N-CSR 1 n-csr.htm ANNUAL CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT n-csr.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES


Investment Company Act file number
811-03706
   
   
   
AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE AND MUNICIPAL FUNDS
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
   
   
   
4500 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
64111
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
   
   
   
CHARLES A. ETHERINGTON
4500 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI  64111
(Name and address of agent for service)
   
   
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
816-531-5575
   
   
Date of fiscal year end:
8-31
   
   
Date of reporting period:
8-31-2010


 
 

 

ITEM 1.  REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.


 
 
Annual Report
August 31, 2010
 
 
 
 
American Century Investments®
 
 
California High-Yield Municipal Fund
 

 
 

 
 
Table of Contents

 
 
President’s Letter                                                                                             
2
 
Market Perspective                                                                                             
3
 
      U.S. Fixed-Income Total Returns                                                                                             
3
     
California High-Yield Municipal
 
 
Performance                                                                                             
4
 
Portfolio Commentary                                                                                             
6
 
      Portfolio at a Glance                                                                                             
8
 
      Yields                                                                                             
8
 
      Top Five Sectors                                                                                             
8
 
      Types of Investments in Portfolio                                                                                             
8
     
 
Shareholder Fee Example                                                                                             
9
     
Financial Statements
 
 
Schedule of Investments                                                                                             
11
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities                                                                                             
20
 
Statement of Operations                                                                                             
21
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets                                                                                             
22
 
Notes to Financial Statements                                                                                             
23
 
Financial Highlights                                                                                             
29
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm                                                                                             
34
     
Other Information
 
 
Proxy Voting Results                                                                                             
35
 
Management                                                                                             
36
 
Board Approval of Management Agreements                                                                                             
40
 
Additional Information                                                                                             
45
 
Index Definitions                                                                                             
46
 
Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.
 
 
 

 
 
 
President's Letter
 
 
Jonathan Thomas
 
Dear Investor:

To learn more about the capital markets, your investment, and the portfolio management strategies American Century Investments provides, we encourage you to review this shareholder report for the financial reporting period ended August 31, 2010.

On the following pages, you will find investment performance and portfolio information, presented with the expert perspective and commentary of our portfolio management team. This report remains one of our most important vehicles for conveying the information you need about your investment performance, and about the market factors and strategies that affect fund returns. For additional information on the markets, we encourage you to visit the “Insights & News” tab at our Web site, americancentury.com, for updates and further expert commentary.

The top of our Web site’s home page also provides a link to “Our Story,” which, first and foremost, outlines our commitment—since 1958—to helping clients reach their financial goals. We believe strongly that we will only be successful when our clients are successful. That’s who we are.

Another important, unique facet of our story and who we are is “Profits with a Purpose,” which describes our bond with the Stowers Institute for Medical Research (SIMR). SIMR is a world-class biomedical organization—founded by our company founder James E. Stowers, Jr. and his wife Virginia—that is dedicated to researching the causes, treatment, and prevention of gene-based diseases, including cancer. Through American Century Investments’ private ownership structure, more than 40% of our profits support SIMR.

Mr. Stowers’ example of achieving financial success and using that platform to help humanity motivates our entire American Century Investments team. His story inspires us to help each of our clients achieve success. Thank you for sharing your financial journey with us.
 
Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
 
 
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Market Perspective
 
 
By David MacEwen, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income

Municipal Market Review
 
Municipal bonds produced solid returns during the 12 months ended August 31, 2010 (see the accompanying table). Economic growth was uneven, fueling investor uncertainty, which helped bonds. On the upside, the government’s extraordinary monetary and fiscal stimulus policies enacted in late 2008 meant a return to positive growth in the second half of 2009 and early 2010. However, financial market volatility in May and June related to the European sovereign debt crisis led many to worry about another potential economic slowdown. In addition, the housing market and consumer debt levels remained concerns, while the unemployment rate ended August at 9.6% and the Federal Reserve (the Fed) talked of the growing risk of deflation. In that environment, the Fed kept its short-term interest rate target (a key determinant of money market yields) near zero, while bond yields remained in the neighborhood of record lows.

Better economic and market conditions—particularly early in the fiscal year—caused a reversal of the trading that colored the credit crisis, when the lowest-rated bonds performed worst and higher-quality bonds did best. For the 12 months ended in August, this reversal meant that high-yield (below-investment-grade) and long-term municipal bonds did better than high-quality and shorter-term securities. Similarly, credit-sensitive municipal bonds outperformed Treasury securities for the 12 months after lagging during the credit crisis. Demand for municipal bonds was helped by attractive tax-equivalent yields and the outlook for higher marginal tax rates going forward.

California Credit Comment
 
Despite the flood of negative press about budget challenges for states and local governments, our municipal credit research team believes that municipal defaults will continue to be relatively rare, especially compared with corporate defaults. Indeed, during the fiscal year, two major credit rating agencies recalibrated California state’s general obligation (GO) credit rating higher to better recognize the superior credit quality and vastly lower default risk of municipal securities relative to corporate-backed bonds. It’s also important to note that California cannot file for bankruptcy, the state is constitutionally required to pay debt service on its GO bonds, and GO debt is second only to education in its claim on all general fund revenues.

U.S. Fixed-Income Total Returns
For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010
Barclays Capital Municipal Market Indices
 
Barclays Capital Taxable Market Indices
Municipal Bond
9.78%
 
U.S. Aggregate Bond
9.18%
5 Year General Obligation (GO) Bond
7.53%
 
U.S. Treasury Bond
8.13%
California Tax-Exempt Bond
10.84%
     
Long-Term Municipal Bond
13.28%
     
Municipal High Yield Bond
22.08%
     

 
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Performance
California High-Yield Municipal
 
Total Returns as of August 31, 2010
 
               
Average Annual Returns
       
   
Ticker
Symbol
   
1 year
   
5 years
   
10 years
   
Since   
Inception
   
Inception
Date
 
Investor Class
 
BCHYX
      14.78% (1)     3.74%       5.54%       6.03%    
12/30/86
 
Barclays Capital Municipal
Bond Index(2)
          9.78%       5.02%       5.69%       6.58% (3)      
Barclays Capital Long-Term
Municipal Bond Index
          13.28%       4.24%       6.11%       7.12% (3)      
Lipper California Municipal
Debt Funds Average Returns(4)
          11.99%       3.52%       4.54%       5.81% (3)      
Investor Class’s Lipper Ranking(4)
   as of 8/31/10
   as of 9/30/10
       
 
11 of 120
10 of 120
   
 
50 of 100
48 of 101
   
 
2 of 82
2 of 82
   
 
6 of 24
6 of 24
 
(3)
(3)
     
Institutional Class
 
BCHIX
      —          —          —          7.16% (5)  
3/1/10
 
A Class
   No sales charge*
   With sales charge*
 
CAYAX
 
     
14.50%
9.32%
(1)
(1)
   
3.48%
2.53%
 
 
 
­—   
—   
     
4.78%
4.15%
 
 
 
1/31/03
 
 
B Class
   No sales charge*
   With sales charge*
 
CAYBX
 
     
13.65%
9.65%
(1)
(1)
   
2.71%
2.53%
 
 
   
—   
—   
     
4.00%
4.00%
 
 
 
1/31/03
 
 
C Class
 
CAYCX
      13.64%       2.71%       —          4.04%    
1/31/03
 

* Sales charges include initial sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), as applicable. A Class shares have a 4.50% maximum initial sales charge for fixed-income funds and may be subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. B Class shares redeemed within six years of purchase are subject to a CDSC that declines from 5.00% during the first year after purchase to 0.00% the sixth year after purchase. C Class shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase are subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. The SEC requires that mutual funds provide performance information net of maximum sales charges in all cases where charges could be applied.
 
(1)
Class returns and rankings would have been lower if fees had not been waived.
 
(2)
In August of 2010, the fund’s benchmark changed from the Barclays Capital Long-Tern Municipal Bond Index to the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index. This change was effected to better align the benchmark’s duration with the fund’s duration. The investment process is unchanged.
 
(3)
Since 12/31/86, the date nearest the Investor Class’s inception for which data are available.
 
(4)
Data provided by Lipper Inc. – A Reuters Company. © 2010 Reuters. All rights reserved. Any copying, republication or redistribution of Lipper content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Lipper. Lipper shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
 
Lipper Fund Performance — Performance data is total return, and is preliminary and subject to revision.
 
Lipper Rankings — Rankings are based only on the universe shown and are based on average annual total returns. This listing might not represent the complete universe of funds tracked by Lipper.
 
The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Lipper and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell any of the securities herein is being made by Lipper.
 
(5)
Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
 
Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com.  As interest rates rise, bond values will decline. In addition, the lower-rated securities in which the fund invests are subject to greater credit risk, default risk and liquidity risk. Investment income may be subject to certain state and local taxes and, depending on your tax status, the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). Capital gains are not exempt from state and federal income tax.
 
Unless otherwise indicated, performance reflects Investor Class shares; performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure. For information about other share classes available, please consult the prospectus. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for the indices are provided for comparison. The fund’s total returns include operating expenses (such as transaction costs and management fees) that reduce returns, while the total returns of the indices do not.
 
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California High-Yield Municipal
 
Growth of $10,000 Over 10 Years
$10,000 investment made August 31, 2000
 

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Investor Class
Institutional Class
A Class
B Class
C Class
0.52%
0.32%
0.77%
1.52%
1.52%
 
The total annual fund operating expenses shown is as stated in the fund’s prospectus current as of the date of this report. The prospectus may vary from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period, includes acquired fund fees and expenses, and, if applicable, does not include fee waivers or expense reimbursements.

Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com.  As interest rates rise, bond values will decline. In addition, the lower-rated securities in which the fund invests are subject to greater credit risk, default risk and liquidity risk. Investment income may be subject to certain state and local taxes and, depending on your tax status, the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). Capital gains are not exempt from state and federal income tax.
 
Unless otherwise indicated, performance reflects Investor Class shares; performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure. For information about other share classes available, please consult the prospectus. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for the indices are provided for comparison. The fund’s total returns include operating expenses (such as transaction costs and management fees) that reduce returns, while the total returns of the indices do not.
 
 
 
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Portfolio Commentary
California High-Yield Municipal
 
Portfolio Manager: Steven Permut

Performance Summary
 
For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010, California High-Yield Municipal returned 14.78%.* By comparison, the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond and Long-Term Municipal Bond indices—which are investment-grade municipal indices—and the Barclays Capital Municipal High Yield Bond Index, a municipal high-yield measure, gained 9.78%, 13.28%, and 22.08%,** respectively. At the same time, the California Municipal Debt Funds tracked by Lipper had an average return of 11.99%. See page 4 for additional performance comparisons.

It’s important to note that this is the portfolio’s best fiscal year return on record. This comes despite all the recent concern about municipal finances, and marks a sharp rebound from the credit crisis—last fiscal year, which captured the peak of the financial crisis, the portfolio declined 1.16%.

Credit Exposure Explains Relative Results
 
The key driver of the portfolio’s performance relative to the Barclays indices was its credit allocation. The portfolio holds almost half of its assets in securities rated A or higher, with over half in bonds rated BBB and below. High-yield bonds outperformed investment-grade securities, and within the investment-grade universe, BBB securities outperformed those rated A and higher, explaining the portfolio’s outperformance of the investment-grade Municipal Bond and Long-Term Municipal Bond indices. But when compared with the Municipal High Yield Bond Index, our stake in higher-rated bonds caused the fund to lag.

It’s a similar story for the Lipper group, which is comprised mostly of investment-grade funds. When lower-rated bonds do well, the portfolio will tend to outperform the peer group. Of course, the opposite is also true, and the portfolio will often lag when lower-rated bonds underperform.

Sector Allocation Helped
 
For some time now, we’ve tended to hold underweight positions in tax-backed bonds (such as state and local general obligation (GO) debt) in favor of bonds from less economically sensitive sectors, such as essential service revenue bonds (public power, water, and sewer), hospitals, and higher education. That helped performance because revenue bonds outperformed GO debt and many other municipal bond sectors for the 12 months. And within the universe of investment-grade revenue bonds, hospital bonds did best. Our stake in land-secured bonds also continued to rebound during the fiscal year after underperforming during the credit crisis. However, relative performance would have been better if we hadn’t held an underweight stake in comparatively volatile corporate-backed airline and tobacco bonds and industrial development revenue bonds.
 
 
*
All fund returns referenced in this commentary are for Investor Class shares. Class returns would have been lower had management fees not been waived.
 
**
The Barclays Capital Municipal High Yield Bond Index average returns were 3.35% and 5.48% for the five- and 10-year periods ended August 31, 2010, respectively.
 
 
 
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California High-Yield Municipal

Yield Curve Trade
 
During the fiscal year, we put in place a yield curve “flattening” trade using two- and 30-year Treasury futures (based on the expectation that the yield difference between two- and 30-year securities would narrow going forward). The trade was “duration neutral”, meaning we added no additional interest rate risk in taking the position. We implemented the trade in late 2009 when the slope of the Treasury yield curve approached record levels of steepness. This trade was designed to benefit from either a greater rise in short-maturity yields than long-maturity (a “bear flattener”) or a greater decline in long-maturity yields than short-maturity (a “bull flattener”). So far in 2010, we’ve seen mostly a bull flattener.

Credit and Market Outlook
 
Recent dramatic headlines about ballooning deficits, pension obligations, and other state budget challenges have elevated concerns among investors about possible municipal bond devaluations and defaults. While it’s true that the Great Recession and its aftermath have significantly affected economic growth and municipal finances, Steven Permut, who leads American Century Investments’ municipal bond team, believes the market for California municipal bonds is in better shape than the headlines convey.

“We do not believe California will default on its GO bonds,” Permut begins. “The state is constitutionally required to make its debt payments, which represent only a small portion of its overall revenues. Nor do we believe California will lack cash to pay GO bondholders, because the Controller looks forward in projecting the state’s cash position to ensure it has sufficient capital to pay its GO bond obligations (indeed, that is the reason why the state issues IOUs). Instead, we think the real risks to municipal bonds will be more market driven, relating to (1) credit rating downgrades, (2) headlines, and (3) liquidity, all of which can negatively impact a bond’s value. So while investors face some price risk from potential rating downgrades and negative sentiment, we don’t think a state bond default should be among their concerns.”

“Against those near-term headwinds, we see a number of reasons to be constructive on the municipal market for long-term investors,” Permut said. “First, the supply of tax-exempt municipal bonds has been limited in recent years by the Build America Bonds (BAB) program. While legislation has not yet been passed to extend the BAB program beyond 2010, we expect some form of extension due to municipal funding needs and the success of the program. Second, we see a number of factors supporting municipal bond demand going forward—tax-exempt municipal bond yields are attractive in absolute terms and relative to Treasuries, and tax rates are almost certain to rise. In addition, demand for higher-yielding, longer-term municipal bonds—such as those in which the fund invests—is likely to be supported by income-seeking investors looking to step out the credit and maturity spectrums from positions in low-yielding cash and short-term securities.”
 
 
 
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California High-Yield Municipal
 
Portfolio at a Glance
 
As of 8/31/10
Weighted Average Maturity
19.8 years
Average Duration (Modified)
6.7 years


Yields as of August 31, 2010(1)
30-Day SEC Yield
Investor Class
4.19%
Institutional Class
4.39%
A Class
3.76%
B Class
3.20%
C Class
3.20%
   
Investor Class 30-Day Tax-Equivalent Yields(2)
32.16% Tax Bracket
6.18%
34.88% Tax Bracket
6.43%
39.40% Tax Bracket
6.91%
41.21% Tax Bracket
7.13%

(1)
Yields would have been lower if a portion of fees had not been waived.
(2)
The tax brackets indicated are for combined state and federal income tax. Actual tax-equivalent yields may be lower, if alternative minimum tax is applicable.
 
Top Five Sectors
 
% of fund investments
as of 8/31/10
Land Based
27%
Hospital Revenue
12%
General Obligation (GO)
10%
Electric Revenue
10%
Water/Sewer/Gas Revenue
7%


Types of Investments in Portfolio
 
% of total net assets
as of 8/31/10
Municipal Securities
99.5%
Other Assets and Liabilities
0.5%

 
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Shareholder Fee Example (Unaudited)
 
 
Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from March 1, 2010 to August 31, 2010 (except as noted).

Actual Expenses
 
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments fund, or Institutional Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not a financial intermediary or retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $12.50 semiannual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $12.50 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments Brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments Brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. We will not charge the fee as long as you choose to manage your accounts exclusively online. If you are subject to the Account Maintenance Fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
 
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
 
 
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Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 
Beginning
Account Value
3/1/10
Ending
Account Value
8/31/10
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
3/1/10 - 8/31/10
Annualized
Expense Ratio(1)
Actual
 
Investor Class (after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,070.60
 
$2.56
 
0.49%
 
Investor Class (before waiver)
$1,000
$1,070.60
(3)
$2.66
 
0.51%
 
Institutional Class
(after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,071.60
(4)
$1.51
(5)
0.29%
 
Institutional Class
(before waiver)
$1,000
$1,071.60
(3)(4)
$1.61
(5)
0.31%
 
A Class (after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,069.30
 
$3.86
 
0.74%
 
A Class (before waiver)
$1,000
$1,069.30
(3)
$3.96
 
0.76%
 
B Class (after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,065.30
 
$7.76
 
1.49%
 
B Class (before waiver)
$1,000
$1,065.30
(3)
$7.86
 
1.51%
 
C Class (after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,065.30
 
$7.76
 
1.49%
 
C Class (before waiver)
$1,000
$1,065.30
(3)
$7.86
 
1.51%
 
Hypothetical
 
Investor Class (after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,022.74
 
$2.50
 
0.49%
 
Investor Class (before waiver)
$1,000
$1,022.63
 
$2.60
 
0.51%
 
Institutional Class
(after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,023.74
(6)
$1.48
(6)
0.29%
 
Institutional Class
(before waiver)
$1,000
$1,023.64
(6)
$1.58
(6)
0.31%
 
A Class (after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,021.48
 
$3.77
 
0.74%
 
A Class (before waiver)
$1,000
$1,021.37
 
$3.87
 
0.76%
 
B Class (after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,017.69
 
$7.58
 
1.49%
 
B Class (before waiver)
$1,000
$1,017.59
 
$7.68
 
1.51%
 
C Class (after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,017.69
 
$7.58
 
1.49%
 
C Class (before waiver)
$1,000
$1,017.59
 
$7.68
 
1.51%
 

(1)
Expenses are equal to the class’s annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period.
 
(2)
During the period ended August 31, 2010, the class received a partial waiver of its management fee.
 
(3)
Ending account value assumes the return earned after waiver. The return would have been lower had fees not been waived and would have resulted in a lower ending account value.
 
(4)
Ending account value based on actual return from March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010.
 
(5)
Expenses are equal to the class’s annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183, the number of days in the period from March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010, divided by 365, to reflect the period. Had the class been available for the full period, the expenses paid during the period would have been higher.
 
(6)
Ending account value and expenses paid during period assumes the class had been available throughout the entire period and are calculated using the class’s annualized expense ratio listed in the table above.
 
