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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20001130
FILED AS OF DATE:		20010129

FILER:

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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EATON VANCE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
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		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 []
		IRS NUMBER:				046880057
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		STREET 2:		24 FEDERAL STREET
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TITLE       ASSISTANT TREASURER


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                               - 2 -









INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


To  the  Trustees  and  Shareholders  of  Eaton  Vance  California
 Municipal Income Trust:

In  planning and performing our audit of the financial  statements
of Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (the "Trust") for
the  year  ended  November 30, 2000 (on which we have  issued  our
report  dated  December  29,  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 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  their  operation,  including
controls  for  safeguarding securities, that  we  consider  to  be
material weaknesses as defined above as of November 30, 2000.

This  report  is intended solely for the information  and  use  of
management,   the  Trustees  and  Shareholders  of   Eaton   Vance
California 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
Boston, Massachusetts
December 29, 2000


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