August 5, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Dreyfus California Tax Exempt Money Market Fund (the "Fund")
File No. 2-95595
CIK No. 0000762855
Dear Sir/Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, this is to
certify that the Fund's form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed under paragraph (b) or (c) of Rule 497
does not differ from that contained in the most recent amendment to the Fund's
Registration Statement, electronically filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 24, 1997.
Very truly yours,
/s/Lawerence B. Stoller
Lawrence B. Stoller
Assistant General Counsel
The Dreyfus Corporation
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