MUNIYIELD CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND II INC
DEF 14A, 1997-08-07
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     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 1997

           PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
                      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. )

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                   MUNIYIELD CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND II, INC.
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                   MUNIYIELD CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND II, INC.
                                 P.O. BOX 9011
                        PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08543-9011
 
                            ------------------------
 
                 NOTICE OF 1997 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

                            ------------------------
 
                               SEPTEMBER 18, 1997
 

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF MUNIYIELD CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND II, INC.:
 
     Notice is hereby given that the 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the
'Meeting') of MuniYield California Insured Fund II, Inc. (the 'Fund') will be
held at the offices of Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P., 800 Scudders Mill
Road, Plainsboro, New Jersey, on Thursday, September 18, 1997 at 12:15 p.m. for
the following purposes:
 
          (1) To elect a Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing year;
 
          (2) To consider and act upon a proposal to ratify the selection of
     Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as independent auditors of the Fund for its
     current fiscal year; and
 
          (3) To transact such other business as may properly come before the
     Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
 
     The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on July 25, 1997 as
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and
to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
 
     A complete list of the stockholders of the Fund entitled to vote at the
Meeting will be available and open to the examination of any stockholder of the
Fund for any purpose germane to the Meeting during ordinary business hours from
and after September 4, 1997, at the office of the Fund, 800 Scudders Mill Road,
Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536. You are cordially invited to attend the Meeting.
STOCKHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON ARE REQUESTED TO
COMPLETE, DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED FORM OF PROXY AND RETURN IT PROMPTLY IN THE
ENVELOPE PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE. The enclosed proxy is being solicited on
behalf of the Board of Directors of the Fund.
 
                                          By Order of the Board of Directors

                                          PHILIP M. MANDEL
                                          Secretary
 
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Dated: August 7, 1997

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                                PROXY STATEMENT

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                   MUNIYIELD CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND II, INC.
                                 P.O. BOX 9011
                        PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08543-9011
 
                            ------------------------
 
                      1997 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
 
                            ------------------------
 
                               SEPTEMBER 18, 1997
 

                                  INTRODUCTION
 
     This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of
proxies on behalf of the Board of Directors of MuniYield California Insured Fund
II, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the 'Fund'), to be voted at the 1997 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund (the 'Meeting'), to be held at the offices
of Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P. ('MLAM'), 800 Scudders Mill Road,
Plainsboro, New Jersey, on Thursday, September 18, 1997 at 12:15 p.m. The
approximate mailing date of this Proxy Statement is August 11, 1997.
 
     All properly executed proxies received prior to the Meeting will be voted
at the Meeting in accordance with the instructions marked thereon or otherwise
as provided therein. Unless instructions to the contrary are marked, proxies
will be voted for the election of the Board of Directors to serve for the
ensuing year, and for the ratification of the selection of independent auditors
to serve for the Fund's current fiscal year. Any proxy may be revoked at any
time prior to the exercise thereof by giving written notice to the Secretary of
the Fund at the Fund's address indicated above or by voting in person at the
Meeting.
 
     The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on July 25, 1997 as
the record date (the 'Record Date') for the determination of stockholders
entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment thereof.
Stockholders on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each share
held, with no shares having cumulative voting rights. As of the Record Date, the
Fund had outstanding 18,067,037 shares of common stock, par value $.10 per share
('Common Stock'), and 5,200 shares of auction market preferred stock, par value
$.05 per share and liquidation preference of $25,000 per share plus an amount
equal to accumulated but unpaid dividends thereon ('AMPS'). To the knowledge of
the Fund, as of the Record Date, no person is the beneficial owner of more than
five percent of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or five percent of the
outstanding AMPS.
 
     The Board of Directors of the Fund knows of no business other than that
mentioned in Items 1 and 2 of the Notice of Meeting that will be presented for

consideration at the Meeting. If any other matter is properly presented, it is
the intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy to vote in accordance
with their best judgment.
 
                         ITEM 1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
 
     At the Meeting, the Board of Directors will be elected to serve until the
next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and
qualified. It is intended that all properly executed proxies will be voted
(unless such authority has been withheld in the proxy) as follows:
 
          (1) All proxies of the holders of AMPS, voting separately as a class,
     in favor of the two (2) persons designated as Directors to be elected by
     holders of AMPS; and

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          (2) All proxies of the holders of AMPS and Common Stock, voting
     together as a class, in favor of the four (4) persons designated as
     Directors to be elected by holders of AMPS and Common Stock.
 