 
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Schedule of Investments
California High-Yield Municipal
 
AUGUST 31, 2010
 
     
Principal
Amount
     
Value
 
Municipal Securities — 99.5%
 
CALIFORNIA — 94.4%
 
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Rev., (Branson School), VRDN, 3.40%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Allied Irish Bank plc)(1)
  $ 200,000     $ 200,000  
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Rev., (Oshman Family Jewish Community), VRDN, 0.23%, 9/1/10 (LOC: LaSalle Bank N.A.)
    5,300,000       5,300,000  
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Rev., (Sharp HealthCare), 6.25%, 8/1/39(1)
    1,800,000       2,036,250  
ABC Unified School District GO, Series 2000 B, 6.14%, 8/1/21 (NATL/FGIC)(1)(2)
    1,000,000       600,160  
Adelanto Public Utility Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, 6.75%, 7/1/39
    5,225,000       5,510,233  
Alhambra Rev., Series 2010 A, (Atherton Baptist Homes), 7.50%, 1/1/30
    1,640,000       1,759,130  
Anaheim Public Financing Auth. Lease Rev., Series 1997 A, (Public Improvements), 6.00%, 9/1/24 (AGM)(1)
    1,200,000       1,438,056  
Beaumont Financing Auth. Local Agency Special Tax Rev., Series 2004 D, 5.80%, 9/1/35
    2,875,000       2,779,378  
Beaumont Financing Auth. Local Agency Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 B, 5.40%, 9/1/35
    1,390,000       1,259,743  
Beaumont Financing Auth. Local Agency Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 C, 5.50%, 9/1/29
    855,000       813,430  
Beaumont Financing Auth. Local Agency Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 C, 5.50%, 9/1/35
    4,000,000       3,374,800  
Beaumont Financing Auth. Local Agency Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, (Improvement Area No. 19C), 5.35%, 9/1/36
    2,700,000       2,216,430  
Beaumont Financing Auth. Local Agency Special Tax Rev., Series 2008 A, (Improvement Area No. 19C), 6.875%, 9/1/36
    1,050,000       1,056,384  
Berryessa Union School District GO, Series 2000 A, 6.18%, 8/1/21 (AGM)(1)(2)
    1,190,000       731,933  
Berryessa Union School District GO, Series 2000 A, 6.05%, 8/1/22 (AGM)(1)(2)
    1,220,000       697,108  
Berryessa Union School District GO, Series 2000 A, 6.06%, 8/1/23 (AGM)(1)(2)
    1,000,000       536,320  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2008 H, 5.00%, 5/1/22(1)
    4,500,000       5,223,105  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2010 L, 5.00%, 5/1/21(1)
    4,725,000       5,716,494  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2010 L, 5.00%, 5/1/22(1)
    4,200,000       5,029,542  
California Department of Water Resources Water System Rev., Series 2008 AE, (Central Valley), 5.00%, 12/1/23(1)
    2,500,000       2,904,700  
California Economic Recovery GO, Series 2004 A, 5.25%, 7/1/14 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    6,000,000       6,930,840  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., (Western University Health Sciences), 6.00%, 10/1/12, Prerefunded at 100% of Par(1)(3)
    1,505,000       1,651,963  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Pomona College), 5.00%, 1/1/24(1)
    1,400,000       1,642,788  
California GO, 5.25%, 10/1/29(1)
    5,000,000       5,351,950  
California GO, 5.25%, 3/1/38(1)
    6,000,000       6,208,500  
California GO, 6.00%, 4/1/38(1)
    5,000,000       5,583,600  
California GO, 5.50%, 3/1/40(1)
    1,500,000       1,613,115  
 
 
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California High-Yield Municipal
 
     
Principal
Amount
     
Value
 
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 1989 A, (Kaiser Permanente), 7.15%, 10/1/12 (Ambac-TCRS)(1)(2)
  $ 4,000,000     $ 3,880,600  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 A, (Scripps Health), 5.50%, 10/1/20(1)
    1,500,000       1,712,985  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 A, (Sutter Health), 5.50%, 8/15/16(1)
    5,000,000       5,776,100  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 A3, (Stanford Hospital), VRDN, 3.45%, 6/15/11(1)
    3,700,000       3,785,433  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 C, (Providence Health & Services), 6.50%, 10/1/33(1)
    1,000,000       1,170,570  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 G, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.50%, 7/1/25(1)
    2,000,000       2,167,740  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Catholic Healthcare West), 6.00%, 7/1/39(1)
    4,300,000       4,749,049  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Children’s Hospital of Orange County), 6.50%, 11/1/38(1)
    3,000,000       3,269,820  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2010 B, (Stanford Hospital), 5.25%, 11/15/31(1)
    7,000,000       7,431,270  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., Series 2008 A, (Jewish Community Center), VRDN, 0.23%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Bank of America N.A.)(1)
    1,000,000       1,000,000  
California Mobilehome Park Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2001 B, (Rancho Vallecitos- San Marcos), 6.75%, 11/15/36
    1,905,000       1,918,602  
California Mobilehome Park Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2003 B, (Palomar Estates E&W), 7.00%, 9/15/36(1)
    6,345,000       6,470,250  
California Mobilehome Park Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2006 B, (Union City Tropics), 5.50%, 12/15/41
    2,000,000       1,745,640  
California Municipal Finance Auth. Rev., (Biola University), 5.875%, 10/1/34
    1,000,000       1,057,850  
California Municipal Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, (Eisenhower Medical Center), 5.75%, 7/1/40
    1,850,000       1,897,323  
California Pollution Control Financing Auth. Rev., (San Jose Water Company), 5.10%, 6/1/40(1)
    1,785,000       1,833,873  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 1993 D, (Department of Corrections), 5.25%, 6/1/15 (AGM)(1)
    2,000,000       2,210,340  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2009 G1, (Various Capital Projects), 5.75%, 10/1/30(1)
    2,000,000       2,128,620  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2010 A1, (Various Capital Projects), 6.00%, 3/1/35(1)
    1,250,000       1,349,013  
California State Department of Water Resources Rev., Series 2009 AF, (Water System), 5.00%, 12/1/32(1)
    1,000,000       1,093,510  
California State University Fresno Association, Inc. Rev., (Auxiliary Organization Event Center), 7.00%, 7/1/12, Prerefunded at 101% of Par(1)(3)
    2,455,000       2,767,006  
California State University Rev., Series 2005 C, (Systemwide Financing Program), 5.00%, 11/1/30 (NATL)(1)
    10,000,000       10,495,400  
California State University Rev., Series 2009 A, (Systemwide Financing Program), 5.25%, 11/1/38(1)
    3,000,000       3,247,080  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. COP, (Sonoma County Indian Health), 6.40%, 9/1/29(1)
    2,145,000       2,156,926  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (Drew School), 5.30%, 10/1/37
    1,070,000       878,160  
 
 
12

 
California High-Yield Municipal
 
     
Principal
Amount
     
Value
 
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (Lancer Educational Student Housing), 5.625%, 6/1/33
  $ 2,500,000     $ 2,220,075  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (Southern California Presbyterian Homes), 7.25%, 11/15/41(1)
    2,500,000       2,787,575  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (Thomas Jefferson School of Law), 7.75%, 10/1/11, Prerefunded at 101% of Par(1)(3)
    1,885,000       2,036,177  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2001 C, (Kaiser Permanente), 5.25%, 8/1/31(1)
    4,000,000       4,099,880  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (California Baptist University), 5.50%, 11/1/38
    7,000,000       6,092,030  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (Front Porch Communities and Services), 5.125%, 4/1/37(1)(4)
    3,400,000       3,195,728  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (Valleycare Health System), 5.125%, 7/15/31
    2,000,000       1,799,700  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2008 C, (John Muir Health), VRDN, 0.22%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A)(1)
    2,900,000       2,900,000  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Kaiser Permanente), 5.00%, 4/1/19(1)
    5,000,000       5,696,850  
Capistrano Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 90-2), 6.00%, 9/1/33
    6,250,000       6,301,063  
Carson Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2009 A, (Project Area No. 1), 7.00%, 10/1/36(1)
    2,000,000       2,294,560  
Chino Valley Unified School District COP, Series 2001 A, 5.375%, 9/1/20, Prerefunded at 102% of Par (AGM)(1)(3)
    1,700,000       1,734,000  
Chula Vista Community Facilities District No. 06-1 Area A Special Tax Rev., (Eastlake Woods), 6.20%, 9/1/33
    3,600,000       3,673,800  
Chula Vista Industrial Development Rev., Series 2004 D, (San Diego Gas), 5.875%, 1/1/34(1)
    1,000,000       1,131,690  
Clovis Public Financing Auth. Lease Rev., (Corporate Yard), 5.375%, 3/1/20 (Ambac)(1)
    1,780,000       1,836,675  
Corcoran COP, 8.75%, 6/1/16(4)
    385,000       468,133  
Corona Department of Water & Power COP, 5.00%, 9/1/35 (NATL)(1)
    2,000,000       2,042,980  
Duarte Unified School District GO, Series 1999 B, 6.08%, 11/1/23 (AGM)(1)(2)
    1,150,000       608,983  
Eastern Municipal Water District Water & Sewer COP, Series 2008 H, 5.00%, 7/1/33(1)
    4,500,000       4,785,795  
El Dorado County Community Facilities District No. 2001-1 Special Tax Rev., (Promontory Specific), 6.30%, 9/1/31
    2,500,000       2,415,425  
Folsom Community Facilities District No. 10 Special Tax Rev., 7.00%, 9/1/24
    2,610,000       2,610,000  
Folsom Community Facilities District No. 14 Special Tax Rev., 6.30%, 9/1/11, Prerefunded at 102% of Par(3)
    6,500,000       6,997,510  
Folsom Community Facilities District No. 7 Special Tax Rev., 5.75%, 9/1/14
    2,450,000       2,494,272  
Foothill-De Anza Community College District GO, 6.16%, 8/1/21 (NATL)(1)(2)
    3,000,000       2,012,220  
Fullerton Community Facilities District No. 1 Special Tax Rev., (Amerige Heights), 6.20%, 9/1/32
    3,000,000       3,019,560  
 
 
13

 
California High-Yield Municipal
 
     
Principal
Amount
     
Value
 
Fullerton Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 2001-1), 6.375%, 9/1/31
  $ 5,000,000     $ 5,076,750  
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Settlement Rev., Series 2007 A1, 5.125%, 6/1/47(1)
    8,500,000       5,751,695  
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Settlement Rev., Series 2007 A1, 5.75%, 6/1/47(1)
    9,500,000       7,116,165  
Hemet Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 2005-2), 5.25%, 9/1/30
    2,670,000       2,438,564  
Hemet Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 2005-2), 5.25%, 9/1/35
    1,510,000       1,337,633  
Hesperia Public Financing Auth. Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2007 A, (Redevelopment and Housing), 5.50%, 9/1/32 (XLCA)(1)
    3,000,000       2,759,790  
Hesperia Public Financing Auth. Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2007 A, (Redevelopment and Housing), 5.50%, 9/1/37 (XLCA)(1)
    2,025,000       1,830,559  
Highland Community Facilities District No. 2001-1 Special Tax Rev., 6.45%, 9/1/28
    2,000,000       2,005,740  
Imperial Irrigation District COP, (Water System), 5.50%, 7/1/29 (Ambac)(1)
    5,000,000       5,096,350  
Independent Cities Lease Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2004 A, (Morgan Hill - Hacienda Valley Mobile Estates), 5.90%, 11/15/34
    2,235,000       2,206,414  
Independent Cities Lease Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2006 B, (San Juan Mobile Estates), 5.55%, 5/15/31
    500,000       459,610  
Independent Cities Lease Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2006 B, (San Juan Mobile Estates), 5.85%, 5/15/41
    1,150,000       1,058,126  
Independent Cities Lease Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (Santa Rosa Leisure Mobilehome Park), 5.70%, 11/15/47
    3,430,000       3,229,962  
Irvine Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 06-1), 6.70%, 9/1/35
    1,000,000       1,055,150  
Jurupa Community Services District Special Tax Rev., Series 2008 A, (Community Facilities District No. 25), 8.875%, 9/1/38
    2,000,000       2,219,020  
Lake Elsinore Community Facilities District No. 2004-3 Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 A, (Rosetta Canyon Improvement Area No. 1), 5.25%, 9/1/35
    1,225,000       1,057,261  
Lake Elsinore Community Facilities District No. 2004-3 Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, (Rosetta Canyon Improvement Area No. 2), 5.25%, 9/1/37
    5,000,000       4,176,300  
Lake Elsinore Community Facilities District No. 2005-1 Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, (Serenity), 5.35%, 9/1/36
    1,100,000       960,619  
Lake Elsinore Community Facilities District No. 2005-2 Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 A, (Alverhill Ranch Improvement Area A), 5.45%, 9/1/36
    5,000,000       4,320,800  
Lake Elsinore Community Facilities District No. 2006-2 Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, (Viscaya), 5.40%, 9/1/36
    2,020,000       1,777,741  
Lake Elsinore Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 2005-1, Improvement Area A), 5.40%, 9/1/35
    2,245,000       1,995,401  
Lincoln Community Facilities District No. 2003-1 Special Tax Rev., (Lincoln Crossing), 6.00%, 9/1/13, Prerefunded at 102% of Par(3)
    1,775,000       2,092,547  
 
 
14

 
California High-Yield Municipal
 
     
Principal
Amount
     
Value
 
Los Angeles Community College District GO, Series 2008 F1, (Election of 2003), 5.00%, 8/1/27(1)
  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,210,920  
Los Angeles Community Facilities District No. 3 Special Tax Rev., (Cascades Business Park & Golf Course), 6.40%, 9/1/22
    1,310,000       1,313,943  
Los Angeles Department of Airports Rev., Series 2008 C, (Los Angeles International Airport), 5.25%, 5/15/25(1)
    2,000,000       2,218,820  
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Rev., Series 2009 C, 5.00%, 7/1/35(1)
    1,150,000       1,261,262  
Milpitas Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Assessment Rev., Series 1996 A, (Local Improvement District No. 18), 6.75%, 9/2/16
    1,305,000       1,318,468  
Modesto Irrigation District COP, Series 2009 A, (Capital Improvements), 6.00%, 10/1/39(1)
    3,000,000       3,358,140  
Montebello Community Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2009 A, (Montebello Hills Redevelopment), 8.10%, 3/1/27(1)
    2,000,000       2,324,220  
Moreno Valley Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 2002-1), 6.20%, 9/1/32
    4,000,000       4,073,520  
Murrieta Community Facilities District No. 2000-2 Special Tax Rev., Series 2004 A, (The Oaks Improvement Area), 6.00%, 9/1/34
    1,920,000       1,886,477  
Murrieta Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 2000-1), 6.375%, 9/1/30
    4,100,000       4,112,710  
Oakland Unified School District Alameda County GO, Series 2009 A, (Election of 2006), 6.125%, 8/1/29(1)
    2,500,000       2,733,150  
Oceanside Community Development Commission Tax Allocation Rev., (Downtown Redevelopment), 5.70%, 9/1/25(1)
    3,500,000       3,612,000  
Oceanside Community Facilities District No. 2001-1 Special Tax Rev., Series 2002 A, (Morrow Hills Development), 6.20%, 9/1/32
    2,520,000       2,490,214  
Orange County Community Facilities District Special Tax Rev., (No. 06-1-Delaware Rio Public Improvements), 6.00%, 10/1/40
    1,375,000       1,397,798  
Oxnard School District GO, Series 2001 A, 5.75%, 8/1/30 (NATL)(1)
    3,000,000       3,345,750  
Palmdale Water District COP, 5.00%, 10/1/34 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    2,900,000       2,900,406  
Palomar Pomerado Health Care District COP, 6.75%, 11/1/39
    4,250,000       4,744,828  
Palomar Pomerado Health Care District COP, (Indian Health Council, Inc.), 6.25%, 10/1/29(1)
    2,345,000       2,352,363  
Perris Community Facilities District No. 2004-3 Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 A, (Improvement Area No. 2), 5.30%, 9/1/35
    1,365,000       1,142,478  
Perris Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2003 A, 6.25%, 9/1/33
    2,955,000       2,895,043  
Perris Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2004 A, 6.125%, 9/1/34
    2,995,000       2,880,501  
Perris Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2008 A, (Community Facilities District No. 2005-4), 6.60%, 9/1/38
    2,210,000       2,165,822  
Pleasant Valley School District-Ventura County GO, Series 2002 A, 5.85%, 8/1/31 (NATL)(1)
    4,835,000       5,563,054  
Poway Unified School District Public Financing Auth. Rev., 7.875%, 9/15/39
    4,000,000       4,459,640  
 
 
15

 
California High-Yield Municipal
 
     
Principal
Amount
     
Value
 
Rancho Cordova Community Facilities District No. 2003-1 Special Tax Rev., (Sunridge Anatolia), 5.375%, 9/1/37
  $ 3,000,000     $ 2,607,210  
Rancho Cordova Community Facilities District No. 2003-1 Special Tax Rev., (Sunridge Anatolia), 5.50%, 9/1/37
    2,000,000       1,772,420  
Rancho Cordova Community Facilities District No. 2004-1 Special Tax Rev., (Sunridge Park Area), 6.125%, 9/1/37
    10,000,000       8,978,300  
Riverside County COP, 5.75%, 11/1/31 (NATL)(1)
    2,365,000       2,523,786  
Riverside County Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Assessment Rev., (District No. 168-Rivercrest), 6.70%, 9/2/26
    1,875,000       1,880,738  
Riverside County Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2010 E, (Interstate 215 Corridor), 6.25%, 10/1/30(1)
    2,200,000       2,275,504  
Riverside Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 13, Improvement Area 1), 5.375%, 9/1/34
    2,000,000       1,768,120  
Riverside Unified School District Special Tax Rev., Series 2000 A, (Community Facilities District No. 7), 7.00%, 9/1/10, Prerefunded at 102% of Par(3)
    4,765,000       4,860,300  
Riverside Unified School District Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 A, (Community Facilities District No. 15, Improvement Area 2), 5.25%, 9/1/30
    1,000,000       907,910  
Rohnert Park Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2001 A, (Las Casitas de Sonoma), 6.40%, 4/15/36
    4,315,000       4,359,876  
Romoland School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 1, Improvement Area 1), 5.40%, 9/1/36
    5,000,000       4,315,350  
Roseville Community Facilities District No. 1 Special Tax Rev., (The Fountains), 6.125%, 9/1/38
    2,600,000       2,547,194  
Sacramento Airport System Rev., 5.00%, 7/1/40(1)
    3,000,000       3,089,100  
Sacramento Airport System Rev., Series 2009 D, (Grant Revenue Bonds), 6.00%, 7/1/35(1)
    4,000,000       4,389,360  
Sacramento County Community Facilities District No. 1 Special Tax Rev., (Elliot Ranch), 6.30%, 9/1/21
    1,500,000       1,508,475  
Sacramento County COP, 5.75%, 2/1/30(1)
    3,000,000       3,102,300  
Sacramento Municipal Utilities District Electric Rev., Series 1997 K, 5.25%, 7/1/24 (Ambac)(1)
    4,000,000       4,609,520  
Sacramento Sanitation District Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 D, (Subordinated Lien Sanitation District), VRDN, 0.23%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Bank of America N.A.)(1)
    1,000,000       1,000,000  
Sacramento Special Tax Rev., (North Natomas Community Facilities District No. 1), 6.30%, 9/1/26
    4,000,000       4,020,840  
San Buenaventura City COP, (Wastewater Revenue), 5.00%, 3/1/29 (NATL)(1)
    1,975,000       2,049,359  
San Diego Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2009 A, (North Park Redevelopment Project), 7.00%, 11/1/39(1)
    3,000,000       3,335,130  
San Francisco City and County Airports Commission Rev., Series 2008 34D, (San Francisco International Airport), 5.25%, 5/1/26(1)
    3,000,000       3,320,430  
San Francisco City and County Redevelopment Agency Lease Rev., (George R. Moscone), 7.05%, 7/1/13(1)(2)
    1,250,000       1,202,562  
San Francisco City and County Redevelopment Financing Auth. Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2009 D, (Mission Bay South Redevelopment), 6.625%, 8/1/39(1)
    2,000,000       2,188,340  
 
 
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California High-Yield Municipal
 
     
Principal
Amount
     
Value
 
San Marcos Public Facilities Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2004 A, 5.45%, 9/1/24
  $ 2,790,000     $ 2,759,338  
Santa Barbara County Water Rev. COP, 5.50%, 9/1/22 (Ambac)(1)
    3,005,000       3,248,525  
Santa Cruz County Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2009 A, (Live Oak/Soquel Community Improvement), 7.00%, 9/1/36(1)
    3,000,000       3,438,810  
Shasta Lake Public Finance Auth. Rev., (Electrical Enterprise), 6.25%, 4/1/13, Prerefunded at 102% of Par(1)(3)
    7,755,000       9,069,938  
Soledad Improvement Bond Act of 1915 District No. 2002-01 Special Assessment Rev., (Diamond Ridge), 6.75%, 9/2/33
    2,160,000       2,167,538  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., (Transmission), 6.35%, 7/1/14 (NATL-IBC)(1)(2)
    2,400,000       2,218,656  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., (Transmission), 6.35%, 7/1/15 (NATL-IBC)(1)(2)
    1,250,000       1,110,675  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., Series 2008 A, (Transmission), 5.00%, 7/1/22(1)
    5,750,000       6,627,450  
Stockton Community Facilities District Special Tax Rev., (Spanos Park West No. 2001-1), 6.375%, 9/1/12, Prerefunded at 102% of Par(1)(3)
    4,195,000       4,764,639  
Sunnyvale Community Facilities District No. 1 Special Tax Rev., 7.75%, 8/1/32
    6,500,000       6,535,685  
Susanville Public Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2010 B, (Utility Enterprises), 6.00%, 6/1/45(5)
    3,000,000       2,999,670  
Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District GO, Series 1999 A, (Improvement District No. 2), 6.19%, 8/1/22 (NATL/FGIC)(1)(2)
    2,690,000       1,494,752  
Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District GO, Series 1999 A, (Improvement District No. 2), 6.19%, 8/1/23 (NATL/FGIC)(1)(2)
    2,220,000       1,155,177  
Tracy Community Facilities District No. 2006-1 Special Tax Rev., (NEI Phase II), 5.75%, 9/1/36
    3,105,000       2,653,036  
Tuolumne Wind Project Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, 5.875%, 1/1/29(1)
    2,000,000       2,274,800  
Turlock Health Facility COP, Series 2007 B, (Emanuel Medical Center, Inc.), 5.50%, 10/15/37(1)
    2,000,000       1,950,360  
Turlock Irrigation District Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.00%, 1/1/40(1)
    3,485,000       3,632,590  
Tustin Community Facilities District No. 06-1 Special Tax Rev., Series 2007 A, (Tustin Legacy/Columbus Villages), 6.00%, 9/1/36
    5,000,000       5,071,200  
Tustin Community Facilities District No. 07-1 Special Tax Rev., (Tustin Legacy/Retail Center), 6.00%, 9/1/37
    1,300,000       1,318,512  
Tustin Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 06-1), 5.75%, 9/1/30(1)
    1,000,000       1,039,310  
Tustin Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 06-1), 6.00%, 9/1/40(1)
    1,500,000       1,562,955  
Twin Rivers Unified School District COP, (Facility Bridge Program), VRDN, 3.50%, 9/1/10 (AGM)
    4,000,000       4,000,560  
University of California Rev., Series 2009 O, 5.25%, 5/15/39(1)
    1,300,000       1,437,007  
Val Verde Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 1, Improvement Area A), 5.40%, 9/1/30
    2,500,000       2,302,625  
Val Verde Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 1, Improvement Area A), 5.45%, 9/1/36
    2,600,000       2,336,230  
 
