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SIGNATURE KENNETH V. DOMINGUES
TITLE VP, TREAS & CFO
NSAR/0124-77C.DOC August 16, 1994
NAME OF REGISTRANT: Franklin California Tax-Free Trust
File No. 811-4356
EXHIBIT ITEM No. 77C: Submission of matters to a vote of
security holders.
At a special meeting of shareholders of the registrant held
on April 11, 1994 the following items were voted upon by Franklin
California Insured Tax-Free-Income Fund (a series of the
registrant):
(1) To approve the adoption of a Distribution Plan pursuant to
Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Vote For Vote Against
60,735,920 1,588,991
(2) To approve an amendment to the fundamental policies of the
Fund to permit the Fund to invest its uninvested daily cash
balances in shares of Franklin California Tax-Exempt Money Fund
or other tax-exempt money market funds in the Franklin Group of
Fundsr.
Vote For Vote Against
62,220,870 629,433
NSAR/0152-77C.DOC August 16, 1994
NAME OF REGISTRANT: Franklin California Tax-Free Trust
File No. 811-4356
EXHIBIT ITEM No. 77C: Submission of matters to a vote of
security holders.
At a special meeting of shareholders of the registrant held
on March 24, 1994 the following items were voted upon by Franklin
California Intermediate-Term Tax-Free Income Fund (a series of
the registrant):
(1) To approve the continuation of the Management Agreement
between Franklin Advisers, Inc. and the Trust on behalf of the
Franklin California Intermediate-Term Tax-Free Income Fund.
Vote For Vote Against
3,886,340.447 6,605.973
(2) To approve the continuation of the Distribution Plan
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Vote For Vote Against
3,599,414.465 48,845.526
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees
of the Franklin California Tax-Free Trust:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
and financial highlights of the funds comprising the Franklin
California Tax-Free Trust for the year ended June 30, 1994, we
considered its internal control structure, including procedures for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing
procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the
financial statements and financial highlights and to comply with
the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on the
internal control structure.
The management of the Franklin California Tax-Free Trust is
responsible for establishing and maintaining an internal control
structure. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgements by management are required to assess the expected
benefits and related costs of internal control structure policies
and procedures. Two of the objectives of an internal control
structure are to provide management with reasonable, but not
absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss from
unauthorized use or disposition and that transactions are executed
in accordance with management's authorization and recorded properly
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure,
errors or irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also,
projection of any evaluation of the structure 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 the internal control structure would not
necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control structure
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 the
specific internal control structure elements does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in
amounts that would be material in relation to the financial
statements and financial highlights 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 the internal control structure, including
procedures for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be
material weaknesses, as defined above, as of June 30, 1994.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management of the Franklin California Tax-Free Trust and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
S\COOPERS & LYBRAND
Coopers & Lybrand
San Francisco, California
August 3, 1994
