VAN KAMPEN CALIFORNIA VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
NSAR-B, EX-99, 2000-12-29
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Van Kampen California Value Municipal Income Trust

In planning and performing  our audit of the financial  statements of Van Kampen
California Value Municipal Income Trust (the "Trust") for the year ended October
31,  2000 (on which we have  issued our  report  dated  December  6,  2000),  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, and not to provide assurance on the Trust's internal
control.

The  management of the Trust 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 accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America.  Those  controls  include the  safeguarding  of
assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.

Because of inherent  limitations in any internal  control,  misstatements due to
error  or  fraud  may  occur  and  not be  detected.  Also,  projections  of any
evaluation  of internal  control to future  periods are subject to the risk that
the internal control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions,  or
that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our consideration of the Trust's internal control would not necessarily disclose
all matters in the  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 the
Trust's internal control and its operation,  including controls for safeguarding
securities,  that we consider to be material  weaknesses  as defined above as of
October 31, 2000.

This  report  is  intended  solely  for  the  information  and  use  of  Trust's
management,  the Board of Trustees  and  Shareholders  of Van Kampen  California
Value Municipal Income Trust, and the Securities and Exchange  Commission and is
not intended to be and should not be used by anyone  other than these  specified
parties.


Deloitte & Touche LLP
Chicago, Illinois
December 6, 2000



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