 
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California High-Yield Municipal
 
     
Principal
Amount
     
Value
 
Ventura County Community College District GO, Series 2008 C, (Election of 2002), 5.50%, 8/1/33(1)
  $ 1,600,000     $ 1,766,560  
Vernon Electric System Rev., Series 2009 A, 5.125%, 8/1/21(1)
    5,000,000       5,409,250  
West Sacramento Community Facilities District No. 20 Special Tax Rev., 5.30%, 9/1/35
    1,740,000       1,523,179  
Westlands Water District COP, Series 2005 A, 5.00%, 9/1/25 (NATL)(1)
    2,080,000       2,179,278  
Yosemite Community College District GO, (Election of 2004), 4.33%, 8/1/16 (AGM)(1)(2)
    3,545,000       2,969,753  
Yuba City Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., 5.70%, 9/1/24
    2,270,000       2,051,717  
Yuba City Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., 6.00%, 9/1/31
    2,000,000       1,755,820  
Yuba City Unified School District GO, 6.05%, 3/1/25 (NATL/FGIC)(1)(2)
    1,500,000       657,480  
              524,492,716  
GUAM — 1.1%
 
Guam Government GO, Series 2009 A, 7.00%, 11/15/39(1)
    3,300,000       3,695,736  
Guam Power Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.50%, 10/1/40
    2,300,000       2,311,730  
              6,007,466  
PUERTO RICO — 3.1%
 
Puerto Rico Electric Power Auth. Rev., Series 2007 UU, VRN, 1.06%, 10/1/10, resets quarterly at 67% of the 3-month LIBOR plus 0.70% with no caps(1)
    7,800,000       5,428,488  
Puerto Rico GO, Series 2006 A, (Public Improvement), 5.25%, 7/1/30(1)
    1,145,000       1,187,961  
Puerto Rico GO, Series 2008 A, 6.00%, 7/1/38(1)
    2,500,000       2,697,150  
Puerto Rico GO, Series 2009 B, (Public Improvement), 6.00%, 7/1/39(1)
    2,000,000       2,170,980  
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Rev., Series 2007 A, VRN, 1.24%, 11/1/10, resets quarterly at 67% of the 3-month LIBOR plus 0.93% with no caps(1)
    10,000,000       5,783,900  
              17,268,479  
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — 0.9%
 
Virgin Islands Public Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Diageo Matching Fund Bonds), 6.75%, 10/1/37
    2,000,000       2,266,660  
Virgin Islands Public Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A1, (Senior Lien/Capital Projects), 5.00%, 10/1/29(1)
    1,000,000       1,035,400  
Virgin Islands Public Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2010 B, (Subordinated Lien), 5.25%, 10/1/29(1)
    1,500,000       1,554,615  
              4,856,675  
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 99.5% (Cost $541,496,290)
      552,625,336  
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — 0.5%
      2,790,140  
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%
    $ 555,415,476  
 
 
 
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California High-Yield Municipal
 

Futures Contracts
Contracts Purchased
Expiration Date
Underlying Face
Amount at Value
Unrealized Gain (Loss)
158
U.S. Long Bond
December 2010
$21,334,938
$166,959
         
Contracts Sold
Expiration Date
Underlying Face
Amount at Value
Unrealized Gain (Loss)
528
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes
December 2010
$115,706,250
$(35,719)


Notes to Schedule of Investments

ABAG = Association of Bay Area Governments
AGM = Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
Ambac = Ambac Assurance Corporation
Ambac-TCRS = Ambac Assurance Corporation - Transferrable Custodial Receipts
COP = Certificates of Participation
FGIC = Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
GO = General Obligation
LIBOR = London Interbank Offered Rate
LOC = Letter of Credit
NATL = National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
NATL-IBC = National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation - Insured Bond Certificates
resets = The frequency with which a security’s coupon changes, based on current market conditions or an underlying index. The more frequently a security resets, the less risk the investor is taking that the coupon will vary significantly from current market rates.
VRDN = Variable Rate Demand Note. Interest reset date is indicated. Rate shown is effective at the period end.
VRN = Variable Rate Note. Interest reset date is indicated. Rate shown is effective at the period end.
XLCA = XL Capital Ltd.
 
(1)
Security, or a portion thereof, has been segregated for when-issued securities and/or futures contracts. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities pledged was $140,041,000.
 
(2)
Security is a zero-coupon municipal bond. The rate indicated is the yield to maturity at purchase. Zero-coupon securities are issued at a substantial discount from their value at maturity.
 
(3)
Escrowed to maturity in U.S. government securities or state and local government securities.
 
(4)
Security was purchased under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 or is a private placement and, unless registered under the Act or exempted from registration, may only be sold to qualified institutional investors. The aggregate value of these securities at the period end was $3,663,861, which represented 0.7% of total net assets.
 
(5)
When-issued security.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 

AUGUST 31, 2010
 
Assets
 
Investment securities, at value (cost of $541,496,290)
    $552,625,336  
Cash
    301,298  
Receivable for investments sold
    532,100  
Receivable for capital shares sold
    116,407  
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts
    148,125  
Interest receivable
    10,421,228  
      564,144,494  
         
Liabilities
 
Payable for investments purchased
    6,965,110  
Payable for capital shares redeemed
    933,739  
Payable for variation margin on futures contracts
    8,250  
Accrued management fees
    226,361  
Service fees (and distribution fees – A Class) payable
    28,971  
Distribution fees payable
    19,822  
Dividends payable
    546,765  
      8,729,018  
         
Net Assets
    $555,415,476  
         
Net Assets Consist of:
 
Capital paid in
    $575,663,858  
Accumulated net investment loss
    (50,885 )
Accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions
    (31,457,783 )
Net unrealized appreciation on investments
    11,260,286  
      $555,415,476  
 
                   
   
Net assets
 
Shares outstanding
 
Net asset value per share
Investor Class
    $417,503,401       43,106,747       $9.69  
Institutional Class
    $26,780       2,765       $9.69  
A Class
    $106,577,428       11,004,058       $9.69 *
B Class
    $1,022,096       105,529       $9.69  
C Class
    $30,285,771       3,126,614       $9.69  

*Maximum offering price $10.15 (net asset value divided by 0.955)
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Statement of Operations
 

YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2010
 
Investment Income (Loss)
 
Income:
     
Interest
    $29,573,451  
         
Expenses:
       
Management fees
    2,686,987  
Distribution fees:
       
   B Class
    7,468  
   C Class
    228,078  
Service fees:
       
   B Class
    2,489  
   C Class
    76,026  
Distribution and service fees — A Class
    256,562  
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    24,715  
Other expenses
    9,313  
      3,291,638  
Fees waived
    (125,579 )
      3,166,059  
         
Net investment income (loss)
    26,407,392  
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
       
Investment transactions
    (4,457,275 )
Futures contract transactions
    (410,252 )
      (4,867,527 )
         
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
       
Investments
    50,557,610  
Futures contracts
    374,691  
      50,932,301  
         
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    46,064,774  
         
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    $72,472,166  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 

YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2010 AND AUGUST 31, 2009
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
2010
   
2009
 
Operations
 
Net investment income (loss)
    $26,407,392       $27,411,260  
Net realized gain (loss)
    (4,867,527 )     (16,020,882 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
    50,932,301       (30,879,974 )
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    72,472,166       (19,489,596 )
                 
Distributions to Shareholders
 
From net investment income:
               
   Investor Class
    (20,168,524 )     (20,387,662 )
   Institutional Class
    (668 )      
   A Class
    (4,958,395 )     (5,527,472 )
   B Class
    (40,637 )     (43,799 )
   C Class
    (1,241,451 )     (1,452,024 )
Decrease in net assets from distributions
    (26,409,675 )     (27,410,957 )
                 
Capital Share Transactions
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions
    3,228,416       (76,687,910 )
                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
    49,290,907       (123,588,463 )
                 
Net Assets
               
Beginning of period
    506,124,569       629,713,032  
End of period
    $555,415,476       $506,124,569  
                 
Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)
    $(50,885 )     $2,283  

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements
 
 
 AUGUST 31, 2010

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization — American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds (the trust) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. California High-Yield Municipal Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the trust. The fund is nondiversified under the 1940 Act. The fund’s investment objective is to seek high current income that is exempt from federal and California income taxes. The fund pursues its objective by investing a portion of its assets in lower-rated and unrated municipal securities. The following is a summary of the fund’s significant accounting policies.

Multiple Class — The fund is authorized to issue the Investor Class, the Institutional Class, the A Class, the B Class and the C Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge. The A Class, B Class and C Class may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. The share classes differ principally in their respective sales charges and distribution and shareholder servicing expenses and arrangements. All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets. Sale of the Institutional Class commenced on March 1, 2010.

Security Valuations — Debt securities maturing in greater than 60 days at the time of purchase are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices or at current market value as provided by a commercial pricing service, which may consider, among other factors, institutional trading activity, trading in similar groups of securities and any development related to that specific security. Debt securities maturing within 60 days at the time of purchase may be valued at cost, plus or minus any amortized discount or premium. If an event occurs after the value of a security was established but before the net asset value per share was determined that was likely to materially change the net asset value, that security would be valued as determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. If the fund determines that the market price of a portfolio security is not readily available, or that the valuation methods mentioned above do not reflect the security’s fair value, such security is valued as determined by the Board of Trustees or its designee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees, if such determination would materially impact a fund’s net asset value. Certain other circumstances may cause the fund to use alternative procedures to value a security such as: a security has been declared in default; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or there is a foreign market holiday and no trading will commence.

Security Transactions — For financial reporting purposes, security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.

Investment Income — Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums.

When-Issued — The fund may engage in securities transactions on a when-issued basis. Under these arrangements, the securities’ prices and yields are fixed on the date of the commitment, but payment and delivery are scheduled for a future date. During this period, securities are subject to market fluctuations. The fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet the purchase price.

Income Tax Status — It is the fund’s policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The fund is no longer subject to examination by tax authorities for years prior to 2007. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. Accordingly, no provision has been made for federal or state income taxes.
 
 
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Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually.

Indemnifications — Under the trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.

Use of Estimates — The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

2. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties

Management Fees — The trust has entered into a Management Agreement (the Agreement) with American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The Agreement provides that all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent trustees (including legal counsel fees), and extraordinary expenses, will be paid by ACIM. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on the daily net assets of the specific class of shares of the fund and paid monthly in arrears. The fee consists of (1) an Investment Category Fee based on the daily net assets of the fund and certain other accounts managed by the investment advisor that are in the same broad investment category as the fund and (2) a Complex Fee based on the assets of all the funds in the American Century Investments family of funds. The rates for the Investment Category Fee range from 0.1925% to 0.3100%. The rates for the Complex Fee range from 0.2500% to 0.3100% for the Investor Class, A Class, B Class and C Class. The Institutional Class is 0.2000% less at each point within the Complex Fee range. From August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010, the investment advisor voluntarily agreed to waive 0.024% of its management fee for the fund. Effective August 1, 2010, the investment advisor voluntarily agreed to waive 0.020% of its management fee for the fund. The investment advisor expects the fee waiver to continue through July 31, 2011 and cannot terminate it without consulting the Board of Trustees. The total amount of the waiver for each class for the year ended August 31, 2010, was $93,872, $3, $24,272, $236 and $7,196 for the Investor Class, Institutional Class, A Class, B Class and C Class, respectively. The effective annual management fee before waiver for each class for the year ended August 31, 2010, was 0.50% for the Investor Class, A Class, B Class and C Class and 0.30% for the Institutional Class. The effective annual management fee after waiver for each class for the year ended August 31, 2010 was 0.48% for the Investor Class, A Class,
B Class and C Class and 0.28% for the Institutional Class.

Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Trustees has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for each of the A Class, B Class and C Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS) an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the B Class and the C Class will each pay ACIS an annual distribution fee of 0.75% and service fee of 0.25%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the year ended August 31, 2010, are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
 
 
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Related Parties — Certain officers and trustees of the trust are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC), the parent of the trust’s investment advisor, ACIM, the distributor of the trust, ACIS, and the trust’s transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC.

The fund has a Mutual Funds Services Agreement with J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co. (JPMIS). JPMorgan Chase Bank (JPMCB) is a custodian of the fund. JPMIS and JPMCB are wholly owned subsidiaries of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM). JPM is an equity investor (non-voting shares) in ACC.

3. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the year ended August 31, 2010, were $87,073,764 and $83,896,362, respectively.

4. Capital Share Transactions

Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows (unlimited number of shares authorized):
           
 
Year ended August 31, 2010(1)
   
Year ended August 31, 2009
 
 
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
 
Investor Class
 
Sold
  8,560,326       $79,770,530       7,437,211       $64,350,962  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
  1,630,497       15,236,776       1,793,476       15,332,797  
Redeemed
  (9,144,211 )     (85,139,104 )     (15,129,688 )     (128,314,223 )
    1,046,612       9,868,202       (5,899,001 )     (48,630,464 )
Institutional Class
                  N/A          
Sold
  2,694       25,000                  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
  71       668                  
    2,765       25,668                  
A Class
 
Sold
  2,306,535       21,540,276       3,254,297       27,936,391  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
  370,535       3,462,892       433,732       3,707,761  
Redeemed
  (3,064,884 )     (28,530,752 )     (6,342,488 )     (53,985,441 )
    (387,814 )     (3,527,584 )     (2,654,459 )     (22,341,289 )
B Class
 
Sold
  191       1,776       10,859       93,014  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
  2,614       24,493       2,220       18,975  
Redeemed
  (4,748 )     (44,265 )     (32,872 )     (281,397 )
    (1,943 )     (17,996 )     (19,793 )     (169,408 )
C Class
 
Sold
  304,086       2,826,002       525,813       4,535,532  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
  61,306       572,964       79,549       679,723  
Redeemed
  (702,493 )     (6,518,840 )     (1,274,820 )     (10,762,004 )
    (337,101 )     (3,119,874 )     (669,458 )     (5,546,749 )
Net increase (decrease)
  322,519       $3,228,416       (9,242,711 )     $(76,687,910 )

(1)
March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010 for the Institutional Class.
 
 
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5. Fair Value Measurements

The fund’s securities valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the positions held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels as follows:

Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical securities;

Level 2 valuation inputs consist of significant direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for similar securities, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); or

Level 3 valuation inputs consist of significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions).

The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.

As of August 31, 2010, the valuation inputs used to determine the fair value of the fund’s municipal securities and unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts were classified as Level 2 and Level 1, respectively. The Schedule of Investments provides additional details on the fund’s portfolio holdings.

6. Derivative Instruments

Interest Rate Risk — The fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of bonds generally declines as interest rates rise. A fund may enter into futures contracts based on a bond index or a specific underlying security. A fund may purchase futures contracts to gain exposure to increases in market value or sell futures contracts to protect against a decline in market value. Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet requirements. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received daily, in cash, by a fund. The variation margin is equal to the daily change in the contract value and is recorded as unrealized gains and losses. A fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the futures contract is closed or expires. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of futures contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, respectively. One of the risks of entering into futures contracts is the possibility that the change in value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in value of the underlying securities. The interest rate risk derivative instruments held at period end as disclosed on the Schedule of Investments are indicative of the fund’s typical volume during the period.

The value of interest rate risk derivative instruments as of August 31, 2010, is disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset of $148,125 in receivable for variation margin on futures contracts and as a liability of $8,250 in payable for variation margin on futures contracts. For the year ended August 31, 2010, the effect of interest rate risk derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations was $(410,252) in net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions and $374,691 in change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts.

 
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7. Interfund Lending

The fund, along with certain other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds, may participate in an interfund lending program, pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the fund to borrow from or lend to other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds that permit such transactions. Interfund lending transactions are subject to each fund’s investment policies and borrowing and lending limits. The interfund loan rate earned/paid on interfund lending transactions is determined daily based on the average of certain current market rates. Interfund lending transactions normally extend only overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. The program is subject to annual approval by the Board of Trustees. During the year ended August 31, 2010, the fund did not utilize the program.

8. Risk Factors

The fund concentrates its investments in a single state and therefore may have more exposure to credit risk related to the state of California than a fund with a broader geographical diversification. The fund invests primarily in lower-rated debt securities, which are subject to substantial risks including price volatility, liquidity risk, and default risk.

9. Federal Tax Information

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended August 31, 2010 and August 31, 2009 were as follows:
             
   
2010
 
2009
Distributions Paid From
           
Exempt income
    $26,409,675       $27,410,957  
Taxable ordinary income
           
 
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.

As of August 31, 2010, the federal tax cost of investments and the components of distributable earnings on a tax-basis were as follows:
         
Federal tax cost of investments
    $541,496,290  
Gross tax appreciation of investments
    $28,847,421  
Gross tax depreciation of investments
    (17,718,375 )
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments
    $11,129,046  
Other book-to-tax adjustments
    $(266,426 )
Net tax appreciation (depreciation)
    $10,862,620  
Accumulated capital losses
    $(26,586,194 )
Capital loss deferral
    $(4,524,808 )

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) for certain futures contracts. Other book-to-tax adjustments are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on straddle positions.

 
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The accumulated capital losses listed on the previous page represent net capital loss carryovers that may be used to offset future realized capital gains for federal income tax purposes. Future capital loss carryover utilization in any given year may be subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations. The capital loss carryovers expire as follows:
       
2015
2016
2017
2018
$(1,856,959)
$(59,454)
$(11,784,441)
$(12,885,340)
 
The capital loss deferral listed on the previous page represents net capital losses incurred in the ten-month period ended August 31, 2010. The fund has elected to treat such losses as having been incurred in the following fiscal year for federal income tax purposes.

10. Corporate Event
 
As part of a long-standing estate and business succession plan established by James E. Stowers, Jr., the founder of American Century Investments, ACC Chairman Richard W. Brown succeeded Mr. Stowers as trustee of a trust that holds a greater-than-25% voting interest in ACC, the parent corporation of the fund’s advisor. Under the 1940 Act, this is presumed to represent control of ACC even though it is less than a majority interest. The change of trustee was considered a change of control of ACC and therefore also a change of control of the fund’s advisor even though there has been no change to its management and none is anticipated. The change of control resulted in the assignment of the fund’s investment advisory agreement. As required by the 1940 Act, the assignment automatically terminated such agreement, making the approval of a new agreement necessary.

On February 18, 2010, the Board of Trustees approved an interim investment advisory agreement under which the fund was managed until a new agreement was approved. The new agreement for the fund was approved by the Board of Trustees on April 1, 2010, and by shareholders at a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 16, 2010. It went into effect on July 16, 2010. The new agreement, which is substantially identical to the terminated agreement (with the exception of different effective and termination dates), did not result in changes in the management of American Century Investments, the fund, its investment objectives, fees or services provided.
 
11. Other Tax Information (Unaudited)

The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund designates $26,445,431 as exempt interest dividends for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2010.

 
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Financial Highlights
California High-Yield Municipal
 
Investor Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $8.88       $9.50       $9.90       $10.25       $10.36  
Income From Investment Operations
                                     
   Net Investment Income (Loss)
  0.47 (1)     0.48       0.48       0.48       0.49  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
  0.81       (0.62 )     (0.40 )     (0.35 )     (0.11 )
   Total From Investment Operations
  1.28       (0.14 )     0.08       0.13       0.38  
Distributions
                                     
   From Net Investment Income
  (0.47 )     (0.48 )     (0.48 )     (0.48 )     (0.49 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $9.69       $8.88       $9.50       $9.90       $10.25  
                                       
Total Return(2)
  14.78 %     (1.16) %     0.81 %     1.22 %     3.80 %
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets
  0.49 %(3)     0.52% %(3)     0.52 %     0.52 %     0.52 %
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average
Net Assets (Before Expense Waiver)
  0.51 %     0.52 %     0.52 %     0.52 %     0.52 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss)
to Average Net Assets
  5.08 %(3)     5.56 %(3)     4.91 %     4.70 %     4.80 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss)
to Average Net Assets (Before
Expense Waiver)
  5.06 %     5.56 %     4.91 %     4.70 %     4.80 %
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  17 %     26 %     31 %     17 %     25 %
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $417,503       $373,313       $455,741       $467,477       $406,063  

(1)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(2)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(3)
Effective August 1, 2009, the investment advisor voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its management fee.

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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California High-Yield Municipal
 
Institutional Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31 (except as noted)
 
   
2010(1)
 
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    $9.28  
Income From Investment Operations
       
   Net Investment Income (Loss)(2)
    0.25  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
    0.41  
   Total From Investment Operations
    0.66  
Distributions
       
   From Net Investment Income
    (0.25 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
    $9.69  
         
Total Return(3)
    7.16 %
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.29 %(4)(5)
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets (Before Expense Waiver)
    0.31 %(5)
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets
    5.24 %(4)(5)
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (Before Expense Waiver)
    5.22 %(5)
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    17 %(6)
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
    $27  

(1)
March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010.
 
(2)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(3)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(4)
Effective March 1, 2010, the investment advisor voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its management fee.
 
(5)
Annualized.
 
