder California Tax Free Money Fund and Scudder California
Tax Free Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal control.
In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls.
Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's
objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes that are
fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error or fraud may occur
and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control to
future periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation may
deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all matters
in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A
material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or more
of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the
risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would be
material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not
be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving
internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
March 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Trustees of Scudder California Tax Free Trust and the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
May 7, 1999
Shareholder Meeting Results
A Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of Scudder California Tax Free
Money Fund (the "Fund") was held on December 15, 1998, at the office of Scudder
Kemper Investments, Inc., Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.
At the Meeting the following matters were voted upon by the shareholders (the
resulting votes for each matter are presented below).
1. To approve a new Investment Management Agreement for the Fund with Scudder
Kemper Investments, Inc.
Number of Votes:
----------------
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes*
--- ------- ------- -----------------
35,862,663 1,236,919 964,391 0
2. To approve the revision of the Fund's fundamental lending policy.
Number of Votes:
----------------
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes*
--- ------- ------- -----------------
34,416,579 2,142,100 1,493,077 12,217
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Broker non-votes are proxies received by the Fund from brokers or nominees
when the broker or nominee neither has received instructions from the
beneficial owner or other persons entitled to vote nor has discretionary
power to vote on a particular matter.
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<PAGE>
Shareholder Meeting Results
A Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of Scudder California Tax Free
Fund (the "Fund") was held on December 15, 1998, at the office of Scudder Kemper
Investments, Inc., Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. At the
Meeting the following matters were voted upon by the shareholders (the resulting
votes for each matter are presented below).
1. To approve a new Investment Management Agreement for the Fund with Scudder
Kemper Investments, Inc.
Number of Votes:
----------------
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes*
--- ------- ------- -----------------
18,828,737 594,005 833,759 0
2. To approve the revision of the Fund's fundamental lending policy.
Number of Votes:
----------------
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes*
--- ------- ------- -----------------
17,824,988 865,144 1,268,075 298,294
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Broker non-votes are proxies received by the Fund from brokers or nominees
when the broker or nominee neither has received instructions from the
beneficial owner or other persons entitled to vote nor has discretionary
power to vote on a particular matter.
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