<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-12-019774.txt : 20120323
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20120323170011
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-12-019774
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120322
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120323
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120323

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Lord Securities Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001544249

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08573
		FILM NUMBER:		12712516

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-346-9007

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		48 WALL STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10005

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS CALIFORNIA QUALITY FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001051004
		IRS NUMBER:				223559052
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-441-7762

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070611

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MUNIHOLDINGS CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000828

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MUNIHOLDINGS CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND II INC/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980120
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    <periodOfReport>2012-03-22</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS CALIFORNIA QUALITY FUND, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MUC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Lord Securities Corp</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>48 WALL STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10005</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>Voting Trustee</otherText>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series W-7 Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2540</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Certain voting rights under the Voting Trust Agreement</value>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Deirdre Brady, as Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-03-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-left: .25in; width: 7.50in">

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">LORD SECURITIES CORPORATION (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby appoints Ms.&nbsp;Deirdre Brady (an
&#147;Attorney-In-Fact&#148;) of Ashurst LLP (the &#147;Firm&#148;), Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square,
42<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">nd</SUP> Floor, New York, NY 10036, as its duly appointed attorney-in-fact to bind the
Company and to execute, acknowledge, deliver and file any and all statements on Form&nbsp;3 and any
successor forms adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as may be required by the
Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the
rules thereunder, and requisite documents related to its security position respecting each
BlackRock closed-end investment company listed on Annex A hereto, and any and all amendments or
modifications thereof and other undertakings of the Company as directed orally or in writing by a
duly authorized officer or representative of the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">The Company shall indemnify the Attorney-In-Fact and the Firm and keep the Attorney-In-Fact and the
Firm indemnified against any and all direct costs, claims and liabilities which the
Attorney-In-Fact or the Firm may incur as a result of anything done by the Attorney-In-Fact in the
exercise of any of the powers granted by this power of attorney.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">The powers granted are to be given the widest possible interpretation so as to permit and enable
the purpose for which they have been granted.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">This Power of Attorney shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of New York.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">This Power of Attorney shall expire in six (6)&nbsp;months from the date hereof unless expressly revoked
by the Company prior to said date, in which case this Power of Attorney will immediately be
terminated.
</DIV>
<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Power of Attorney has been executed and delivered on March&nbsp;22, 2012.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">LORD SECURITIES CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Orlando C. Figueroa
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Orlando C. Figueroa&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Authorized Signatory&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ACKNOWLEDGEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">State of New York
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">County of New York
</DIV>



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">On the 22<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">nd</SUP> day of March in the year 2012 before me, Irina Khaimova, personally appeared
Orlando C. Figueroa, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence
to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are)&nbsp;subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged
to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their
signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the
individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><U>/s/ Irina Khaimova</U><BR>
<I>(Signature and office of individual taking acknowledgement.)</I>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Irina Khaimova<BR>
Notary Public, State of New York<BR>
No.&nbsp;01KH6117795<BR>
Qualified in Kings County<BR>
Certificate Filed in New York County<BR>
Commission Expires Nov. 1, 2012

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Annex A
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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<!-- Begin Table Head --><TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="85%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1.</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">BNY</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2.</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">MUC</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">BFZ</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Income Trust
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">BNJ</TD>
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