(6)
Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended August 31, 2010.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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California High-Yield Municipal
 
A Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $8.88       $9.50       $9.90       $10.25       $10.36  
Income From Investment Operations
                                     
   Net Investment Income (Loss)
  0.45 (1)     0.46       0.45       0.46       0.46  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
  0.81       (0.62 )     (0.40 )     (0.35 )     (0.11 )
   Total From Investment Operations
  1.26       (0.16 )     0.05       0.11       0.35  
Distributions
                                     
   From Net Investment Income
  (0.45 )     (0.46 )     (0.45 )     (0.46 )     (0.46 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $9.69       $8.88       $9.50       $9.90       $10.25  
                                       
Total Return(2)
  14.50 %     (1.41 )%     0.55 %     0.97 %     3.54 %
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets
  0.74 %(3)     0.77 %(3)     0.77 %     0.77 %     0.77 %
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average
Net Assets (Before Expense Waiver)
  0.76 %     0.77 %     0.77 %     0.77 %     0.77 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss)
to Average Net Assets
  4.83 %(3)     5.31 %(3)     4.66 %     4.45 %     4.55 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss)
to Average Net Assets (Before
Expense Waiver)
  4.81 %     5.31 %     4.66 %     4.45 %     4.55 %
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  17 %     26 %     31 %     17 %     25 %
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $106,577       $101,111       $133,480       $147,314       $90,421  

(1)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(2)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any, and does not reflect applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(3)
Effective August 1, 2009, the investment advisor voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its management fee.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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California High-Yield Municipal
 
B Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $8.88       $9.50       $9.90       $10.25       $10.36  
Income From Investment Operations
                                     
   Net Investment Income (Loss)
  0.38 (1)     0.39       0.38       0.38       0.39  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
  0.81       (0.62 )     (0.40 )     (0.35 )     (0.11 )
   Total From Investment Operations
  1.19       (0.23 )     (0.02 )     0.03       0.28  
Distributions
                                     
   From Net Investment Income
  (0.38 )     (0.39 )     (0.38 )     (0.38 )     (0.39 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $9.69       $8.88       $9.50       $9.90       $10.25  
                                       
Total Return(2)
  13.65 %     (2.14 )%     (0.20 )%     0.22 %     2.77 %
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets
  1.49 %(3)     1.52 %(3)     1.52 %     1.52 %     1.52 %
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average
Net Assets (Before Expense Waiver)
  1.51 %     1.52 %     1.52 %     1.52 %     1.52 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss)
to Average Net Assets
  4.08 %(3)     4.56 %(3)     3.91 %     3.70 %     3.80 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss)
to Average Net Assets (Before
Expense Waiver)
  4.06 %     4.56 %     3.91 %     3.70 %     3.80 %
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  17 %     26 %     31 %     17 %     25 %
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $1,022       $954       $1,209       $1,454       $1,263  

(1)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(2)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any, and does not reflect applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(3)
Effective August 1, 2009, the investment advisor voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its management fee.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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California High-Yield Municipal
 
C Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $8.88       $9.50       $9.90       $10.25       $10.36  
Income From Investment Operations
                                     
   Net Investment Income (Loss)
  0.38 (1)     0.39       0.38       0.38       0.39  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
  0.81       (0.62 )     (0.40 )     (0.35 )     (0.11 )
   Total From Investment Operations
  1.19       (0.23 )     (0.02 )     0.03       0.28  
Distributions
                                     
   From Net Investment Income
  (0.38 )     (0.39 )     (0.38 )     (0.38 )     (0.39 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $9.69       $8.88       $9.50       $9.90       $10.25  
                                       
Total Return(2)
  13.64 %     (2.14 )%     (0.20 )%     0.22 %     2.76 %
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses
to Average Net Assets
  1.49 %(3)     1.52 %(3)     1.52 %     1.52 %     1.52 %
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average
Net Assets (Before Expense Waiver)
  1.51 %     1.52 %     1.52 %     1.52 %     1.52 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss)
to Average Net Assets
  4.08 %(3)     4.56 %(3)     3.91 %     3.70 %     3.80 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss)
to Average Net Assets (Before
Expense Waiver)
  4.06 %     4.56 %     3.91 %     3.70 %     3.80 %
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  17 %     26 %     31 %     17 %     25 %
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $30,286       $30,747       $39,283       $42,125       $31,276  

(1)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(2)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any, and does not reflect applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(3)
Effective August 1, 2009, the investment advisor voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its management fee.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 
To the Trustees of the American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds and Shareholders of the California High-Yield Municipal Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the California High-Yield Municipal Fund (one of the four funds in the American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at August 31, 2010, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at August 31, 2010 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
October 21, 2010

 
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Proxy Voting Results
 

A special meeting of shareholders was held on June 16, 2010, to vote on the following proposals. Each proposal received the required number of votes and was adopted. A summary of voting results is listed below each proposal.

Proposal 1:
 
To elect one Trustee to the Board of Trustees of American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds (the proposal was voted on by all shareholders of funds issued by American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds):
         
 
Frederick L.A. Grauer
For:
1,348,614,209
 
   
Withhold:
 62,773,142
 
   
Abstain:
 0
 
   
Broker Non-Vote:
0
 
 
The other trustees whose term of office continued after the meeting include Jonathan S. Thomas, John Freidenrich, Ronald J. Gilson, Peter F. Pervere, Myron S. Scholes, and John B. Shoven.

Proposal 2:
 
To approve a management agreement between the fund and American Century Investment Management, Inc.:
         
 
Investor, A, B and C
For:
282,214,375
 
   
Against:
 7,879,507
 
   
Abstain:
 12,454,172
 
   
Broker Non-Vote:
80,001,284
 

 
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Management
 
 
The Board of Trustees
 
The individuals listed below serve as trustees of the fund. Each trustee will continue to serve in this capacity until death, retirement, resignation or removal from office. The mandatory retirement age for trustees who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act (independent trustees), is 73. However, the mandatory retirement age may be extended for a period not to exceed two years with the approval of the remaining independent trustees.

Mr. Thomas is the only trustee who is an “interested person” because he currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC), the parent company of American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM or the advisor).

The other trustees (more than three-fourths of the total number) are independent; that is, they have never been employees, directors or officers of, and have no financial interest in, ACC or any of its wholly owned, direct or indirect, subsidiaries, including ACIM, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS) and American Century Services, LLC (ACS). The trustees serve in this capacity for eight (in the case of Mr. Thomas, 15) registered investment companies in the American Century Investments family of funds.

The following presents additional information about the trustees. The mailing address for each trustee other than Mr. Thomas is 1665 Charleston Road, Mountain View, California 94043. The mailing address for Mr. Thomas is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.

Independent Trustees
 
John Freidenrich
Year of Birth: 1937
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2005
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Founder, Member and Manager, Regis Management Company, LLC (investment management firm) (April 2004 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: AB in Economics, Stanford University; LLB, Stanford Law School; formerly, Partner and Founder, Ware and Freidenrich Law Firm and Bay Partners; formerly, President, Board of Trustees, Stanford University

Ronald J. Gilson
Year of Birth: 1946
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee and Chairman of the Board
Length of Time Served: Since 1995
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School (1979 to present); Marc and Eva Stern Professor of Law and Business, Columbia University School of Law (1992 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA, Washington University; JD, Yale Law School; formerly, Attorney, Steinhart, Goldberg, Feigenbaum & Ladar
 
 
 
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Frederick L. A. Grauer
Year of Birth: 1946
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2008
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Senior Advisor, BlackRock, Inc. (investment management firm) (2010 to present); Senior Advisor, Barclays Global Investors (investment management firm) (2003 to 2009)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Economics, University of British Columbia; MA in Economics, University of Chicago; PhD in Business, Stanford University; formerly, Executive Chairman, Barclays Global Investors; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wells Fargo Nikko Investment Advisors; and Vice President, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Group; formerly, Director, New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Columbia University; formerly, Faculty Member, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University and Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Peter F. Pervere
Year of Birth: 1947
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2007
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Intraware, Inc. (2003 to 2009); Digital Impact, Inc. (2003 to 2005)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in History, Stanford University; CPA; formerly, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Commerce One, Inc. (software and services provider); formerly, Vice President and Corporate Controller, Sybase, Inc.; formerly with accounting firm of Arthur Young & Co.

Myron S. Scholes
Year of Birth: 1941
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 1980
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman, Platinum Grove Asset Management, L.P. (asset manager) (1999 to 2009); Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance-Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business (1996 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Dimensional Fund Advisors (investment advisor); CME Group, Inc. (futures and options exchange)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Economics, McMaster University (Ontario); MBA and PhD, University of Chicago; formerly, Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institute; formerly, Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Finance, University of Chicago; recipient of the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

 
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John B. Shoven
Year of Birth: 1947
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2002
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Professor of Economics, Stanford University (1973 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Cadence Design Systems; Exponent; Financial Engines; PalmSource, Inc. (2002 to 2005); Watson Wyatt Worldwide (2002 to 2006)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Physics, University of California; PhD in Economics, Yale University; Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (1999 to present); formerly, Chair of Economics and Dean of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
 
 
Interested Trustee
 
Jonathan S. Thomas
Year of Birth: 1963
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee and President
Length of Time Served: Since 2007
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC (March 2007 to present); Chief Administrative Officer, ACC (February 2006 to February 2007); Executive Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to February 2007); Global Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (investment management) (March 2000 to November 2005); Also serves as: Chief Executive Officer and Manager, ACS; Executive Vice President, ACIM; Director, ACC, ACIM and other ACC subsidiaries
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 103
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Economics, University of Massachusetts; MBA, Boston College; formerly held senior leadership roles with Fidelity Investments, Boston Financial Services and Bank of America; serves on the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute

 
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Officers
 
The following table presents certain information about the executive officers of the fund. Each officer serves as an officer for each of the 15 investment companies in the American Century family of funds, unless otherwise noted. No officer is compensated for his or her service as an officer of the fund. The listed officers are interested persons of the fund and are appointed or re-appointed on an annual basis. The mailing address for each of the officers listed below is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
           
 
Name
(Year of Birth)
 
Offices with
the Fund
 
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years
 
Jonathan S. Thomas
(1963)
 
Trustee and President
since 2007
 
President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC (March 2007 to present);
Chief Administrative Officer, ACC (February 2006 to February 2007); Executive Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to February 2007); Global Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (March 2000 to November 2005); Also serves as: Chief Executive Officer and Manager, ACS; Executive Vice President, ACIM; Director, ACC, ACIM and other ACC subsidiaries
 
Barry Fink
(1955)
 
Executive
Vice President since 2007
 
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, ACC (September 2007 to present); President, ACS (October 2007 to present); Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (2000 to 2007); Global General Counsel, Morgan Stanley (2000 to 2006). Also serves as: Manager, ACS, and Director, ACC and certain ACC subsidiaries
 
Maryanne L. Roepke
(1956)
 
Chief Compliance Officer since 2006 and Senior
Vice President since 2000
 
Chief Compliance Officer, American Century funds, ACIM and ACS (August 2006 to present); Assistant Treasurer, ACC (January 1995 to August 2006); and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, various American Century funds (July 2000 to August 2006). Also serves as: Senior Vice President, ACS
 
Charles A. Etherington (1957)
 
General Counsel since 2007
and Senior
Vice President since 2006
 
Attorney, ACC (February 1994 to present); Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to present); General Counsel, ACC (March 2007 to present); Also serves as General Counsel, ACIM, ACS, ACIS and other ACC subsidiaries; and Senior Vice President, ACIM and ACS
 
Robert J. Leach (1966)
 
Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since 2006
 
Vice President, ACS (February 2000 to present); and Controller, various American Century funds (1997 to September 2006)
 
David H. Reinmiller (1963)
 
Vice President since 2001
 
Attorney, ACC (January 1994 to present); Associate General Counsel, ACC (January 2001 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, American Century funds and ACIM (January 2001 to February 2005). Also serves as: Vice President, ACIM and ACS
 
Ward D. Stauffer (1960)
 
Secretary
since 2005
 
Attorney, ACC (June 2003 to Present)
 
The Statement of Additional Information has additional information about the fund’s trustees and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021.
 
 
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Board Approval of Management Agreements
 
 
Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act, contracts for investment advisory services to a mutual fund are required to be reviewed, evaluated and approved each year by the fund’s board of directors/trustees, including a majority of a fund’s independent directors/trustees (the “Directors”). At American Century Investments, this process is referred to as the “15(c) Process.” The board oversees on a continuous basis and evaluates at its quarterly meetings, directly and through the committees of the board, the nature and quality of significant services provided by the advisor, the investment performance of the funds, shareholder services, audit and compliance functions and a variety of other matters relating to fund operations. Each year, it also holds a special meeting in connection with determining whether to renew the contracts for advisory services, to review fund performance, shareholder services, adviser profitability, audit and compliance matters, and other fund operational matters.

Under a Securities and Exchange Commission rule, the fund is required to disclose in its annual or semiannual report, as appropriate, the material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the board’s approval or renewal of any advisory agreements within the fund’s most recently completed fiscal half-year period.

Basis for Board Approval of Management Agreement
 
At a meeting held on April 1, 2010, after considering all information presented, the Board approved, and determined to recommend that shareholders approve, the fund’s Management Agreement with the Advisor. In connection with that approval, the Board requested and reviewed extensive data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent providers of evaluation data concerning the Fund and services provided to the Fund by the Advisor. The Board oversees on a continuous basis and evaluates at its quarterly meetings, directly and through the committees of the Board, the nature and quality of significant services provided by the Advisor, the investment performance of the Fund, shareholder services, audit and compliance functions and a variety of other matters relating to the Fund’s operations. The information considered and the discussions held at the meetings included, but were not limited to:

 
the nature, extent and quality of investment management, shareholder services and other services provided to the Fund;

 
the wide range of programs and services the Advisor provides to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;

 
the compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience of the Advisor;

 
data comparing the cost of owning the Fund to the cost of owning a similar fund;

 
data comparing the Fund’s performance to appropriate benchmarks and/or a peer group of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;
 
 
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financial data showing the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor and the overall profitability of the Advisor;

 
data comparing services provided and charges to other non-fund investment management clients of the Advisor; and

 
consideration of collateral or “fall-out” benefits derived by the Advisor from the management of the Fund and potential sharing of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund.

The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue the relationship with the Advisor. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.

The Board considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and the Board’s independent legal counsel, and evaluated such information for the Fund. The Board did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and the Board member may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors. In deciding to approve the Management Agreement under the terms ultimately determined by the Board to be appropriate, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including the following:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services – Generally. Under the Management Agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that under the Management Agreement, the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services including:

 
constructing and designing the Fund

 
portfolio research and security selection

 
initial capitalization/funding

 
securities trading

 
Fund administration

 
custody of Fund assets

 
daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio

 
shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping and communications
 
 
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legal services

 
regulatory and portfolio compliance

 
financial reporting

 
marketing and distribution

The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time both in terms of quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels and the changing regulatory environment.

Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is complex and provides Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments within an asset class, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and approved strategies. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Portfolio Committee, regularly review investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. If performance concerns are identified, the underperforming Fund receives special reviews until performance improves, during which time the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such underperformance and any efforts being undertaken to improve performance.

Shareholder and Other Services. Under the Management Agreement, the Advisor will also provide the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through the various committees of the Board, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction (as measured by external as well as internal sources), technology support, new products and services offered to fund shareholders, securities trading activities, portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. Certain aspects of shareholder and transfer agency service level efficiency and the quality of securities trading activities are measured by independent third party providers and are presented in comparison to other fund groups not managed by the Advisor.

Costs of Services Provided and Profitability. The Advisor provided detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund, its overall profitability, and its financial condition. The Board reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. The Board has also reviewed with the Advisor its methodology for compensating the investment professionals that provide services to the Fund. This financial information regarding the Advisor is considered in order to evaluate the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the Management Agreement, and the reasonableness of the management fees.
 
 
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Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. It noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.

Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The analysis of economies of scale is further complicated by the additional services and content provided by the Advisor and its reinvestment in its ability to provide and expand those services. Accordingly, the Board seeks to evaluate economies of scale by reviewing information, such as year-over-year profitability of the Advisor generally, the profitability of its management of the Fund specifically, and the expenses incurred by the Advisor in providing various functions to the Fund. The Board believes the Advisor is appropriately sharing economies of scale through its competitive fee structure, offering competitive fees from fund inception, fee breakpoints as the fund complex and the Fund increase in size, and through reinvestment in its business to provide shareholders additional services and enhancements to existing services. In particular, separate breakpoint schedules based on the size of the entire fund complex and on the size of the Fund reflect the complexity of assessing economies of scale.

Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The Management Agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, and the fees and expenses of the Fund’s Independent Trustees (including their independent legal counsel) and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, the components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider and comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratio of other funds in the Fund’s peer group. The Board concluded that the management fee to be paid by the Fund to the Advisor under the Management Agreement is reasonable in light of the services to be provided to the Fund.
 
 
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Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature and extent of the services, fees, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.

Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing mutual funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. The Board noted that the Advisor receives proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions and concluded that this research is likely to benefit Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded, however, that the assets of those other clients are not material to the analysis and, in any event, are included with the assets of the Fund to determine breakpoints in the Fund’s fee schedule, provided they are managed using the same investment team and strategy.

Conclusion of the Board. As a result of this process, the Board, in the absence of particular circumstances and assisted by the advice of its independent legal counsel, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others, concluded that the Management Agreement be approved and recommended its approval to Fund shareholders. In addition, the Directors negotiated a one-year waiver by the advisor of a portion of the management fee for the fund. This change was proposed by the Directors based on their review of the percentile rank of the fund’s fees within the fund’s peer universe and the fact that the Directors seek, as a general rule, to have total expense ratios of existing fixed income and money market funds in the lowest 25th percentile of the fees of comparable funds.

 
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Additional Information
 

Proxy Voting Guidelines
 
American Century Investment Management, Inc., the fund’s investment advisor, is responsible for exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund. A description of the policies and procedures the advisor uses in fulfilling this responsibility is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the “About Us” page at americancentury.com. It is also available at sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The fund also makes its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the most recent quarter of its fiscal year available on its website at americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021.


 
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Index Definitions
 

The following indices are used to illustrate investment market, sector, or style performance or to serve as fund performance comparisons. They are not investment products available for purchase.

The Barclays Capital 5 Year General Obligation (GO) Bond Index is composed of investment-grade U.S. municipal securities, with maturities of four to six years, that are general obligations of a state or local government.

The Barclays Capital California Tax-Exempt Bond Index is composed of those securities included in the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index that are investment-grade and are issued in California.

The Barclays Capital Long-Term Municipal Bond Index is composed of those securities included in the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index that have maturities greater than 22 years.

The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is a market value-weighted index designed for the long-term tax-exempt bond market.

The Barclays Capital Municipal High Yield Bond Index is composed of non-investment grade U.S. municipal securities with a remaining maturity of one year
or more.

The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index represents securities that are taxable, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and U.S. dollar-denominated. The index covers the U.S. investment-grade fixed-rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities.

The Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Bond Index is the U.S. Treasury component of the U.S. Government/Credit Index (a subset of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index), is composed of public obligations of the U.S. Treasury with a remaining maturity of one year or more, and excludes Treasury Bills.
 
 
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Annual Report
August 31, 2010
 
 
 
 
American Century Investments®
 
California Long-Term Tax-Free Fund
 

 
 

 
 
Table of Contents
 
 
 
President’s Letter                                                                                             
2
 
Market Perspective                                                                                             
3
 
      U.S. Fixed-Income Total Returns                                                                                             
3
     
California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
 
Performance                                                                                             
4
 
Portfolio Commentary                                                                                             
6
 
      Portfolio at a Glance                                                                                             
8
 
      Yields                                                                                             
8
 
      Top Five Sectors                                                                                             
8
 
      Types of Investments in Portfolio                                                                                             
8
     
 
Shareholder Fee Example                                                                                             
9
     
Financial Statements
 
 
Schedule of Investments                                                                                             
11
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities                                                                                             
18
 
Statement of Operations                                                                                             
19
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets                                                                                             
20
 
Notes to Financial Statements                                                                                             
21
 
Financial Highlights                                                                                             
27
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm                                                                                             
32
     
Other Information
 
 
Proxy Voting Results                                                                                             
33
 
Management                                                                                             
34
 
Board Approval of Management Agreements                                                                                             
38
 
Additional Information                                                                                             
43
 
Index Definitions                                                                                             
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Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.

 
 

 
 
President's Letter
 
 
Jonathan Thomas
 
Dear Investor:

To learn more about the capital markets, your investment, and the portfolio management strategies American Century Investments provides, we encourage you to review this shareholder report for the financial reporting period ended August 31, 2010.

On the following pages, you will find investment performance and portfolio information, presented with the expert perspective and commentary of our portfolio management team. This report remains one of our most important vehicles for conveying the information you need about your investment performance, and about the market factors and strategies that affect fund returns. For additional information on the markets, we encourage you to visit the “Insights & News” tab at our Web site, americancentury.com, for updates and further expert commentary.

The top of our Web site’s home page also provides a link to “Our Story,” which, first and foremost, outlines our commitment—since 1958—to helping clients reach their financial goals. We believe strongly that we will only be successful when our clients are successful. That’s who we are.

Another important, unique facet of our story and who we are is “Profits with a Purpose,” which describes our bond with the Stowers Institute for Medical Research (SIMR). SIMR is a world-class biomedical organization—founded by our company founder James E. Stowers, Jr. and his wife Virginia—that is dedicated to researching the causes, treatment, and prevention of gene-based diseases, including cancer. Through American Century Investments’ private ownership structure, more than 40% of our profits support SIMR.