     The Board of Directors of the Fund knows of no reason why any of these
nominees will be unable to serve, but in the event of any such unavailability,
the proxies received will be voted for such substitute nominee or nominees as
the Board of Directors may recommend.
 
     Certain information concerning the nominees, including their designated
classes, is set forth below:
 
TO BE ELECTED BY HOLDERS OF AMPS, VOTING SEPARATELY AS A CLASS:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                            SHARES
                                                                                                         BENEFICIALLY
                                                                                                           OWNED ON
                                                                                                          THE RECORD
                                                                                                             DATE
                                                            PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS                        -------------
                                                            DURING PAST FIVE YEARS            DIRECTOR   COMMON
             NAME AND ADDRESS               AGE          AND PUBLIC DIRECTORSHIPS(1)           SINCE     STOCK    AMPS
- ------------------------------------------  ----  ------------------------------------------  --------   ------   ----
<S>                                         <C>   <C>                                         <C>        <C>      <C>
Joseph L. May(1)(2) ......................   68   Attorney in private practice since 1984;      1992      0        0
424 Church Street                                   President, May and Athens Hosiery Mills
Suite 2000                                          Division, Wayne-Gossard Corporation from
Nashville, Tennessee 37219                          1954 to 1983; Vice President,
                                                    Wayne-Gossard Corporation from 1972 to
                                                    1983; Chairman, The May Corporation
                                                    (personal holding company) from 1972 to
                                                    1983; Director, Signal Apparel Co. from
                                                    1972 to 1989.
 
Andre F. Perold(1)(2) ....................   45   Professor, Harvard Business School since      1992      0        0
Morgan Hall                                         1989 and Associate Professor from 1983

Soldiers Field                                      to 1989; Trustee, The Common Fund since
Boston, Massachusetts 02163                         1989; Director, Quantec Limited since
                                                    1991 and TIBCO from 1994 to 1996.
 
<CAPTION>
TO BE ELECTED BY HOLDERS OF AMPS AND COMMON STOCK, VOTING TOGETHER AS A SINGLE CLASS:
<S>                                         <C>   <C>                                         <C>        <C>      <C>
 
James H. Bodurtha(1)(2) ..................   53   Director and Executive Vice President, The    1995      0       0
36 Popponesset Road                                 China Business Group, Inc. since 1996;
Cotuit, Massachusetts 02635                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
                                                    China Enterprise Management Corporation
                                                    from 1993 to 1996; Chairman, Berkshire
                                                    Corporation since 1980; Partner, Squire,
                                                    Sanders & Dempsey from 1980 to 1993.
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                            SHARES
                                                                                                         BENEFICIALLY
                                                                                                           OWNED ON
                                                                                                          THE RECORD
                                                                                                             DATE
                                                            PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS                        -------------
                                                            DURING PAST FIVE YEARS            DIRECTOR   COMMON
             NAME AND ADDRESS               AGE          AND PUBLIC DIRECTORSHIPS(1)           SINCE     STOCK    AMPS
- ------------------------------------------  ----  ------------------------------------------  --------   ------   ----
<S>                                         <C>   <C>                                         <C>        <C>      <C>
Herbert I. London(1)(2) ..................   58   John M. Olin Professor of Humanities, New     1992      0        0
113-115 University Place                            York University since 1993 and Professor
New York, New York 10003                            thereof since 1980; Dean, Gallatin
                                                    Division of New York University from
                                                    1976 to 1993; Distinguished Fellow,
                                                    Herman Kahn Chair, Hudson Institute from
                                                    1984 to 1985; Trustee, Hudson Institute
                                                    since 1980 and President in 1997; Director, 
                                                    Damon Corporation from 1991 to 1995; Overseer, 
                                                    Center for Naval Analyses from 1983 to 1993; 
                                                    Limited Partner, Hypertech LP in 1996.

Robert R. Martin(1)(2) ...................   70   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,         1993      0        0
513 Grand Hill                                      Kinnard Investments, Inc. from 1990 to
St. Paul, Minnesota 55102                           1993; Executive Vice President, Dain
                                                    Bosworth from 1974 to 1989; Director,
                                                    Carnegie Capital Management from 1977 to
                                                    1985 and Chairman thereof in 1979;
                                                    Director, Securities Industry
                                                    Association from 1981 to 1982 and Public
                                                    Securities Association from 1979 to

                                                    1980; Chairman of the Board, WTC
                                                    Industries, Inc., in 1994; Trustee,
                                                    Northland College since 1992.

