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SIGNATURE EUGENE S. STARK
TITLE TREASURER
Octob
er 27, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Prudential California
Municipal Fund
File No.: 811-4024
Gentleman:
Enclosed please find the Annual Report
on Form N-SAR for the above-referenced Fund
for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1998.
The enclosed is being filed
electronically via the EDGAR System.
Very truly
yours,
/s/
Deborah A. Docs
Deborah A.
Docs
Assistant
Secretary
DAD/sd
Enclosures
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File number (c) 811-4024
SUB-ITEM 77J
Restatement of Capital Share Account
Prudential California Municipal Fund -
California Series accounts for and reports
distributions to shareholders in accordance
with the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants Statement of Position 93-
2: Determination, Disclosure, and Financial
Statement Presentation of Income, Capital
Gain, and Return of Capital Distributions by
Investment Companies. The effect of applying
this statement was to increase undistributed
net investment income by $96,593, increase
accumulated net realized loss by $96,898 and
increase paid-in capital by $305, due to the
sale of securities purchased with market
discount. Net investment income, net realized
gains and net assets were not affected by
this change.
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File number (c) 811-4024
SUB-ITEM 77J
Restatement of Capital Share Account
Prudential California Municipal Fund -
California Income Series accounts for and
reports distributions to shareholders in
accordance with the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants' Statement of
Position 93-2: Determination, Disclosure, and
Financial Statement Presentation of Income,
Capital Gain, and Return of Capital
Distributions by Investment Companies. The
effect of applying this statement was to
increase undistributed net investment income
by $105,744, increase accumulated net
realized loss by $103,672 and decrease paid-
in capital by $2,072, due to the sale of
securities purchased with market discount.
Net investment income, net realized gains and
net assets were not affected by this change.
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October 21, 1998
To the Shareholders and Trustees of
Prudential California Municipal Fund
In planning and performing our audit of the
financial statements of Prudential California
Municipal Fund (the "Fund", consisting of
California Income Series, California Money
Market Series and California Series) for the
year ended August 31, 1998, we considered its
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 the 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, errors 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
August 31, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the
information and use of management and the
Trustees of the Fund and the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