Mr. Stowers’ example of achieving financial success and using that platform to help humanity motivates our entire American Century Investments team. His story inspires us to help each of our clients achieve success. Thank you for sharing your financial journey with us.

Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
 
 
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Market Perspective
 
 
By David MacEwen, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income
 
Municipal Market Review
 
Municipal bonds produced solid returns during the 12 months ended August 31, 2010 (see the accompanying table). Economic growth was uneven, fueling investor uncertainty, which helped bonds. On the upside, the government’s extraordinary monetary and fiscal stimulus policies enacted in late 2008 meant a return to positive growth in the second half of 2009 and early 2010. However, financial market volatility in May and June related to the European sovereign debt crisis led many to worry about another potential economic slowdown. In addition, the housing market and consumer debt levels remained concerns, while the unemployment rate ended August at 9.6% and the Federal Reserve (the Fed) talked of the growing risk of deflation. In that environment, the Fed kept its short-term interest rate target (a key determinant of money market yields) near zero, while bond yields remained in the neighborhood of record lows.

Better economic and market conditions—particularly early in the fiscal year—caused a reversal of the trading that colored the credit crisis, when the lowest-rated bonds performed worst and higher-quality bonds did best. For the 12 months ended in August, this reversal meant that high-yield (below-investment-grade) and long-term municipal bonds did better than high-quality and shorter-term securities. Similarly, credit-sensitive municipal bonds outperformed Treasury securities for the 12 months after lagging during the credit crisis. Demand for municipal bonds was helped by attractive tax-equivalent yields and the outlook for higher marginal tax rates going forward.

California Credit Comment
 
Despite the flood of negative press about budget challenges for states and local governments, our municipal credit research team believes that muni­cipal defaults will continue to be relatively rare, especially compared with corporate defaults. Indeed, during the fiscal year, two major credit rating agencies recalibrated California state’s general obligation (GO) credit rating higher to better recognize the superior credit quality and vastly lower default risk of municipal securities relative to corporate-backed bonds. It’s also important to note that California cannot file for bankruptcy, the state is consti­tutionally required to pay debt service on its GO bonds, and GO debt is second only to education in its claim on all general fund revenues.

U.S. Fixed-Income Total Returns
For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010
Barclays Capital Municipal Market Indices
 
Barclays Capital Taxable Market Indices
Municipal Bond
9.78%
 
U.S. Aggregate Bond
9.18%
5 Year General Obligation (GO) Bond
7.53%
 
U.S. Treasury Bond
8.13%
California Tax-Exempt Bond
10.84%
     
Long-Term Municipal Bond
13.28%
     
Municipal High Yield Bond
22.08%
     

 
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Performance
California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
Total Returns as of August 31, 2010
     
Average Annual Returns
 
 
Ticker
Symbol
1 year
5 years
10 years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Investor Class
BCLTX
9.90%
4.11%
5.00%
6.77%
11/9/83
Barclays Capital
Municipal Bond Index(1)
9.78%
5.02%
5.69%
7.63%(2)
Barclays Capital Long-Term
Municipal Bond Index
13.28%
4.24%
6.11%
8.28%(2)
Lipper California Municipal
Debt Funds Average Returns(3)
11.99%
3.52%
4.54%
6.87%(4)
Investor Class’s Lipper Ranking(3)
   as of 8/31/10
   as of 9/30/10
 
 
99 of 120
76 of 120
27 of 100
25 of 101
19 of 82
19 of 82
2 of 2(4)
2 of 2(4)
 
 
Institutional Class
BCLIX
6.28%(5)
3/1/10
A Class
   No sales charge*
   With sales charge*
ALTAX
 
 
9.63%
4.72%
4.87%
3.24%
9/28/07
 
 
B Class
   No sales charge*
   With sales charge*
ALQBX
 
 
8.81%
4.81%
4.09%
3.13%
9/28/07
 
 
C Class
ALTCX
8.81%
4.09%
9/28/07
 
*
Sales charges include initial sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), as applicable. A Class shares have a 4.50% maximum initial sales charge for fixed-income funds and may be subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. B Class shares redeemed within six years of purchase are subject to a CDSC that declines from 5.00% during the first year after purchase to 0.00% the sixth year after purchase. C Class shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase are subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. The SEC requires that mutual funds provide performance information net of maximum sales charges in all cases where charges could be applied.
 
(1)
In August of 2010, the fund’s benchmark changed from the Barclays Capital Long-Term Municipal Bond Index to the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index. This change was effected to better align the benchmark’s duration with the fund’s duration. The investment process is unchanged.
 
(2)
Since 10/31/83, the date nearest the Investor Class’s inception for which data are available.
 
(3)
Data provided by Lipper Inc. – A Reuters Company. © 2010 Reuters. All rights reserved. Any copying, republication or redistribution of Lipper content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Lipper. Lipper shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
 
Lipper Fund Performance — Performance data is total return, and is preliminary and subject to revision.
 
Lipper Rankings — Rankings are based only on the universe shown and are based on average annual total returns. This listing might not represent the complete universe of funds tracked by Lipper.
 
The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Lipper and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell any of the securities herein is being made by Lipper.
 
(4)
Since 11/10/83, the date nearest the Investor Class’s inception for which data are available.
 
(5)
Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
 
Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. As interest rates rise, bond values will decline. Investment income may be subject to certain state and local taxes and, depending on your tax status, the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). Capital gains are not exempt from state and federal income tax.
 
Unless otherwise indicated, performance reflects Investor Class shares; performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure. For information about other share classes available, please consult the prospectus. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for the indices are provided for comparison. The fund’s total returns include operating expenses (such as transaction costs and management fees) that reduce returns, while the total returns of the indices do not.
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
Growth of $10,000 Over 10 Years
$10,000 investment made August 31, 2000


Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Investor Class
Institutional Class
A Class
B Class
C Class
0.49%
0.29%
0.74%
1.49%
1.49%

The total annual fund operating expenses shown is as stated in the fund’s prospectus current as of the date of this report. The prospectus may vary from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period, includes acquired fund fees and expenses, and, if applicable, does not include fee waivers or expense reimbursements.
 
Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. As interest rates rise, bond values will decline. Investment income may be subject to certain state and local taxes and, depending on your tax status, the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). Capital gains are not exempt from state and federal income tax.
 
Unless otherwise indicated, performance reflects Investor Class shares; performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure. For information about other share classes available, please consult the prospectus. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for the indices are provided for comparison. The fund’s total returns include operating expenses (such as transaction costs and management fees) that reduce returns, while the total returns of the indices do not.

 
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Portfolio Commentary
California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
Portfolio Managers: Joseph Gotelli, Steven Permut, and David MacEwen

Performance Summary
 
For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010, California Long-Term Tax-Free returned 9.90%.* By comparison, the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond and Long-Term Municipal Bond indices gained 9.78% and 13.28%, respectively. At the same time, the California Municipal Debt Funds tracked by Lipper had an average return of 11.99%. See page 4 for additional performance comparisons.

Much of the portfolio’s performance relative to the Barclays indices can be explained by its duration (price sensitivity to interest rate changes). California Long-Term Tax-Free has a longer duration than the Municipal Bond Index, but a shorter duration than the Long-Term Municipal Bond Index. In a period when the longest-term municipal bonds did best, the portfolio’s performance fell between these two benchmarks. Some of our coupon, sector, and credit decisions also had mixed effects. Nevertheless, our long-term management approach has resulted in California Long-Term Tax-Free outpacing the Lipper group average return for the five- and 10-year periods ended in August (see page 4).

Sector, Coupon, Credit Allocation Mixed
 
In terms of credit positioning, we tend to hold a significant portion of the portfolio’s assets in bonds rated AAA and AA. But lower-rated bonds did best for the 12 months. In addition, the Lipper group contains both investment-grade and high-yield funds. As a result, when lower-rated bonds do well, the portfolio will tend to lag the peer group.

Looking at sector allocation effects, the portfolio tended to hold underweight positions in tax-backed bonds (such as state and local general obligation (GO) debt) in favor of essential service revenue bonds (such as utilities, education, and health care debt). This positioning helped because many of the revenue bonds the portfolio held outperformed GO securities. However, it hurt relative results to hold an underweight position in industrial development revenue and pollution control revenue bonds, which were among the best-performing segments of the investment-grade municipal market for the year.

We also favored higher-coupon premium bonds, which are typically less sensitive to interest rate changes than bonds of a similar maturity but with lower coupons. These premium bonds did well in absolute terms, but slightly trailed discount bonds for the fiscal year.
 
 
*All fund returns referenced in this commentary are for Investor Class shares.
 
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
Yield Curve Trade
 
During the fiscal year, we put in place a yield curve “flattening” trade using two- and 30-year Treasury futures (based on the expectation that the yield difference between two- and 30-year securities would narrow going forward). The trade was “duration neutral”, meaning we added no additional interest rate risk in taking the position. We implemented the trade in late 2009 when the slope of the Treasury yield curve approached record levels of steepness. This trade was designed to benefit from either a greater rise in short-maturity yields than long-maturity (a “bear flattener”) or a greater decline in long-maturity yields than short-maturity (a “bull flattener”). So far in 2010, we’ve seen mostly a bull flattener.

Credit and Market Outlook
 
Recent dramatic headlines about ballooning deficits, pension obligations, and other state budget challenges have elevated concerns among investors about possible municipal bond devaluations and defaults. While it’s true that the Great Recession and its aftermath have significantly affected economic growth and municipal finances, Steven Permut, who leads American Century Investments’ municipal bond team, believes the market for California municipal bonds is in better shape than the headlines convey.

“We do not believe California will default on its GO bonds,” Permut begins. “The state is constitutionally required to make its debt payments, which represent only a small portion of its overall revenues. Nor do we believe California will lack cash to pay GO bondholders, because the Controller looks forward in projecting the state’s cash position to ensure it has sufficient capital to pay its GO bond obligations (indeed, that is the reason why the state issues IOUs). Instead, we think the real risks to municipal bonds will be more market driven, relating to (1) credit rating downgrades, (2) headlines, and (3) liquidity, all of which can negatively impact a bond’s value. So while investors face some price risk from potential rating downgrades and negative sentiment, we don’t think a state bond default should be among their concerns.”

“Against those near-term headwinds, we see a number of reasons to be constructive on the municipal market for long-term investors,” Permut said. “First, the supply of tax-exempt municipal bonds has been limited in recent years by the Build America Bonds (BAB) program. While legislation has not yet been passed to extend the BAB program beyond 2010, we expect some form of extension due to municipal funding needs and the success of the program. Second, we see a number of factors supporting municipal bond demand going forward—tax-exempt municipal bond yields are attractive in absolute terms and relative to Treasuries, and tax rates are almost certain to rise. In addition, demand for higher-yielding, longer-term municipal bonds—such as those in which the fund invests—is likely to be supported by income-seeking investors looking to step out the credit and maturity spectrums from positions in low-yielding cash and short-term securities.”

 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
Portfolio at a Glance
 
As of 8/31/10
Weighted Average Maturity
17.0 years
Average Duration (Modified)
  6.2 years
 
Yields as of August 31, 2010
30-Day SEC Yield
Investor Class
3.44%
Institutional Class
3.63%
A Class
3.05%
B Class
2.45%
C Class
2.45%
Investor Class 30-Day Tax-Equivalent Yields*
32.16% Tax Bracket
5.07%
34.88% Tax Bracket
5.28%
39.40% Tax Bracket
5.68%
41.21% Tax Bracket
5.85%
*The tax brackets indicated are for combined state and federal income tax. Actual tax-equivalent yields may be lower, if alternative minimum tax is applicable.
 
Top Five Sectors
 
% of fund investments
as of 8/31/10
General Obligation (GO)
19%
Water/Sewer/Gas Revenue
16%
Hospital Revenue
12%
Certificates of Participation (COPs)/Leases
11%
Electric Revenue
  9%
 
Types of Investments in Portfolio
 
% of net assets
as of 8/31/10
Municipal Securities
100.2%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   (0.2)%
 
 
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Shareholder Fee Example (Unaudited)
 
 
Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost
of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from March 1, 2010 to August 31, 2010 (except as noted).

Actual Expenses
 
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments fund, or Institutional Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not a financial intermediary or retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $12.50 semiannual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $12.50 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments Brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments Brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. We will not charge the fee as long as you choose to manage your accounts exclusively online. If you are subject to the Account Maintenance Fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
 
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
 
 
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Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
         
 
Beginning
Account
Value 3/1/10
Ending
Account Value
8/31/10
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
3/1/10 – 8/31/10
Annualized
Expense Ratio(1)
Actual
Investor Class
$1,000
 
$1,061.90
 
$2.49
0.48%
Institutional Class
$1,000
 
$1,062.80(2)
 
$1.45(3)
0.28%
A Class
$1,000
 
$1,060.60
 
$3.79
0.73%
B Class
$1,000
 
$1,056.60
 
$7.67
1.48%
C Class
$1,000
 
$1,056.60
 
$7.67
1.48%
Hypothetical
Investor Class
$1,000
 
$1,022.79
 
$2.45
0.48%
Institutional Class
$1,000
 
$1,023.79(4)
 
$1.43(4)
0.28%
A Class
$1,000
 
$1,021.53
 
$3.72
0.73%
B Class
$1,000
 
$1,017.74
 
$7.53
1.48%
C Class
$1,000
 
$1,017.74
 
$7.53
1.48%

(1)
Expenses are equal to the class’s annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period.
 
(2)
Ending account value based on actual return from March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010.
 
(3)
Expenses are equal to the class’s annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183, the number of days in the period from March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010, divided by 365, to reflect the period. Had the class been available for the full period, the expenses paid during the period would have been higher.
 
(4)
Ending account value and expenses paid during period assumes the class had been available throughout the entire period and are calculated using the class’s annualized expense ratio listed in the table above.
 
 
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Schedule of Investments
California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
AUGUST 31, 2010
 
             
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
Municipal Securities — 100.2%
 
CALIFORNIA — 96.1%
 
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Rev., (Branson School), VRDN, 3.40%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Allied Irish Bank plc)(1)
  $ 1,650,000     $ 1,650,000  
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Rev., (Oshman Family Jewish Community), VRDN, 0.23%, 9/1/10 (LOC: LaSalle Bank N.A.)
    1,100,000       1,100,000  
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Rev., (Sharp HealthCare), 6.25%, 8/1/39(1)
    2,200,000       2,488,750  
Adelanto Public Utility Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Utility System), 6.25%, 7/1/26
    500,000       537,495  
Anaheim Public Financing Auth. Rev., (Electric System Distribution), 5.25%, 10/1/39(1)
    4,000,000       4,289,480  
Antioch Public Financing Auth. Lease Rev., Series2002 A, (Municipal Facilities), 5.50%, 1/1/32 (NATL)(1)
    5,235,000       5,295,150  
Antioch Public Financing Auth. Lease Rev., Series2002 B, (Municipal Facilities), 5.625%, 1/1/27 (NATL)(1)
    4,005,000       4,056,504  
Avenal Public Financing Auth. Rev., 5.00%, 9/1/25(1)
    1,395,000       1,322,055  
Banning COP, (Wastewater System Refunding & Improvement), 8.00%,1/1/19 (Ambac)(1)(2)
    365,000       456,243  
Bay Area Toll Auth. TollBridge Rev., Series 2006 F, (San Francisco Bay Area), 5.00%, 4/1/31(1)
    3,000,000       3,171,300  
Bay Area Toll Auth. TollBridge Rev., Series 2008 F1, (San Francisco Bay Area), 5.00%, 4/1/39(1)
    2,135,000       2,284,215  
Bay Area Toll Auth. TollBridge Rev., Series 2009 F1, (San Francisco Bay Area), 5.25%, 4/1/27(1)
    6,250,000       7,182,062  
Big Bear Lake Water Rev., 6.00%, 4/1/22 (NATL)(1)
    3,500,000       3,963,330  
California County Tobacco Securitization Agency Rev., (Gold Country Settlement Funding Corp.), 5.25%, 6/1/46(1)
    5,000,000       3,401,600  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2002 A, 5.50%, 5/1/14 (Ambac)(1)
    3,480,000       3,788,224  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2005 G4, 5.00%, 5/1/16(1)
    1,450,000       1,724,862  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2010 L, 5.00%, 5/1/21(1)
    1,425,000       1,724,022  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2010 L, 5.00%, 5/1/22(1)
    1,275,000       1,526,825  
California Economic Recovery GO, Series 2009 A, 5.00%, 7/1/16(1)
    1,700,000       2,004,045  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., (University of Pacific), 5.25%, 5/1/34(1)
    2,000,000       2,059,340  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., (University of Santa Clara), 5.625%, 4/1/37
    5,000,000       5,483,950  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., (Western University Health Sciences), 6.00%, 10/1/12, Prerefunded at 100% of Par(1)(2)
    1,920,000       2,143,910  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2004 C, (Lutheran University), 5.00%, 10/1/29(1)
    1,220,000       1,224,416  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2005 A, (Occidental College), 5.00%, 10/1/33 (NATL)
    1,070,000       1,101,126  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (Claremont Graduate University), 5.00%, 3/1/42(1)
    3,000,000       3,020,670  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (University of Southern California), 5.00%, 10/1/39(1)
    3,953,000       4,281,811  
 
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2010 B, (Loyola Marymount University), VRDN, 1.10%, 9/1/10
  $ 2,845,000     $ 2,845,000  
California GO, 5.00%, 4/1/26(1)
    3,000,000       3,189,420  
California GO, 5.75%, 4/1/28(1)
    2,000,000       2,242,060  
California GO, 5.00%, 6/1/32(1)
    6,600,000       6,741,636  
California GO, 5.00%, 11/1/32(1)
    5,000,000       5,112,950  
California GO, 6.50%, 4/1/33(1)
    5,000,000       5,870,600  
California GO, 5.00%, 4/1/38(1)
    5,000,000       5,064,300  
California GO, 6.00%, 4/1/38(1)
    5,000,000       5,583,600  
California GO, 6.00%, 11/1/39(1)
    5,000,000       5,607,800  
California GO, 5.50%, 3/1/40(1)
    1,500,000       1,613,115  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 1993 C, (St. Francis Memorial Hospital), 5.875%, 11/1/23(1)(2)
    7,165,000       9,184,097  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 C, (Providence Health & Services), 6.50%, 10/1/33(1)
    1,000,000       1,170,570  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 J, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.625%, 7/1/32(1)
    5,000,000       5,215,100  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Catholic Healthcare West), 6.00%, 7/1/39(1)
    3,400,000       3,755,062  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Children’s Hospital of Orange County), 6.50%, 11/1/38(1)
    5,000,000       5,449,700  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (St. Joseph Health System), 5.50%, 7/1/29(1)
    3,750,000       4,043,288  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (St. Joseph Health System), 5.75%, 7/1/39(1)
    3,000,000       3,225,360  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 B, (Providence Health & Services), 5.50%, 10/1/39(1)
    1,000,000       1,076,940  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., (Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County), 5.00%, 12/1/37(1)
    1,000,000       1,004,450  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., Series 2009 B, (Pacific Gas and Electric), VRDN, 0.22%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.)(1)
    1,800,000       1,800,000  
California Municipal Finance Auth. Rev., (Community Hospital of Central California), 5.50%, 2/1/39(1)
    1,000,000       995,530  
California Municipal Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, (Eisenhower Medical Center), 5.75%, 7/1/40
    450,000       461,511  
California Pollution Control Financing Auth. Rev., (San Jose Water Company), 5.10%, 6/1/40(1)
    715,000       734,577  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 1993 A, (Department of Corrections), 5.00%, 12/1/19 (Ambac)(1)
    4,000,000       4,225,960  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2006 E, (University of California Research), 5.00%, 10/1/31(1)
    1,335,000       1,388,133  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2009 G1, (Various Capital Projects), 5.75%, 10/1/30(1)
    2,000,000       2,128,620  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2009 H, (Department of Correction and Rehabilitation), 5.75%, 11/1/29(1)
    2,435,000       2,611,270  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (Proposition 1A Receivables), 5.00%, 6/15/13(1)
    3,600,000       3,965,472  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (St. Joseph Remarketing 3/27/08), 5.125%, 7/1/24 (NATL)(1)
    1,500,000       1,595,835  
 