Arthur Zeikel(1)* ........................   65   President of Fund Asset Management, L.P.      1992      0        0
P.O. Box 9011                                       ('FAM') (which term as used herein
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-9011                    includes its corporate predecessors)
                                                    since 1977; President of MLAM (which
                                                    term as used herein includes its
                                                    corporate predecessors) since 1977;
                                                    President and Director of Princeton
                                                    Services, Inc. ('Princeton Services')
                                                    since 1993; Executive Vice President of
                                                    Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ('ML & Co.')
                                                    since 1990; Director of Merrill Lynch
                                                    Funds Distributor, Inc. ('MLFD') since
                                                    1977.
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Each of the nominees is a director, trustee or member of an advisory board
    of certain other investment companies for which FAM or MLAM acts as
    investment adviser. See 'Compensation of Directors and Officers.'
 
(2) Member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
 
  * Interested person, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
    amended (the 'Investment Company Act'), of the Fund.
 
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     Committee and Board of Directors Meetings.  The Board of Directors has a
standing Audit Committee, which consists of the Directors who are not
'interested persons' of the Fund within the meaning of the Investment Company
Act. The principal purpose of the Audit Committee is to review the scope of the
annual audit conducted by the Fund's independent auditors and the evaluation by
such auditors of the accounting procedures followed by the Fund. The
non-interested Directors have retained independent legal counsel to assist them
in connection with these duties. The Board of Directors does not have a
nominating committee.
 
     During the fiscal year ended October 31, 1996, the Board of Directors held
four meetings and the Audit Committee held four meetings. All of the Directors
attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the total number of meetings of the
Board of Directors and, if a member, of the total number of meetings of the 
Audit Committee held during the period for which he served.
 
     Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.  Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
'Exchange Act'), requires the Fund's officers, directors and persons who own
more than ten percent of a registered class of the Fund's equity securities, to
file reports of ownership and changes in ownership on Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the

Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC') and the New York Stock Exchange.
Officers, directors and greater than ten percent stockholders are required by
SEC regulations to furnish the Fund with copies of all Forms 3, 4 and 5 they
file.
 
     Based solely on the Fund's review of the copies of such forms, and
amendments thereto, furnished to it during or with respect to its most recent
fiscal year, and written representations from certain reporting persons that
they were not required to file Form 5 with respect to the most recent fiscal
year, the Fund believes that all of its officers, directors, greater than ten
percent beneficial owners and other persons subject to Section 16 of the
Exchange Act because of the requirements of Section 30 of the Investment Company
Act (i.e., any advisory board member, investment adviser or affiliated person of
the Fund's investment adviser) have complied with all filing requirements
applicable to them with respect to transactions during the Fund's most recent
fiscal year.
 
     Interested Persons.  The Fund considers Mr. Zeikel to be an 'interested
person' of the Fund within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment
Company Act because of the positions he holds with FAM and its affiliates. Mr.
Zeikel is the President of the Fund and the President of FAM and MLAM.
 
     Compensation of Directors and Officers.  FAM, the Fund's investment
adviser, pays all compensation of all officers of the Fund and all Directors of
the Fund who are affiliated with ML & Co. or its subsidiaries. The Fund pays
each Director not affiliated with FAM (each a 'non-affiliated Director') a fee
of $2,500 per year plus $250 per meeting attended, together with such Director's
actual out-of-pocket expenses relating to attendance at meetings. The Fund also
pays each member of its Audit Committee, which consists of all of the
non-affiliated Directors, a fee of $500 per year plus $125 per meeting attended,
together with such Director's out-of-pocket expenses relating to attendance at
meetings. These fees and expenses aggregated $22,897 for the fiscal year ended
October 31, 1996.
 
