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November 3, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Prudential California Municipal Fund
(File No. 2-91215)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "1933 Act"), the Fund hereby certifies (i) that its Prospectuses and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed pursuant to
Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the Prospectuses contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 and (ii) that the text of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 24 was filed electronically on October 30, 1997.
Prudential California Municipal Fund
/s/ Deborah A. Docs
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Deborah A. Docs
Assistant Secretary
cc: Greg Bressler