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 1998 A, (Sherman Oaks), 5.00%, 8/1/22 (Ambac/California Mortgage Insurance)(1)
  $ 3,800,000     $ 3,984,376  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2001 C, (Kaiser Permanente), 5.25%, 8/1/31(1)
    5,000,000       5,124,850  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2005 A, (Thomas Jefferson School of Law), 4.875%, 10/1/15, Prerefunded at 100% of Par(1)(2)
    1,000,000       1,120,200  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2006 B, (Kaiser Permanente), 5.25%, 3/1/45(1)
    4,950,000       5,004,153  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2008 C, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.625%, 7/1/35(1)
    3,000,000       3,179,880  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Kaiser Permanente), 5.00%, 4/1/13(1)
    2,500,000       2,733,200  
California University Systemwide Rev., Series 2007 A, 5.00%, 11/1/24 (AGM)(1)
    5,000,000       5,529,300  
California University Systemwide Rev., Series 2009 A, 5.25%, 11/1/34(1)
    2,200,000       2,386,186  
Capistrano Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 88-1), 6.50%, 9/1/14 (AGM)(1)
    4,745,000       4,859,592  
Carlsbad Unified School District GO, Series 2007 A, (Election of 2006), 5.25%, 8/1/32 (NATL)(1)
    1,125,000       1,222,650  
Castaic Lake Water Agency COP, Series 1994 A, (Water System Improvement), 7.00%, 8/1/12 (NATL)(1)
    1,520,000       1,700,591  
Coalinga Public Financing Auth. Local Obligation Rev., Series 1998 A, (Senior Lien), 6.375%, 9/15/21 (Ambac)(1)
    1,320,000       1,589,016  
Concord Joint Powers Financing Auth. Lease Rev., (Police Facilities), 5.25%, 8/1/13(1)
    1,390,000       1,494,903  
Contra Costa Water District Rev., Series 1992 E, 6.25%, 10/1/12 (Ambac)(1)
    825,000       870,359  
Fresno Sewer Rev., Series 1993 A1, 6.25%, 9/1/14 (Ambac)(1)
    2,225,000       2,450,682  
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Settlement Rev., Series 2003 A1, 6.25%, 6/1/13, Prerefunded at 100% of Par(1)(2)
    1,190,000       1,331,312  
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Settlement Rev., Series 2007 A1, 5.125%, 6/1/47(1)
    4,375,000       2,960,431  
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Settlement Rev., Series 2007 A1, 5.75%, 6/1/47(1)
    10,000,000       7,490,700  
Hillsborough School District GO, Series 2006 B, (Election of 2002), 4.86%, 9/1/29(1)(3)
    4,705,000       2,025,267  
Hillsborough School District GO, Series 2006 B, (Election of 2002), 4.87%, 9/1/30(1)(3)
    5,010,000       2,016,725  
Hillsborough School District GO, Series 2006 B, (Election of 2002), 4.88%, 9/1/31(1)(3)
    5,335,000       1,979,232  
Huntington Beach Union High School District GO, (Election of 2004), 4.98%, 8/1/30 (AGM-CR/NATL)(1)(3)
    6,880,000       2,259,323  
Huntington Beach Union High School District GO, (Election of 2004), 5.00%, 8/1/31 (NATL)(1)(3)
    5,000,000       1,540,050  
Irvine Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Assessment Rev., (Assessment District No. 89-10), VRDN, 0.23%, 9/1/10 (LOC: State Street Bank & Trust Co. and California State Teacher’s Retirement)(1)
    1,200,000       1,200,000  
 
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
Irvine Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Assessment Rev., Series 2006 A, (Assessment District No. 05-21), VRDN, 0.24%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Bank of New York and California State Teacher’s Retirement)
  $ 800,000     $ 800,000  
Kern High School District GO, 7.15%, 8/1/14 (NATL)(1)(2)
    1,815,000       2,271,854  
Kern High School District GO, Series 1992 C, (Election of 1990), 6.25%, 8/1/13 (NATL)(1)(2)
    1,340,000       1,567,545  
Kern High School District GO, Series 2004 B, (Election of 2004), 7.00%, 8/1/17(1)
    3,630,000       4,827,864  
Lancaster Financing Auth. Tax Allocation Rev., (Projects No. 5 & 6), 5.60%, 2/1/34(1)
    1,250,000       1,254,750  
Lodi Unified School District COP, Series 2005 A, (Aspire), 5.00%, 8/1/32 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    2,140,000       2,166,065  
Los Angeles Department of Airports Rev., Series 2008 C, (Los Angeles International Airport), 5.25%, 5/15/21(1)
    4,370,000       5,013,920  
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Rev., Series 2008 A1, (Power System), 5.25%, 7/1/38(1)
    4,000,000       4,365,480  
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Waterworks Rev., Series 2007 A2, 5.00%, 7/1/44 (Ambac)(1)
    9,900,000       10,362,726  
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Waterworks Rev., Series 2009 B, 5.00%, 7/1/20(1)
    5,000,000       5,996,050  
Los Angeles Unified School District GO, Series 2009 I, (Election of 2004), 5.00%, 7/1/29(1)
    2,000,000       2,157,540  
Manhattan Beach Unified School District GO, Series 2009 A, (Election of 2008), 6.37%, 9/1/29(1)(3)
    5,905,000       2,110,152  
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Rev., 5.75%, 8/10/18(1)
    8,000,000       9,683,360  
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Rev., Series 2009 B, 5.00%, 7/1/30(1)
    4,000,000       4,496,000  
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Rev., Series 2009 C, 5.00%, 7/1/35(1)
    1,150,000       1,261,262  
Modesto Irrigation District COP, Series 2009 A, 5.75%, 10/1/34(1)
    2,500,000       2,744,625  
M-S-R Public Power Agency Rev., Series 1989 D, (San Juan), 6.75%, 7/1/20 (NATL)(1)(2)
    7,625,000       9,511,959  
New Haven Unified School District GO, 12.00%, 8/1/18 (AGM)(1)
    1,000,000       1,706,500  
Northern California Power Agency Rev., Series 2010 A, 4.00%, 7/1/14(1)
    1,000,000       1,087,710  
Oakland Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., (Central District), 5.50%, 2/1/14 (Ambac)(1)
    4,160,000       4,241,910  
Orange County Community Facilities District Special Tax Rev., (No. 06-1-Delaware Rio Public Improvements), 6.00%, 10/1/40
    700,000       711,606  
Orange County Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Assessment Rev., (Newport Coast Phase IV Assessment District No. 01-1), 5.00%, 9/2/26
    850,000       829,880  
Oxnard School District GO, Series 2001 A, 5.75%, 8/1/22 (NATL)(1)
    3,100,000       3,654,993  
Palomar Pomerado Health Care District COP, 6.75%, 11/1/39
    1,750,000       1,953,752  
Palomar Pomerado Health GO, Series 2009 A, (Election of 2004), 0.00%, 8/1/19 (AGC)(1)(4)
    1,670,000       1,119,752  
Pasadena COP, (Old Pasadena Parking Facility), 6.25%, 1/1/18(1)
    1,895,000       2,224,559  
Pico Rivera Water Auth. Rev., Series 1999 A, (Water System), 5.50%, 5/1/29 (NATL)(1)
    2,500,000       2,822,475  
Pittsburg Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2004 A, (Los Medanos Community), VRDN, 0.24%, 9/1/10 (LOC: State Street Bank & Trust Co. and California State Teacher’s Retirement)(1)
    1,200,000       1,200,000  
 
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
   
Principal
Amount
    Value  
Pomona Unified School District GO, Series 2000 A, 6.55%, 8/1/29 (NATL)(1)
  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,257,720  
Pomona Unified School District GO, Series 2001 A, 6.15%, 8/1/30 (NATL)(1)
    1,000,000       1,146,330  
Poway Unified School District Public Financing Auth. Rev., 7.875%, 9/15/39
    1,070,000       1,192,954  
Riverside County Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2010 E, (Interstate 215 Corridor), 6.50%, 10/1/40(1)
    800,000       824,696  
Riverside Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2004 A, (Housing Set-Aside), 5.00%, 8/1/28 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    1,280,000       1,258,394  
Sacramento County Airport System Rev., Series 2009 D, (Grant Revenue Bonds), 5.625%, 7/1/29(1)
    1,000,000       1,090,740  
Saddleback Valley Unified School District Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 1997 A, 6.00%, 9/1/16 (AGM)(1)
    1,000,000       1,207,380  
San Bernardino Community College District GO, Series 2008 A, (Election of 2002), 6.25%, 8/1/33(1)
    1,800,000       2,102,346  
San Bernardino Community College District GO, Series 2009 B, (Election of 2008), 0.00%, 8/1/19(1)(4)
    7,400,000       4,692,784  
San Diego County COP Linked Security, ARC, YCC, 5.625%, 9/1/12 (Ambac)(1)
    2,700,000       2,763,018  
San Diego County Water Financing Agency Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.00%, 5/1/24(1)
    5,000,000       5,856,350  
San Diego Public Facilities Financing Auth. Sewer Rev., Series 2009 A, 5.25%, 5/15/34(1)
    2,000,000       2,185,220  
San Diego Public Facilities Financing Auth. Sewer Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.25%, 5/15/25(1)
    2,000,000       2,343,300  
San Francisco City and County Airports Commission Rev., Series 2009 D, VRDN, 2.25%, 12/4/12(1)
    1,500,000       1,529,040  
San Francisco City and County Airports Commission Rev., Series 2009 E, 5.25%, 5/1/23(1)
    2,000,000       2,292,920  
San Francisco City and County COP, Series 2009 A, (Multiple Capital Improvement Projects), 5.00%, 4/1/29(1)
    1,170,000       1,228,219  
San Francisco City and County Public Utilities Water Commission Rev., Series 2010 D, 5.00%, 11/1/20(1)
    5,295,000       6,511,473  
San Mateo County Joint Powers Financing Auth. Lease Rev., (Capital Projects Program), 6.50%, 7/1/15 (NATL)(1)
    3,000,000       3,530,280  
San Mateo County Joint Powers Financing Auth. Lease Rev., (Capital Projects Program), 6.00%, 7/1/19 (NATL)(1)
    4,000,000       4,835,120  
Santa Margarita-Dana Point Auth. Rev., Series 1994 B, (Improvement Districts 3, 3A, 4, 4A), 7.25%, 8/1/14 (NATL)(1)
    2,000,000       2,386,120  
Shasta Lake Public Finance Auth. Rev., 5.00%, 4/1/25(1)
    2,470,000       2,444,707  
South Coast Air Quality Management District Building Corp. Rev., (Installment Sale Headquarters), 6.00%, 8/1/11 (Ambac)(1)
    940,000       967,204  
South Orange County Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 1994 A, (Senior Lien), 7.00%, 9/1/11 (NATL)(1)
    2,000,000       2,112,040  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., (Multiple Projects), 6.75%, 7/1/12 (AGM-CR)(1)
    2,315,000       2,572,590  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., (Multiple Projects), 6.75%, 7/1/13 (AGM-CR)(1)
    3,730,000       4,344,145  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., Series 2010-1, (Windy Point/Windy Flats), 5.00%, 7/1/22(5)
    3,000,000       3,542,580  
Susanville Public Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2010 B, (Utility Enterprises), 6.00%, 6/1/45(5)
    1,000,000       999,890  
 
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
   
Principal
Amount
    Value  
Taft Public Financing Auth. Lease Rev., Series 1997 A, (Community Correctional Facility Acquisition), 6.05%, 1/1/17(1)
  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,004,900  
Tuolumne Wind Project Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, 5.625%, 1/1/29(1)
    1,200,000       1,343,736  
Turlock Health Facility COP, (Emanuel Medical Center, Inc.), 5.50%, 10/15/18(1)
    1,215,000       1,264,074  
Turlock Health Facility COP, (Emanuel Medical Center, Inc.), 5.50%, 10/15/19(1)
    1,285,000       1,328,883  
Turlock Irrigation District Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.00%, 1/1/40(1)
    2,790,000       2,908,157  
Tustin Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 06-1), 6.00%, 9/1/40(1)
    2,000,000       2,083,940  
Twin Rivers Unified School District COP, (Facility Bridge Program), VRDN, 3.50%, 9/1/10 (AGM)
    5,500,000       5,500,770  
Ukiah Electric Rev., 6.25%, 6/1/18 (NATL)(1)
    2,115,000       2,323,539  
Ventura County Community College District GO, Series 2008 C, (Election of 2002), 5.50%, 8/1/33(1)
    5,000,000       5,520,500  
Vernon Electric System Rev., Series 2009 A, 5.125%, 8/1/21(1)
    3,000,000       3,245,550  
Vista COP, (Community Projects), 5.00%,5/1/37 (NATL)(1)
    5,500,000       5,487,570  
Watsonville Insured Hospital Rev., Series 1996 A, (Community Hospital), 6.20%, 7/1/12 (California Mortgage Insurance)(1)(2)
    1,325,000       1,416,558  
Woodland COP, (Wastewater System), 5.75%, 3/1/12 (Ambac)(1)
    1,690,000       1,743,928  
Woodland Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Second Senior Lien), 5.00%, 3/1/32(1)
    3,305,000       3,489,948  
              434,260,221  
GUAM — 0.7%                
Guam Government GO, Series 2009 A, 6.75%, 11/15/29(1)
    900,000       991,935  
Guam Power Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.50%, 10/1/40
    2,300,000       2,311,730  
              3,303,665  
PUERTO RICO — 1.5%
 
Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Auth. Rev., Series 2007 M, 5.00%, 7/1/22(1)
    3,220,000       3,365,641  
Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 C, 5.50%, 7/1/23 (Ambac)(1)
    2,000,000       2,272,840  
University of Puerto Rico Rev., Series 2006 Q, 5.00%, 6/1/12(1)
    1,200,000       1,258,644  
              6,897,125  
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — 1.9%
 
Virgin Islands Public Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2009 B, (Senior Lien), 5.00%, 10/1/17(1)
    3,480,000       3,921,090  
Virgin Islands Public Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, (Senior Lien), 5.00%, 10/1/20(1)
    3,915,000       4,354,615  
              8,275,705  
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 100.2% (Cost $422,219,170)
      452,736,716  
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (0.2)%
      (824,696 )
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%
    $ 451,912,020  
 
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
Futures Contracts
Contracts Purchased
Expiration Date
 
Underlying Face
Amount at Value
 
Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
10    U.S. Long Bond
December 2010
    $1,350,313       $10,567  
 
Contracts Sold
Expiration Date
 
Underlying Face
Amount at Value
 
Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
419    U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes
December 2010
    $91,819,922       $(28,135 )
 
Notes to Schedule of Investments

ABAG = Association of Bay Area Governments
AGC = Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM = Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
AGM-CR = Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation - Custodian Receipts
Ambac = Ambac Assurance Corporation
ARC = Auction Rate Certificate
COP = Certificates of Participation
FGIC = Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
GO = General Obligation
LOC = Letter of Credit
M-S-R = Modesto, Stockton, Redding
NATL = National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
VRDN = Variable Rate Demand Note. Interest reset date is indicated. Rate shown is effective at the period end.
YCC = Yield Curve Certificate
 
(1)
Security, or a portion thereof, has been segregated for when-issued securities and/or futures contracts. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities pledged was $97,713,000.
 
(2)
Escrowed to maturity in U.S. government securities or state and local government securities.
 
(3)
Security is a zero-coupon municipal bond. The rate indicated is the yield to maturity at purchase. Zero-coupon securities are issued at a substantial discount from their value at maturity.
 
(4)
Convertible capital appreciation bond. These securities are issued with a zero-coupon and become interest bearing at a predetermined rate and date and are issued at a substantial discount from their value at maturity. Interest reset or final maturity date is indicated, as applicable. Rate shown is effective at the period end.
 
(5)
When-issued security.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
AUGUST 31, 2010
 
Assets
 
Investment securities, at value (cost of $422,219,170)
$452,736,716
 
Cash
74,385
 
Receivable for investments sold
4,085,000
 
Receivable for capital shares sold
112,439
 
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts
9,375
 
Interest receivable
5,753,331
 
 
462,771,246
 
     
Liabilities
 
Payable for investments purchased
10,014,420
 
Payable for capital shares redeemed
139,227
 
Payable for variation margin on futures contracts
6,547
 
Accrued management fees
178,416
 
Service fees (and distribution fees — A Class) payable
5,385
 
Distribution fees payable
6,685
 
Dividends payable
508,546
 
 
10,859,226
 
     
Net Assets
$451,912,020
 
     
Net Assets Consist of:
 
Capital paid in
$434,372,865
 
Accumulated net investment loss
(78,469)
 
Accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions
(12,882,354)
 
Net unrealized appreciation on investments
30,499,978
 
 
$451,912,020
 
 
         
   
Net assets
Shares outstanding
Net asset value per share
Investor Class
 
$426,043,585
 
38,041,140
 
$11.20
 
Institutional Class
 
$26,574
 
2,372
 
$11.20
 
A Class
 
$15,173,077
 
1,354,750
 
$11.20
B Class
 
$28,106
 
2,510
 
$11.20
 
C Class
 
$10,640,678
 
950,068
 
$11.20
 
*Maximum offering price $11.73 (net asset value divided by 0.955)
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Statement of Operations
 
 
YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2010
 
Investment Income (Loss)
 
Income:
   
Interest
$21,700,383
 
     
Expenses:
   
Management fees
2,069,832
 
Distribution fees:
   
   B Class
200
 
   C Class
66,248
 
Service fees:
   
   B Class
67
 
   C Class
22,083
 
Distribution and service fees — A Class
33,929
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
20,261
 
Other expenses
6,954
 
 
2,219,574
 
      
Net investment income (loss)
19,480,809
 
     
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
   
Investment transactions
(2,089,602)
 
Futures contract transactions
(193,925)
 
 
(2,283,527)
 
     
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
   
Investments
23,687,057
 
Futures contracts
168,340
 
 
23,855,397
 
     
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
21,571,870
 
     
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
$41,052,679
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2010 AND AUGUST 31, 2009
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
2010
   
2009
 
Operations
 
Net investment income (loss)
    $19,480,809       $19,769,646  
Net realized gain (loss)
    (2,283,527 )     (8,155,162 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
    23,855,397       489,021  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    41,052,679       12,103,505  
                 
Distributions to Shareholders
 
From net investment income:
               
   Investor Class
    (18,720,262 )     (19,296,657 )
   Institutional Class
    (605 )      
   A Class
    (582,006 )     (330,336 )
   B Class
    (946 )     (951 )
   C Class
    (312,550 )     (132,178 )
From net realized gains:
               
   Investor Class
    (282,535 )      
   A Class
    (8,495 )      
   B Class
    (18 )      
   C Class
    (5,256 )      
Decrease in net assets from distributions
    (19,912,673 )     (19,760,122 )
                 
Capital Share Transactions
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions
    8,900,659       (8,879,658 )
                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
    30,040,665       (16,536,275 )
                 
Net Assets
 
Beginning of period
    421,871,355       438,407,630  
End of period
    $451,912,020       $421,871,355  
                 
Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)
    $(78,469 )     $135,560  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements
 
 
AUGUST 31, 2010
 
1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds (the trust) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. California Long-Term Tax-Free Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the trust. The fund is diversified under the 1940 Act. The fund’s investment objectives are to seek safety of principal and high current income that is exempt from federal and California income taxes. The fund pursues its objectives by investing primarily in long-term investment-grade municipal obligations. The following is a summary of the fund’s significant accounting policies.

Multiple Class The fund is authorized to issue the Investor Class, the Institutional Class, the A Class, the B Class and the C Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge. The A Class, B Class and C Class may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. The share classes differ principally in their respective sales charges and distribution and shareholder servicing expenses and arrangements. All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets. Sale of the Institutional Class commenced on March 1, 2010.

Security Valuations Debt securities maturing in greater than 60 days at the time of purchase are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices or at current market value as provided by a commercial pricing service, which may consider, among other factors, institutional trading activity, trading in similar groups of securities and any development related to that specific security. Debt securities maturing within 60 days at the time of purchase may be valued at cost, plus or minus any amortized discount or premium. If an event occurs after the value of a security was established but before the net asset value per share was determined that was likely to materially change the net asset value, that security would be valued as determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. If the fund determines that the market price of a portfolio security is not readily available, or that the valuation methods mentioned above do not reflect the security’s fair value, such security is valued as determined by the Board of Trustees or its designee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees, if such determination would materially impact a fund’s net asset value. Certain other circumstances may cause the fund to use alternative procedures to value a security such as: a security has been declared in default; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or there is a foreign market holiday and no trading will commence.

Security Transactions For financial reporting purposes, security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.

Investment Income Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums.

When-Issued — The fund may engage in securities transactions on a when-issued basis. Under these arrangements, the securities’ prices and yields are fixed on the date of the commitment, but payment and delivery are scheduled for a future date. During this period, securities are subject to market fluctuations. The fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet the purchase price.

Income Tax Status — It is the fund’s policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The fund is no longer subject to examination by tax authorities for years prior to 2007. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. Accordingly, no provision has been made for federal or state income taxes.
 
 
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Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually.

Indemnifications — Under the trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.

Use of Estimates — The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

2. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties
 
Management Fees — The trust has entered into a Management Agreement (the Agreement) with American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The Agreement provides that all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent trustees (including legal counsel fees), and extraordinary expenses, will be paid by ACIM. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on the daily net assets of the specific class of shares of the fund and paid monthly in arrears. The fee consists of (1) an Investment Category Fee based on the daily net assets of the fund and certain other accounts managed by the investment advisor that are in the same broad investment category as the fund and (2) a Complex Fee based on the assets of all the funds in the American Century Investments family of funds. The rates for the Investment Category Fee range from 0.1625% to 0.2800%. The rates for the Complex Fee range from 0.2500% to 0.3100% for the Investor Class, A Class, B Class and C Class. The Institutional Class is 0.2000% less at each point within the Complex Fee range. The effective annual management fee for each class for the year ended August 31, 2010 was 0.47% for the Investor Class, A Class, B Class and C Class and 0.27% for the Institutional Class.

Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Trustees has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for each of the A Class, B Class and C Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS) an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the B Class and the C Class will each pay ACIS an annual distribution fee of 0.75% and service fee of 0.25%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the year ended August 31, 2010, are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Related Parties — Certain officers and trustees of the trust are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC), the parent of the trust’s investment advisor, ACIM, the distributor of the trust, ACIS, and the trust’s transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC.