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     The following table sets forth for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1996
compensation paid by the Fund to the non-affiliated Directors, and for the year
ended December 31, 1996, the aggregate compensation paid by all investment
companies advised by FAM and its affiliate, MLAM ('FAM/MLAM Advised Funds') to
the non-affiliated Directors.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                           AGGREGATE COMPENSATION FROM
                                                             PENSION OR RETIREMENT              FUND AND FAM/MLAM
                 NAME OF                    COMPENSATION    BENEFITS ACCRUED AS PART          ADVISED FUNDS PAID TO
                DIRECTOR                     FROM FUND          OF FUND EXPENSES                  DIRECTORS(1)
- -----------------------------------------   ------------    ------------------------    ---------------------------------
<S>                                         <C>             <C>                         <C>
James H. Bodurtha........................      $4,500                 None                          $ 148,500
Herbert I. London........................       4,500                 None                          $ 148,500

Robert R. Martin.........................       4,500                 None                          $ 148,500
Joseph L. May............................       4,500                 None                          $ 148,500
Andre F. Perold..........................       4,500                 None                          $ 148,500
</TABLE>
 
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(1) The Directors serve on the boards of FAM/MLAM Advised Funds as follows: Mr.
    Burdurtha (22 registered investment companies consisting of 46 portfolios);
    Mr. London (22 registered investment companies consisting of 46 portfolios);
    Mr. Martin (22 registered investment companies consisting of 46 portfolios);
    Mr. May (22 registered investment companies consisting of 46 portfolios);
    and Mr. Perold (22 registered investment companies consisting of 46
    portfolios).
 
     Officers of the Fund.  The Board of Directors has elected eight officers of
the Fund. The following sets forth information concerning each of these
officers:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                             OFFICER
                          NAME AND PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION                                 OFFICE        AGE     SINCE
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------   ---------------   ---    -------
<S>                                                                                 <C>               <C>    <C>
Arthur Zeikel ...................................................................      President      65       1992
  President of FAM since 1977; President of MLAM since 1977; President and
  Director of Princeton Services since 1993; Executive Vice President of ML & Co.
  since 1990; Director of MLFD since 1977.
 
Terry K. Glenn ..................................................................      Executive      56       1992
  Executive Vice President of FAM and MLAM since 1983; Executive Vice President      Vice President
  and Director of Princeton Services since 1993; President of MLFD since 1986 and
  Director since 1991; President of Princeton Administrators, L.P. since 1988.
 
Vincent R. Giordano .............................................................     Senior Vice     52       1992
  Portfolio Manager of FAM and MLAM since 1977 and Senior Vice President of FAM        President
  and MLAM since 1984; Senor Vice President of Princeton Services since 1993;
  Vice President of MLAM from 1980 to 1984.
 
Kenneth A. Jacob ................................................................   Vice President    46       1992
  Vice President of MLAM since 1984.
 
Donald C. Burke .................................................................   Vice President    37       1993
  Vice President and Director of Taxation of MLAM since 1990; Employee of
  Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1982 to 1990.
 
Roberto Roffo ...................................................................      Portfolio      31       1992
  Vice President of MLAM since 1996 and a Portfolio Manager thereof since 1992;         Manager
  prior thereto, employee of State Street Bank and Trust Company from 1989 to
  1992.
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                             OFFICER
                          NAME AND PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION                                 OFFICE        AGE     SINCE
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------   ---------------   ---    -------
<S>                                                                                 <C>               <C>    <C>
Gerald M. Richard ...............................................................      Treasurer      48       1992
  Senior Vice President and Treasurer of FAM and MLAM since 1984; Senior Vice
  President and Treasurer of Princeton Services since 1993; Treasurer of MLFD
  since 1984 and Vice President since 1981.
 
Philip M. Mandel ................................................................      Secretary      50       1997
  Vice President of FAM and MLAM since 1997; Assistant General Counsel of Merrill
  Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ('MLPF&S') from 1989 to 1997.
</TABLE>
 
     Stock Ownership.  At the Record Date, the Directors and officers of the
Fund as a group (13 persons) owned an aggregate of less than 1% of the Common
Stock of the Fund outstanding at such date and owned none of the AMPS
outstanding at such date. At such date, Mr. Zeikel, a Director and officer of
the Fund, and the other officers of the Fund owned an aggregate of less than 1%
of the outstanding shares of common stock of ML & Co.
 
                   ITEM 2. SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
     The Board of Directors of the Fund, including a majority of the Directors
who are not interested persons of the Fund, has selected the firm of Deloitte &
Touche LLP ('D&T'), Independent Auditors, to examine the financial statements of
the Fund for the current fiscal year. The Fund knows of no direct or indirect
financial interest of such firm in the Fund. Such appointment is subject to
ratification or rejection by the stockholders of the Fund. Unless a contrary
specification is made, the accompanying proxy will be voted in favor of
ratifying the selection of such auditors.
 
