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SIGNATURE GRACE C. TORRES
TITLE TREASURER
Report of Independent Accountants
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Prudential California Municipal Fund
In planning and performing our audits 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, 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 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, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information
and use of management, the Board of Trustees of
the Fund and the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is not intended to be and should
not be used by anyone other than these specified
parties.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
October 15, 1999
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Prudential California Municipal Fund
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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Name of Fund : PRUDENTIAL CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FUND
Series Name : CALIFORNIA MONEY MARKET SERIES
Series Name :
Series Name :
Series Name :
CIK Number : 0000746518
REPORTING PERIOD
FISCAL YEAR-END (Must have 3 blank spaces in fr AUG-31-1999
PERIOD END (Must have 3 blank spaces in front) AUG-31-1999
TYPE OF PERIOD (6-MOS or YEAR) YEAR
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Assets
Investment
At Value 264,349,506
At Cost 0
Receivable 4,937,478
Other Assets 38,240
Total Assets $269,325,224
Liabilities
Payable for Securities Purchased $0
Senior - Long term Debt 0
Other Liabilities 3,852,593
Total Liabilities $3,852,593
Net Assets $265,472,631
Capital
Par Value 2,654,726
Paid in Capital 262,817,905
Accumulated Net Investment Income 0
Over Distribution 0
Accumulated Net Gains (Losses) 0
Over Distribution Gains (Losses) 0
Appreciation or (Depreciation) 0
Net Assets $265,472,631
Shares Outstanding - Current 265,472,631
Shares Outstanding - Prior 301,278,261
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Net Investment Income
Income
Dividend 0
Interest 8,719,132
Other 0
Total Income 8,719,132
Expenses
Management Fees (Gross) 1,445,776
Interest Expenses 0
Other Expenses (Gross) 621,390
Less : Subsidy or waiver (8,962)
Total Expense (net of waivers and subsidies) 2,058,204
Net Investment Income 6,660,928
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
Net realized gain (loss) 18,632
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 0
Total 18,632
Net change from Operation 6,679,560
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
Equalization 0
Dividend Income (6,679,560)
Distribution of Capital Gains 0
Other Distributions 0
Proceeds from shares subscribed 1,284,076,534
Cost of shares reacquired (1,326,335,873)
Shares reinvested 6,453,709
Subtotal (42,485,190)
Net Change in Net Assets (35,805,630)
PRIOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Accumulated Net Investment Income 0
Accumulated Net Gains (Losses) 0
Overdistribution of Net Investment Income 0
Overdistribution of Net Gains 0
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Class A Class B Class C Class Z
NAV (at the beginning of the period) 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Investment Income per share 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
Capital Appreciation (Depreciation) per share (0.02) 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dividend per share 0.000 0.00 0.00 0.00
Distribution per share 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Return of Capital per share 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
NAV (at the end of the period) 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average net assets (000) 289,155 0 0 0
Expense Ratio 0.71 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Debt Outstanding (000) 0 0 0 0
Average Debt Outstanding per Share 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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