The fund has a Mutual Funds Services Agreement with J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co. (JPMIS). JPMorgan Chase Bank (JPMCB) is a custodian of the fund. JPMIS and JPMCB are wholly owned subsidiaries of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM). JPM is an equity investor (non-voting shares) in ACC.
 
 
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3. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the year ended August 31, 2010, were $109,550,993 and $104,988,453, respectively.

4. Capital Share Transactions

Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows (unlimited number of shares authorized):
           
 
Year ended August 31, 2010(1)
 
Year ended August 31, 2009
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
Investor Class
 
Sold
2,702,970     $29,387,729     2,458,207     $25,282,715  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
1,184,282     12,862,339     1,265,165     12,986,315  
Redeemed
(3,826,672 )   (41,505,709 )   (5,540,731 )   (56,281,428 )
  60,580     744,359     (1,817,359 )   (18,012,398 )
Institutional Class
            N/A        
Sold
2,317     25,000              
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
55     605              
  2,372     25,605              
A Class
 
Sold
810,728     8,777,394     846,542     8,782,757  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
37,822     411,170     12,798     131,710  
Redeemed
(451,686 )   (4,895,520 )   (470,769 )   (4,779,031 )
  396,864     4,293,044     388,571     4,135,436  
B Class
 
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
89     964     92     951  
C Class
 
Sold
463,115     5,026,696     510,946     5,269,768  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
11,540     125,311     5,017     51,988  
Redeemed
(120,777 )   (1,315,320 )   (31,374 )   (325,403 )
  353,878     3,836,687     484,589     4,996,353  
Net increase (decrease)
813,783     $8,900,659     (944,107 )   $(8,879,658 )

(1)
March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010 for the Institutional Class.
 
5. Fair Value Measurements

The fund’s securities valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the positions held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels as follows:

Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical securities;

• 
Level 2 valuation inputs consist of significant direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for similar securities, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); or

• 
Level 3 valuation inputs consist of significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions).
 
 
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The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.

As of August 31, 2010, the valuation inputs used to determine the fair value of the fund’s municipal securities and unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts were classified as Level 2 and Level 1, respectively. The Schedule of Investments provides additional details on the fund’s portfolio holdings.

6. Derivative Instruments

Interest Rate Risk — The fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of bonds generally declines as interest rates rise. A fund may enter into futures contracts based on a bond index or a specific underlying security. A fund may purchase futures contracts to gain exposure to increases in market value or sell futures contracts to protect against a decline in market value. Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet requirements. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received daily, in cash, by a fund. The variation margin is equal to the daily change in the contract value and is recorded as unrealized gains and losses. A fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the futures contract is closed or expires. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of futures contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, respectively. One of the risks of entering into futures contracts is the possibility that the change in value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in value of the underlying securities. The interest rate risk derivative instruments held at period end as disclosed on the Schedule of Investments are indicative of the fund’s typical volume during the period.

The value of interest rate risk derivative instruments as of August 31, 2010, is disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset of $9,375 in receivable for variation margin on futures contracts and as a liability of $6,547 in payable for variation margin on futures contracts. For the year ended August 31, 2010, the effect of interest rate risk derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations was $(193,925) in net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions and $168,340 in change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts.

7. Interfund Lending

The fund, along with certain other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds, may participate in an interfund lending program, pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the fund to borrow from or lend to other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds that permit such transactions. Interfund lending transactions are subject to each fund’s investment policies and borrowing and lending limits. The interfund loan rate earned/paid on interfund lending transactions is determined daily based on the average of certain current market rates. Interfund lending transactions normally extend only overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. The program is subject to annual approval by the Board of Trustees. During the year ended August 31, 2010, the fund did not utilize the program.

8. Risk Factors

The fund concentrates its investments in a single state and therefore may have more exposure to credit risk related to the state of California than a fund with a broader geographical diversification.  
 
 
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9. Federal Tax Information

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended August 31, 2010 and August 31, 2009 were as follows:
         
   
2010
 
2009
Distributions Paid From
 
Exempt income
  $19,549,168     $19,760,122  
Long-term capital gains
  $363,505      
 
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.

As of August 31, 2010, the federal tax cost of investments and the components of distributable earnings on a tax-basis were as follows:
         
Federal tax cost of investments
    $422,375,435  
Gross tax appreciation of investments
    $34,093,772  
Gross tax depreciation of investments
    (3,732,491 )
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments
    $30,361,281  
Other book-to-tax adjustments
    $(392,456 )
Net tax appreciation (depreciation)
    $29,968,825  
Accumulated capital losses
    $(10,313,198 )
Capital loss deferral
    $(2,116,472 )
 
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and to the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) for certain futures contracts. Other book-to-tax adjustments are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on straddle positions.

The accumulated capital losses listed above represent net capital loss carryovers that may be used to offset future realized capital gains for federal income tax purposes. Future capital loss carryover utilization in any given year may be subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations. The capital loss carryovers expire in 2018.

The capital loss deferral listed above represents net capital losses incurred in the ten-month period ended August 31, 2010. The fund has elected to treat such losses as having been incurred in the following fiscal year for federal income tax purposes.

 
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10. Corporate Event

As part of a long-standing estate and business succession plan established by James E. Stowers, Jr., the founder of American Century Investments, ACC Chairman Richard W. Brown succeeded Mr. Stowers as trustee of a trust that holds a greater-than-25% voting interest in ACC, the parent corporation of the fund’s advisor. Under the 1940 Act, this is presumed to represent control of ACC even though it is less than a majority interest. The change of trustee was considered a change of control of ACC and therefore also a change of control of the fund’s advisor even though there has been no change to its management and none is anticipated. The change of control resulted in the assignment of the fund’s investment advisory agreement. As required by the 1940 Act, the assignment automatically terminated such agreement, making the approval of a new agreement necessary.

On February 18, 2010, the Board of Trustees approved an interim investment advisory agreement under which the fund was managed until a new agreement was approved. The new agreement for the fund was approved by the Board of Trustees on April 1, 2010, and by shareholders at a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 16, 2010. It went into effect on July 16, 2010. The new agreement, which is substantially identical to the terminated agreement (with the exception of different effective and termination dates), did not result in changes in the management of American Century Investments, the fund, its investment objectives, fees or services provided.

11. Other Tax Information (Unaudited)

The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund designates $19,569,053 as exempt interest dividends for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2010.

The fund hereby designates $363,505, or up to the maximum amount allowable, of long-term capital gain distributions for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2010.

 
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Financial Highlights
California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
Investor Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31
 
   
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
2007
 
2006
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $10.67     $10.83     $10.98     $11.36     $11.78  
Income From Investment Operations
                             
   Net Investment Income (Loss)
  0.49 (1)   0.50     0.51     0.51     0.51  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
  0.54     (0.16 )   (0.15 )   (0.36 )   (0.19 )
   Total From Investment Operations
  1.03     0.34     0.36     0.15     0.32  
Distributions
                             
   From Net Investment Income
  (0.49 )   (0.50 )   (0.51 )   (0.51 )   (0.51 )
   From Net Realized Gains
  (0.01 )           (0.02 )   (0.23 )
   Total Distributions
  (0.50 )   (0.50 )   (0.51 )   (0.53 )   (0.74 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $11.20     $10.67     $10.83     $10.98     $11.36  
                               
Total Return(2)
  9.90 %   3.47 %   3.29 %   1.24 %   2.89 %
                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses
to Average Net Assets
  0.48 %   0.49 %   0.49 %   0.49 %   0.49 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss)
to Average Net Assets
  4.51 %   4.90 %   4.60 %   4.48 %   4.46 %
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  25 %   36 %   29 %   18 %   33 %
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $426,044     $405,263     $431,008     $442,058     $446,000  

(1)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(2)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
Institutional Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31 (except as noted)
 
   
2010(1)
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    $10.79  
Income From Investment Operations
       
   Net Investment Income (Loss)(2)
    0.26  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
    0.41  
   Total From Investment Operations
    0.67  
Distributions
       
   From Net Investment Income
    (0.26 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
    $11.20  
         
Total Return(3)
    6.28 %
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.28 %(4)
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets
    4.69 %(4)
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    25 %(5)
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
    $27  

(1)
March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010.
 
(2)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(3)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(4)
Annualized.
 
(5)
Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended August 31, 2010.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
A Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31 (except as noted)
 
   
2010
 
2009
 
2008(1)
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $10.67     $10.83     $11.10  
Income From Investment Operations
                 
   Net Investment Income (Loss)
  0.47 (2)   0.48     0.44  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
  0.54     (0.16 )   (0.27 )
   Total From Investment Operations
  1.01     0.32     0.17  
Distributions
                 
   From Net Investment Income
  (0.47 )   (0.48 )   (0.44 )
   From Net Realized Gains
  (0.01 )        
   Total Distributions
  (0.48 )   (0.48 )   (0.44 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $11.20     $10.67     $10.83  
                   
Total Return(3)
  9.63 %   3.22 %   1.57 %
                   
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets
  0.73 %   0.74 %   0.74 %(4)
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets
  4.26 %   4.65 %   4.41 %(4)
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  25 %   36 %   29 %(5)
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $15,173     $10,221     $6,166  

(1)
September 28, 2007 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2008.
 
(2)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(3)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any, and does not reflect applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(4)
Annualized.
 
(5)
Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended August 31, 2008.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
B Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31 (except as noted)
 
   
2010
 
2009
 
2008(1)
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $10.67     $10.83     $11.10  
Income From Investment Operations
                 
   Net Investment Income (Loss)
  0.38 (2)   0.40     0.36  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
  0.54     (0.16 )   (0.27 )
   Total From Investment Operations
  0.92     0.24     0.09  
Distributions
                 
   From Net Investment Income
  (0.38 )   (0.40 )   (0.36 )
   From Net Realized Gains
  (0.01 )        
   Total Distributions
  (0.39 )   (0.40 )   (0.36 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $11.20     $10.67     $10.83  
                   
Total Return(3)
  8.81 %   2.44 %   0.87 %
                   
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets
  1.48 %   1.49 %   1.49 %(4)
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets
  3.51 %   3.90 %   3.64 %(4)
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  25 %   36 %   29 %(5)
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $28     $26     $25  

(1)
September 28, 2007 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2008.
 
(2)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(3)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any, and does not reflect applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(4)
Annualized.
 
(5)
Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended August 31, 2008.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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California Long-Term Tax-Free
 
C Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31 (except as noted)
 
   
2010
 
2009
 
2008(1)
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $10.67     $10.83     $11.10  
Income From Investment Operations
                 
   Net Investment Income (Loss)
  0.38 (2)   0.40     0.36  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
  0.54     (0.16 )   (0.27 )
   Total From Investment Operations
  0.92     0.24     0.09  
Distributions
                 
   From Net Investment Income
  (0.38 )   (0.40 )   (0.36 )
   From Net Realized Gains
  (0.01 )        
   Total Distributions
  (0.39 )   (0.40 )   (0.36 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $11.20     $10.67     $10.83  
                   
Total Return(3)
  8.81 %   2.45 %   0.87 %
                   
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets
  1.48 %   1.49 %   1.49 %(4)
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets
  3.51 %   3.90 %   3.72 %(4)
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  25 %   36 %   29 %(5)
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $10,641     $6,362     $1,209  

(1)
September 28, 2007 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2008.
 
(2)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(3)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any, and does not reflect applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(4)
Annualized.
 
(5)
Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended August 31, 2008.
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 

To the Trustees of the American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds and Shareholders of the California Long-Term Tax-Free Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the California Long-Term Tax-Free Fund (one of the four funds in the American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at August 31, 2010, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at August 31, 2010 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
October 21, 2010
 
 
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Proxy Voting Results
 
 
A special meeting of shareholders was held on June 16, 2010, to vote on the following proposals. Each proposal received the required number of votes and was adopted. A summary of voting results is listed below each proposal.

Proposal 1:
To elect one Trustee to the Board of Trustees of American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds (the proposal was voted on by all shareholders of funds issued by American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds):
               
 
Frederick L.A. Grauer
For:
1,348,614,209
 
   
Withhold:
62,773,142
 
   
Abstain:
0
 
   
Broker Non-Vote:
0
 

The other trustees whose term of office continued after the meeting include Jonathan S. Thomas, John Freidenrich, Ronald J. Gilson, Peter F. Pervere, Myron S. Scholes, and John B. Shoven.

Proposal 2:
To approve a management agreement between the fund and American Century Investment Management, Inc.:
         
            
Investor, A, B and C
For:
252,693,639
 
   
Against:
5,890,775
 
   
Abstain:
18,983,458
 
   
Broker Non-Vote:
32,697,907
 
 
 
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Management
 
The Board of Trustees
 
The individuals listed below serve as trustees of the fund. Each trustee will continue to serve in this capacity until death, retirement, resignation or removal from office. The mandatory retirement age for trustees who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act (independent trustees), is 73. However, the mandatory retirement age may be extended for a period not to exceed two years with the approval of the remaining independent trustees.

Mr. Thomas is the only trustee who is an “interested person” because he currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC), the parent company of American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM or the advisor).

The other trustees (more than three-fourths of the total number) are independent; that is, they have never been employees, directors or officers of, and have no financial interest in, ACC or any of its wholly owned, direct or indirect, subsidiaries, including ACIM, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS) and American Century Services, LLC (ACS). The trustees serve in this capacity for eight (in the case of Mr. Thomas, 15) registered investment companies in the American Century Investments family of funds.

The following presents additional information about the trustees. The mailing address for each trustee other than Mr. Thomas is 1665 Charleston Road, Mountain View, California 94043. The mailing address for Mr. Thomas is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.

Independent Trustees
 
John Freidenrich
Year of Birth: 1937
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2005
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Founder, Member and Manager, Regis Management Company, LLC (investment management firm) (April 2004 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: AB in Economics, Stanford University; LLB, Stanford Law School; formerly, Partner and Founder, Ware and Freidenrich Law Firm and Bay Partners; formerly, President, Board of Trustees, Stanford University

Ronald J. Gilson
Year of Birth: 1946
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee and Chairman of the Board
Length of Time Served: Since 1995
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School (1979 to present); Marc and Eva Stern Professor of Law and Business, Columbia University School of Law (1992 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA, Washington University; JD, Yale Law School; formerly, Attorney, Steinhart, Goldberg, Feigenbaum & Ladar
 
 
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Frederick L. A. Grauer
Year of Birth: 1946
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2008
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Senior Advisor, BlackRock, Inc. (investment management firm) (2010 to present); Senior Advisor, Barclays Global Investors (investment management firm) (2003 to 2009)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience:  BA in Economics, University of British Columbia; MA in Economics, University of Chicago; PhD in Business, Stanford University; formerly, Executive Chairman, Barclays Global Investors; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wells Fargo Nikko Investment Advisors; and Vice President, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Group; formerly, Director, New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Columbia University; formerly, Faculty Member, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University and Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Peter F. Pervere
Year of Birth: 1947
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2007
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Intraware, Inc. (2003 to 2009); Digital Impact, Inc. (2003 to 2005)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in History, Stanford University; CPA; formerly, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Commerce One, Inc. (software and services provider); formerly, Vice President and Corporate Controller, Sybase, Inc.; formerly with accounting firm of Arthur Young & Co.

Myron S. Scholes
Year of Birth: 1941
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 1980
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman, Platinum Grove Asset Management, L.P. (asset manager) (1999 to 2009); Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance-Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business (1996 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Dimensional Fund Advisors (investment advisor); CME Group, Inc. (futures and options exchange)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Economics, McMaster University (Ontario); MBA and PhD, University of Chicago; formerly, Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institute; formerly, Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Finance, University of Chicago; recipient of the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

 
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John B. Shoven
Year of Birth: 1947
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2002
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Professor of Economics, Stanford University (1973 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Cadence Design Systems; Exponent; Financial Engines; PalmSource, Inc. (2002 to 2005); Watson Wyatt Worldwide (2002 to 2006)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Physics, University of California; PhD in Economics, Yale University; Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (1999 to present); formerly, Chair of Economics and Dean of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
 
Interested Trustee
 
Jonathan S. Thomas
Year of Birth: 1963
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee and President
Length of Time Served: Since 2007
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC (March 2007 to present); Chief Administrative Officer, ACC (February 2006 to February 2007); Executive Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to February 2007); Global Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (investment management) (March 2000 to November 2005); Also serves as: Chief Executive Officer and Manager, ACS; Executive Vice President, ACIM; Director, ACC, ACIM and other ACC subsidiaries
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 103
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Economics, University of Massachusetts; MBA, Boston College; formerly held senior leadership roles with Fidelity Investments, Boston Financial Services and Bank of America; serves on the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute

 
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Officers
 
The following table presents certain information about the executive officers of the fund. Each officer serves as an officer for each of the 15 investment companies in the American Century family of funds, unless otherwise noted. No officer is compensated for his or her service as an officer of the fund. The listed officers are interested persons of the fund and are appointed or re-appointed on an annual basis. The mailing address for each of the officers listed below is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
         
            
Name
(Year of Birth)
Offices with
the Fund
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years
 
Jonathan S. Thomas
(1963)
Trustee and President
since 2007
President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC (March 2007 to present); Chief Administrative Officer, ACC (February 2006 to February 2007); Executive Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to February 2007); Global Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (March 2000 to November 2005); Also serves as: Chief Executive Officer and Manager, ACS; Executive Vice President, ACIM; Director, ACC, ACIM and other ACC subsidiaries
 
Barry Fink
(1955)
Executive  Vice President
since 2007
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, ACC (September 2007 to present); President, ACS (October 2007 to present); Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (2000 to 2007); Global General Counsel, Morgan Stanley (2000 to 2006). Also serves as: Manager, ACS, and Director, ACC and
certain ACC subsidiaries
 
Maryanne L. Roepke
(1956)
Chief Compliance Officer since
2006 and Senior Vice President since 2000
Chief Compliance Officer, American Century funds, ACIM and ACS (August 2006 to present); Assistant Treasurer, ACC (January 1995 to August 2006); and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, various American Century funds (July 2000 to August 2006). Also serves as: Senior Vice President, ACS
 
Charles A. Etherington
(1957)
General Counsel since 2007 and
Senior Vice President  since 2006
Attorney, ACC (February 1994 to present); Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to present); General Counsel, ACC (March 2007 to present); Also serves as General Counsel, ACIM, ACS, ACIS and other ACC subsidiaries;
and Senior Vice President, ACIM and ACS
 
Robert J. Leach
(1966)
Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer since 2006
Vice President, ACS (February 2000 to present); and Controller, various American Century funds (1997 to September 2006)
 
David H. Reinmiller
(1963)
Vice President 
since 2001
Attorney, ACC (January 1994 to present); Associate General Counsel, ACC (January 2001 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, American Century funds and ACIM (January 2001 to February 2005). Also serves as: Vice President, ACIM and ACS
 
Ward D. Stauffer
(1960)
Secretary
since 2005
Attorney, ACC (June 2003 to Present)
 
The Statement of Additional Information has additional information about the fund’s trustees and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021.

 
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Board Approval of Management Agreements
 

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act, contracts for investment advisory services to a mutual fund are required to be reviewed, evaluated and approved each year by the fund’s board of directors/trustees, including a majority of a fund’s independent directors/trustees (the “Directors”). At American Century Investments, this process is referred to as the “15(c) Process.” The board oversees on a continuous basis and evaluates at its quarterly meetings, directly and through the committees of the board, the nature and quality of significant services provided by the advisor, the investment performance of the funds, shareholder services, audit and compliance functions and a variety of other matters relating to fund operations. Each year, it also holds a special meeting in connection with determining whether to renew the contracts for advisory services, to review fund performance, shareholder services, adviser profitability, audit and compliance matters, and other fund operational matters.

Under a Securities and Exchange Commission rule, the fund is required to disclose in its annual or semiannual report, as appropriate, the material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the board’s approval or renewal of any advisory agreements within the fund’s most recently completed fiscal half-year period.

Basis for Board Approval of Management Agreement
 
At a meeting held on April 1, 2010, after considering all information presented, the Board approved, and determined to recommend that shareholders approve, the fund’s Management Agreement with the Advisor. In connection with that approval, the Board requested and reviewed extensive data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent providers of evaluation data concerning the Fund and services provided to the Fund by the Advisor. The Board oversees on a continuous basis and evaluates at its quarterly meetings, directly and through the committees of the Board, the nature and quality of significant services provided by the Advisor, the investment performance of the Fund, shareholder services, audit and compliance functions and a variety of other matters relating to the Fund’s operations. The information considered and the discussions held at the meetings included, but were not limited to:

 
• 
the nature, extent and quality of investment management, shareholder services and other services provided to the Fund;

 
• 
the wide range of programs and services the Advisor provides to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;

 
• 
the compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience of the Advisor;

 
• 
data comparing the cost of owning the Fund to the cost of owning a similar fund;

 
• 
data comparing the Fund’s performance to appropriate benchmarksand/or a peer group of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;
 
 
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• 
financial data showing the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor and the overall profitability of the Advisor;

 
• 
data comparing services provided and charges to other non-fundinvestment management clients of the Advisor; and

 
• 
consideration of collateral or “fall-out” benefits derived by the Advisor from the management of the Fund and potential sharing of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund.

The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue the relationship with the Advisor. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.