     D&T also acts as independent auditors for ML & Co. and all of its
subsidiaries and for most other investment companies for which FAM or MLAM acts
as investment adviser. The fees received by D&T from these other entities are
substantially greater, in the aggregate, than the total fees received by it from
the Fund. The Board of Directors of the Fund considered the fact that D&T has
been retained as the independent auditors for ML & Co. and the other entities
described above in its evaluation of the independence of D&T with respect to the
Fund.
 
     Representatives of D&T are expected to be present at the Meeting and will
have the opportunity to make a statement if they so desire and to respond to
questions from stockholders.
 
                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
     The expenses of preparation, printing and mailing of the enclosed form of
proxy and accompanying Notice and Proxy Statement will be borne by the Fund. The
Fund will reimburse banks, brokers and others for their reasonable expenses in

forwarding proxy solicitation material to the beneficial owners of the shares of
the Fund. The Fund may also hire proxy solicitors at the expense of the Fund.
 
     In order to obtain the necessary quorum at the Meeting (i.e., a majority of
the shares of each class of the Fund's securities entitled to vote at the
Meeting, present in person or by proxy), supplementary solicitation may be made
by mail, telephone, telegraph or personal interview by officers of the Fund. It
is anticipated that the cost of such supplementary solicitation, if any, will be
nominal.
 
     All shares represented by properly executed proxies, unless such proxies
have previously been revoked, will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with
the directions on the proxies; if no direction is indicated, the shares will be
voted 'FOR' the Director nominees and 'FOR' the ratification of D&T as
independent auditors.
 
     With respect to Item 1, 'Election of Directors,' holders of AMPS, voting
separately as a class, are entitled to elect two Directors and holders of Common
Stock and AMPS, voting together as a single class, are entitled to
 
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elect the remaining Directors. Assuming a quorum is present, (i) election of the
two Directors to be elected by the holders of AMPS, voting separately as a
class, will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the
holders of AMPS, represented at the Meeting and entitled to vote; (ii) election
of the remaining Directors will require the affirmative vote of a majority of
the votes cast by the holders of Common Stock and AMPS represented at the
Meeting and entitled to vote, voting together as a single class; and (iii)
approval of Item 2, 'Selection of Independent Auditors,' will require the
affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Common Stock
and AMPS represented at the Meeting and entitled to vote, voting together as a
single class.
 
     Broker-dealer firms, including MLPF&S, holding Fund shares in 'street name'
for the benefit of their customers and clients will request the instructions of
such customers and clients on how to vote their shares on each Item before the
Meeting. The Fund understands that, under the rules of the New York Stock
Exchange, such broker-dealer firms may, without instructions from their
customers and clients, grant authority to the proxies designated to vote on the
election of Directors (Item 1) and ratification of the selection of independent
auditors (Item 2) if no instructions have been received prior to the date
specified in the broker-dealer firm's request for voting instructions. The Fund
will include shares held of record by broker-dealers as to which such authority
has been granted in its tabulation of the total number of votes present for
purposes of determining whether the necessary quorum of stockholders exists.
Proxies that are returned to the Fund but that are marked 'abstain' or on which
a broker-dealer has declined to vote on any proposal ('broker non-votes') will
be counted as present for purposes of a quorum.  MLPF&S has advised the Fund
that it intends to exercise discretion over shares held in its name for which no
instructions have been received by voting such shares on Items 1 and 2 in the
same proportion as it has voted shares for which it has received instructions.

Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as votes cast. Abstentions
and broker non-votes, therefore, will not have an effect on the vote on Item 1
or Item 2.
 
ADDRESS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER
 
     The principal office of FAM is located at 800 Scudders Mill Road,
Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536.
 
ANNUAL REPORT DELIVERY
 
     THE FUND WILL FURNISH, WITHOUT CHARGE, A COPY OF ITS ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1996 AND A COPY OF ITS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 1997 TO ANY STOCKHOLDER UPON REQUEST. Such requests
should be directed to MuniYield California Insured Fund II, Inc., P.O. Box 9011,
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-9011, Attention: Philip M. Mandel, or to
1-800-456-4587 ext. 123.
 
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
 
     If a stockholder intends to present a proposal at the 1998 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders of the Fund, which is anticipated to be held in September 1998,
and desires to have the proposal included in the Fund's proxy statement and form
of proxy for that meeting, the stockholder must deliver the proposal to the
offices of the Fund by April 3, 1998.
 
                                          By Order of the Board of Directors



                                          PHILIP M. MANDEL
                                          Secretary
 
Dated: August 7, 1997.


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                                                                   COMMON STOCK

                   MUNIYIELD CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND II, INC.
                                  P.O. BOX 9011
                        PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08543-9011

                                    P R O X Y

           THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         The undersigned hereby appoints Arthur Zeikel, Terry K. Glenn and
Patrick D. Sweeney as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute,
and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated on
the reverse hereof, all of the shares of Common Stock of MuniYield California
Insured Fund II, Inc. (the "Fund") held of record by the undersigned on July 25,
1997 at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund to be held on September
18, 1997 or any adjournment thereof.

         THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED
HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL
BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1 AND 2.

                                (Continued and to be signed on the reverse side)



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Please mark boxes /X/ or /X/ in blue or black ink.

<TABLE>
<S>                               <C>                                               <C>
1.  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS         FOR all nominees listed below                     WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
                                  (except as marked to the contrary below)  / /     to vote for all nominees listed below  / /
</TABLE>

     (INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE,
STRIKE A LINE THROUGH THE NOMINEE'S NAME IN THE LIST BELOW.) JAMES H. BODURTHA,
HERBERT I. LONDON, ROBERT R. MARTIN, ARTHUR ZEIKEL

2. Proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent 
   auditors of the Fund to serve for the current fiscal year.

                                            FOR / /   AGAINST / /   ABSTAIN / /

3. In the discretion of such proxies, upon such other business as may properly 
   come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

                                   Please sign exactly as name appears hereon.
                                   When shares are held by joint tenants, both
                                   should sign. When signing as attorney or as
                                   executor, administrator, trustee or guardian,
                                   please give full title as such. If a
                                   corporation, please sign in full corporate
                                   name by president or other authorized
                                   officer. If a partnership, please sign in
                                   partnership name by authorized persons.

                                   Dated:                             , 1997
                                         ----------------------------

                                   X
                                     ---------------------------------------
                                                   Signature

                                   X
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                                            Signature, if held jointly

   SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

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                                                                AUCTION MARKET
                                                               PREFERRED STOCK


                   MUNIYIELD CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND II, INC.
                                  P.O. BOX 9011
                        PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08543-9011

                                    P R O X Y

           THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         The undersigned hereby appoints Arthur Zeikel, Terry K. Glenn and
Patrick D. Sweeney as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute,
and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated on
the reverse hereof, all of the shares of Auction Market Preferred Stock of
MuniYield California Insured Fund II, Inc. (the "Fund") held of record by the
undersigned on July 25, 1997 at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund
to be held on September 18, 1997 or any adjournment thereof.

         THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED
HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL
BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1 AND 2.

                (Continued and to be signed on the reverse side)



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Please mark boxes /X/ or /X/ in blue or black ink.

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1.  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS       FOR all nominees listed below                       WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
                                (except as marked to the contrary below)  / /       to vote for all nominees listed below  / /
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(INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, STRIKE A
LINE THROUGH THE NOMINEE'S NAME IN THE LIST BELOW.) JAMES H. BODURTHA, HERBERT
I. LONDON, ROBERT R. MARTIN, JOSEPH L. MAY, ANDRE F. PEROLD, ARTHUR ZEIKEL

2. Proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent
   auditors of the Fund to serve for the current fiscal year.

                                             FOR / /   AGAINST / /   ABSTAIN / /

3. In the discretion of such proxies, upon such other business as may properly 
   come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

                                   Please sign exactly as name appears hereon.
                                   When shares are held by joint tenants, both
                                   should sign. When signing as attorney or as
                                   executor, administrator, trustee or guardian,
                                   please give full title as such. If a
                                   corporation, please sign in full corporate
                                   name by president or other authorized
                                   officer. If a partnership, please sign in
                                   partnership name by authorized persons.

                                   Dated:                           , 1997
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                                   X
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                                                  Signature

                                   X
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                                           Signature, if held jointly

   SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

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