The Board considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and the Board’s independent legal counsel, and evaluated such information for the Fund. The Board did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and the Board member may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors. In deciding to approve the Management Agreement under the terms ultimately determined by the Board to be appropriate, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including the following:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services — Generally. Under the Management Agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that under the Management Agreement, the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services including:

            
•  constructing and designing the Fund

            
•  portfolio research and security selection

            
•  initial capitalization/funding

            
•  securities trading

            
•  Fund administration

            
•  custody of Fund assets

            
•  daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio

            
•  shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping and communications
 
 
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•  legal services

            
•  regulatory and portfolio compliance

            
•  financial reporting

            
•  marketing and distribution

The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time both in terms of quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels and the changing regulatory environment.

Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is complex and provides Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments within an asset class, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and approved strategies. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Portfolio Committee, regularly review investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. If per­formance concerns are identified, the underperforming Fund receives special reviews until performance improves, during which time the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such underperformance and any efforts being undertaken to improve performance.

Shareholder and Other Services. Under the Management Agreement, the Advisor will also provide the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through the various committees of the Board, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction (as measured by external as well as internal sources), technology support, new products and services offered to fund shareholders, securities trading activities, portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. Certain aspects of shareholder and transfer agency service level efficiency and the quality of securities trading activities are measured by independent third party providers and are presented in comparison to other fund groups not managed by the Advisor.

Costs of Services Provided and Profitability. The Advisor provided detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund, its overall profitability, and its financial condition. The Board reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. The Board has also reviewed with the Advisor its methodology for compensating the investment professionals that provide services to the Fund. This financial information regarding the Advisor is considered in order to evaluate the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the Management Agreement, and the reasonableness of the management fees.
 
 
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Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. It noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.

Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The analysis of economies of scale is further complicated by the additional services and content provided by the Advisor and its reinvestment in its ability to provide and expand those services. Accordingly, the Board seeks to evaluate economies of scale by reviewing information, such as year-over-year profitability of the Advisor generally, the profitability of its management of the Fund specifically, and the expenses incurred by the Advisor in providing various functions to the Fund. The Board believes the Advisor is appropriately sharing economies of scale through its competitive fee structure, offering competitive fees from fund inception, fee breakpoints as the fund complex and the Fund increase in size, and through reinvestment in its business to provide shareholders additional services and enhancements to existing services. In particular, separate breakpoint schedules based on the size of the entire fund complex and on the size of the Fund reflect the complexity of assessing economies of scale.

Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The Management Agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, and the fees and expenses of the Fund’s Independent Trustees (including their independent legal counsel) and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, the components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider and comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratio of other funds in the Fund’s peer group. The Board concluded that the management fee to be paid by the Fund to the Advisor under the Management Agreement is reasonable in light of the services to be provided to the Fund.
 
 
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Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature and extent of the services, fees, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.

Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing mutual funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. The Board noted that the Advisor receives proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions and concluded that this research is likely to benefit Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded, however, that the assets of those other clients are not material to the analysis and, in any event, are included with the assets of the Fund to determine breakpoints in the Fund’s fee schedule, provided they are managed using the same investment team and strategy.

Conclusion of the Board. As a result of this process, the Board, in the absence of particular circumstances and assisted by the advice of its independent legal counsel, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others, concluded that the Management Agreement be approved and recommended its approval to Fund shareholders.

 
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Additional Information
 

Proxy Voting Guidelines
 
American Century Investment Management, Inc., the fund’s investment advisor, is responsible for exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund. A description of the policies and procedures the advisor uses in fulfilling this responsibility is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the “About Us” page at americancentury.com. It is also available at sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The fund also makes its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the most recent quarter of its fiscal year available on its website at americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021.

 
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Index Definitions
 

The following indices are used to illustrate investment market, sector, or style performance or to serve as fund performance comparisons. They are not investment products available for purchase.

The Barclays Capital 5 Year General Obligation (GO) Bond Index is composed of investment-grade U.S. municipal securities, with maturities of four to six years, that are general obligations of a state or local government.

The Barclays Capital California Tax-Exempt Bond Index is composed of those securities included in the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index that are investment-grade and are issued in California.

The Barclays Capital Long-Term Municipal Bond Index is composed of those securities included in the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index that have maturities greater than 22 years.

The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is a market value-weighted index designed for the long-term tax-exempt bond market.

The Barclays Capital Municipal High Yield Bond Index is composed of non-investment grade U.S. municipal securities with a remaining maturity of one year
or more.

The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index represents securities that are taxable, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and U.S. dollar-denominated. The index covers the U.S. investment-grade fixed-rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities.

The Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Bond Index is the U.S. Treasury component of the U.S. Government/Credit Index (a subset of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index), is composed of public obligations of the U.S. Treasury with a remaining maturity of one year or more, and excludes Treasury Bills.

 
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Annual Report
August 31, 2010
 
 
 
 
American Century Investments®
 
 
California Tax-Free Bond Fund
(effective November 1, 2010, renamed
California Intermediate-Term
Tax-Free Bond Fund)
 
 
 
 

 
 
Table of Contents
 

 
President’s Letter
2
 
Market Perspective
3
 
      U.S. Fixed-Income Total Returns
3
     
California Tax-Free Bond Fund
 
 
Performance
4
 
Portfolio Commentary
6
 
      Portfolio at a Glance
8
 
      Yields
8
 
      Top Five Sectors
8
 
      Types of Investments in Portfolio
8
     
 
Shareholder Fee Example
9
     
Financial Statements
 
 
Schedule of Investments
11
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
24
 
Statement of Operations
25
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
26
 
Notes to Financial Statements
27
 
Financial Highlights
33
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
37
     
Other Information
 
 
Proxy Voting Results
38
 
Management
39
 
Board Approval of Management Agreements
43
 
Additional Information
48
 
Index Definitions
49
 
Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.

 
 

 
 
President's Letter
 
 
Jonathan Thomas
 
Dear Investor:
 
To learn more about the capital markets, your investment, and the portfolio management strategies American Century Investments provides, we encourage you to review this shareholder report for the financial reporting period ended August 31, 2010.

On the following pages, you will find investment performance and portfolio information, presented with the expert perspective and commentary of our portfolio management team. This report remains one of our most important vehicles for conveying the information you need about your investment performance, and about the market factors and strategies that affect fund returns. For additional information on the markets, we encourage you to visit the “Insights & News” tab at our Web site, americancentury.com, for updates and further expert commentary.

The top of our Web site’s home page also provides a link to “Our Story,” which, first and foremost, outlines our commitment—since 1958—to helping clients reach their financial goals. We believe strongly that we will only be successful when our clients are successful. That’s who we are.

Another important, unique facet of our story and who we are is “Profits with a Purpose,” which describes our bond with the Stowers Institute for Medical Research (SIMR). SIMR is a world-class biomedical organization—founded by our company founder James E. Stowers, Jr. and his wife Virginia—that is dedicated to researching the causes, treatment, and prevention of gene-based diseases, including cancer. Through American Century Investments’ private ownership structure, more than 40% of our profits support SIMR.

Mr. Stowers’ example of achieving financial success and using that platform to help humanity motivates our entire American Century Investments team. His story inspires us to help each of our clients achieve success. Thank you for sharing your financial journey with us.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
 
 
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Market Perspective
 
 
By David MacEwen, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income
 
Municipal Market Review
 
Municipal bonds produced solid returns during the 12 months ended August 31, 2010 (see the accompanying table). Economic growth was uneven, fueling investor uncertainty, which helped bonds. On the upside, the government’s extraordinary monetary and fiscal stimulus policies enacted in late 2008 meant a return to positive growth in the second half of 2009 and early 2010. However, financial market volatility in May and June related to the European sovereign debt crisis led many to worry about another potential economic slowdown. In addition, the housing market and consumer debt levels remained concerns, while the unemployment rate ended August at 9.6% and the Federal Reserve (the Fed) talked of the growing risk of deflation. In that environment, the Fed kept its short-term interest rate target (a key determinant of money market yields) near zero, while bond yields remained in the neighborhood of record lows.

Better economic and market conditions—particularly early in the fiscal year—caused a reversal of the trading that colored the credit crisis, when the lowest-rated bonds performed worst and higher-quality bonds did best. For the 12 months ended in August, this reversal meant that high-yield (below-investment-grade) and long-term municipal bonds did better than high-quality and shorter-term securities. Similarly, credit-sensitive municipal bonds outperformed Treasury securities for the 12 months after lagging during the credit crisis. Demand for municipal bonds was helped by attractive tax-equivalent yields and the outlook for higher marginal tax rates going forward.

California Credit Comment
 
Despite the flood of negative press about budget challenges for states and local governments, our municipal credit research team believes that municipal defaults will continue to be relatively rare, especially compared with corporate defaults. Indeed, during the fiscal year, two major credit rating agencies recalibrated California state’s general obligation (GO) credit rating higher to better recognize the superior credit quality and vastly lower default risk of municipal securities relative to corporate-backed bonds. It’s also important to note that California cannot file for bankruptcy, the state is constitutionally required to pay debt service on its GO bonds, and GO debt is second only to education in its claim on all general fund revenues.

U.S. Fixed-Income Total Returns
For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010
Barclays Capital Municipal Market Indices
 
Barclays Capital Taxable Market Indices
Municipal Bond
9.78%
 
U.S. Aggregate Bond
9.18%
5 Year General Obligation (GO) Bond
7.53%
 
U.S. Treasury Bond
8.13%
California Tax-Exempt Bond
10.84%
   
Long-Term Municipal Bond
13.28%
     
Municipal High Yield Bond
22.08%
     

 
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Performance
California Tax-Free Bond
 
Total Returns as of August 31, 2010
 
               
Average Annual Returns
     
   
Ticker
Symbol
   
1 year
 
5 years
 
10 years
 
Since
Inception
 
Inception
Date
 
Investor Class
 
BCITX
      9.26%       4.48%       4.65%       5.85%    
11/9/83
 
Barclays Capital 7 Year Municipal Bond Index(1)
          9.44%       5.76%       5.76%       N/A (2)      
Barclays Capital 5 Year
GO Bond Index
          7.53%       5.44%       5.27%       6.45% (3)      
Lipper California Intermediate
Municipal Debt Funds Average Returns(4)
          8.63%       3.96%       4.29%       5.86% (5)      
Investor Class’s Lipper Ranking(4)
   as of 8/31/10
       
16 of 39
   
6 of 36
   
4 of 22
   
1 of 1
(5)      
   as of 9/30/10
       
13 of 39
   
6 of 36
   
4 of 22
   
1 of 1
       
Institutional Class
 
BCTIX
                        5.50% (6)  
3/1/10
 
A Class
   No sales charge*
   With sales charge*
 
BCIAX
 
     
     
     
     
5.27%
0.50%
(6)
(6)
 
3/1/10
 
 
C Class
   No sales charge*
   With sales charge*
 
BCIYX
 
     
     
     
     
4.87%
3.87%
(6)
(6)
 
3/1/10
 
 

* Sales charges include initial sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), as applicable. A Class shares have a 4.50% maximum initial sales charge for fixed-income funds and may be subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. C Class shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase are subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. The SEC requires that mutual funds provide performance information net of maximum sales charges in all cases where charges could be applied.
 
(1)
In August of 2010, the fund’s benchmark changed from the Barclays Capital 5 Year GO Bond Index to the Barclays Capital 7 Year Municipal Bond Index. This change was effected to better align the benchmark’s duration with the fund’s duration. The investment process is unchanged.
 
(2)
Benchmark data first available 1/1/90.
 
(3)
Since 10/31/83, the date nearest the Investor Class’s inception for which data are available.
 
(4)
Data provided by Lipper Inc. — A Reuters Company. © 2010 Reuters. All rights reserved. Any copying, republication or redistribution of Lipper content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Lipper. Lipper shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
 
Lipper Fund Performance — Performance data is total return, and is preliminary and subject to revision.
 
Lipper Rankings — Rankings are based only on the universe shown and are based on average annual total returns. This listing might not represent the complete universe of funds tracked by Lipper.
 
The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Lipper and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell any of the securities herein is being made by Lipper.
 
(5)
Since 11/10/83, the date nearest the Investor Class’s inception for which data are available.
 
(6)
Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
 
Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. As interest rates rise, bond values will decline. Investment income may be subject to certain state and local taxes and, depending on your tax status, the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). Capital gains are not exempt from state and federal income tax.
 
Unless otherwise indicated, performance reflects Investor Class shares; performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure. For information about other share classes available, please consult the prospectus. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for the indices are provided for comparison. The fund’s total returns include operating expenses (such as transaction costs and management fees) that reduce returns, while the total returns of the indices do not.
 
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 
Growth of $10,000 Over 10 Years
$10,000 investment made August 31, 2000

 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Investor Class
Institutional Class
A Class
C Class
0.49%
0.29%
0.74%
1.49%

The total annual fund operating expenses shown is as stated in the fund’s prospectus current as of the date of this report. The prospectus may vary from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period, includes acquired fund fees and expenses, and, if applicable, does not include fee waivers or expense reimbursements.

Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. As interest rates rise, bond values will decline. Investment income may be subject to certain state and local taxes and, depending on your tax status, the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). Capital gains are not exempt from state and federal income tax.
 
Unless otherwise indicated, performance reflects Investor Class shares; performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure. For information about other share classes available, please consult the prospectus. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for the indices are provided for comparison. The fund’s total returns include operating expenses (such as transaction costs and management fees) that reduce returns, while the total returns of the indices do not.
 
 
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Portfolio Commentary
California Tax-Free Bond
 
Portfolio Managers: Alan Kruss, Joseph Gotelli, and Steven Permut

Performance Summary
 
For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010, California Tax-Free Bond returned 9.26%.* By comparison, the Barclays Capital 5 Year GO Bond and 7 Year Municipal Bond indices gained 7.53% and 9.44%, respectively. At the same time, the California Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds tracked by Lipper had an average return of 8.63%. See page 4 for additional performance comparisons. The portfolio’s longer-term performance also compares well with the Lipper group average return for the five- and 10-year periods ended in August (see page 4).

The portfolio’s performance benefited from our yield curve positioning, while some of our sector and coupon allocation decisions had mixed effects.

Sector, Credit, Coupon Allocation Mixed
 
Looking at sector allocation effects, we added attractively valued general obligation (GO) bonds over the course of the fiscal year. These securities underperformed revenue bonds because of worries about the state budget crisis and negative headlines. Nevertheless, we believe these securities can perform well over time. Among revenue bonds, we tended to favor essential service revenue bonds (such as utilities, education, and health care debt). This was beneficial because health care was the best-performing segment of the investment-grade municipal market for the year. However, it hurt relative results to hold an underweight position in industrial development revenue and pollution control revenue bonds, which also did well during the fiscal year.

The portfolio’s credit allocation also had a mixed effect. More than 50% of assets were in securities rated AAA and AA as of August 31, but lower-rated bonds did best for the 12 months. We also favored higher-coupon premium bonds, which are typically less sensitive to interest rate changes than bonds of a similar maturity but with lower coupons. These premium bonds did well in absolute terms, but slightly trailed discount bonds for the fiscal year.

Yield Curve Trade Helped
 
During the fiscal year, we put in place a yield curve “flattening” trade using two- and 30-year Treasury futures (based on the expectation that the yield difference between two- and 30-year securities would narrow going forward). The trade was “duration neutral”, meaning we added no additional interest rate risk in taking the position. We implemented the trade in late 2009 when the slope of the Treasury yield curve approached record levels of steepness. This trade was designed to benefit from either a greater rise in short-maturity yields than long-maturity (a “bear flattener”) or a greater decline in long-maturity yields than short-maturity (a “bull flattener”). So far in 2010, we’ve seen mostly a bull flattener.
 
 
*All fund returns referenced in this commentary are for Investor Class shares.
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 
Credit and Market Outlook
 
Recent dramatic headlines about ballooning deficits, pension obligations, and other state budget challenges have elevated concerns among investors about possible municipal bond devaluations and defaults. While it’s true that the Great Recession and its aftermath have significantly affected economic growth and municipal finances, Steven Permut, who leads American Century Investments’ municipal bond team, believes the market for California municipal bonds is in better shape than the headlines convey.

“We do not believe California will default on its GO bonds,” Permut begins. “The state is constitutionally required to make its debt payments, which represent only a small portion of its overall revenues. Nor do we believe California will lack cash to pay GO bondholders, because the Controller looks forward in projecting the state’s cash position to ensure it has sufficient capital to pay its GO bond obligations (indeed, that is the reason why the state issues IOUs). Instead, we think the real risks to municipal bonds will be more market driven, relating to (1) credit rating downgrades, (2) headlines, and (3) liquidity, all of which can negatively impact a bond’s value. So while investors face some price risk from potential rating downgrades and negative sentiment, we don’t think a state bond default should be among their concerns.”

“Against those near-term headwinds, we see a number of reasons to be constructive on the municipal market for long-term investors,” Permut said. “First, the supply of tax-exempt municipal bonds has been limited in recent years by the Build America Bonds (BAB) program. While legislation has not yet been passed to extend the BAB program beyond 2010, we expect some form of extension due to municipal funding needs and the success of the program. Second, we see a number of factors supporting municipal bond demand going forward—tax-exempt municipal bond yields are attractive in absolute terms and relative to Treasuries, and tax rates are almost certain to rise. In addition, demand for higher-yielding, longer-term municipal bonds—such as those in which the fund invests—is likely to be supported by income-seeking investors looking to step out the credit and maturity spectrums from positions in low-yielding cash and short-term securities.”
 
 
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 
Portfolio at a Glance
   
As of 8/31/10
Weighted Average Maturity
 
9.6 years
Average Duration (Modified)
 
4.9 years
     
Yields as of August 31, 2010
   
30-Day SEC Yield
   
Investor Class
 
2.31%
Institutional Class
 
2.48%
A Class
 
1.97%
C Class
 
1.33%
     
Investor Class 30-Day Tax-Equivalent Yields*
   
32.16% Tax Bracket
 
3.41%
34.88% Tax Bracket
 
3.55%
39.40% Tax Bracket
 
3.81%
41.21% Tax Bracket
 
3.93%
* The tax brackets indicated are for combined state and federal income tax. Actual tax-equivalent yields may be lower, if alternative minimum tax is applicable.
     
Top Five Sectors
   
% of fund investments
as of 8/31/10
Electric Revenue
 
19%
General Obligation (GO)
 
19%
Prerefunded
 
11%
Hospital Revenue
 
10%
Certificates of Participation (COPs)/Leases
 
8%
     
Types of Investments in Portfolio
   
% of total net assets
as of 8/31/10
Municipal Securities
 
100.5%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
(0.5)%
 
 
 
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Shareholder Fee Example (Unaudited)
 

Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from March 1, 2010 to August 31, 2010 (except as noted).

Actual Expenses
 
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments fund, or Institutional Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not a financial intermediary or retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $12.50 semiannual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $12.50 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments Brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments Brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. We will not charge the fee as long as you choose to manage your accounts exclusively online. If you are subject to the Account Maintenance Fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
 
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
 
 
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Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
             
 
Beginning
Account Value
3/1/10
Ending
Account Value
8/31/10
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
3/1/10 – 8/31/10
Annualized
Expense Ratio(1)
Actual
           
Investor Class
$1,000
$1,053.20
 
$2.48
 
0.48%
Institutional Class
$1,000
$1,055.00
(2)
$1.44
(3)
0.28%
A Class
$1,000
$1,052.70
(2)
$3.76
(3)
0.73%
C Class
$1,000
$1,048.70
(2)
$7.60
(3)
1.48%
Hypothetical
           
Investor Class
$1,000
$1,022.79
 
$2.45
 
0.48%
Institutional Class
$1,000
$1,023.79
(4)
$1.43
(4)
0.28%
A Class
$1,000
$1,021.53
(4)
$3.72
(4)
0.73%
C Class
$1,000
$1,017.74
(4)
$7.53
(4)
1.48%

(1)
Expenses are equal to the class’s annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period.
 
(2)
Ending account value based on actual return from March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010.
 
(3)
Expenses are equal to the class’s annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183, the number of days in the period from March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010, divided by 365, to reflect the period. Had the class been available for the full period, the expenses paid during the period would have been higher.
 
(4)
Ending account value and expenses paid during period assumes the class had been available throughout the entire period and are calculated using the class’s annualized expense ratio listed in the table above.
 
 
 
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Schedule of Investments
California Tax-Free Bond
 
AUGUST 31, 2010
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
Municipal Securities — 100.5%
 
CALIFORNIA — 96.9%
 
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Rev., (Branson School), VRDN, 3.40%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Allied Irish Bank plc)(1)
  $ 3,450,000     $ 3,450,000  
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Rev., (Oshman Family Jewish Community Center), VRDN, 0.23%, 9/1/10 (LOC: LaSalle Bank N.A.)
    3,200,000       3,200,000  
Bay Area Toll Auth. Toll Bridge Rev., Series 2008 F1, (San Francisco Bay Area), 5.00%, 4/1/34(1)
    5,000,000       5,373,200  
Bay Area Toll Auth. Toll Bridge Rev., Series 2009 F1, (San Francisco Bay Area), 5.25%, 4/1/27(1)
    6,250,000       7,182,063  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2002 A, 5.375%, 5/1/12, Prerefunded at 101% of Par (XLCA)(1)(2)
    7,000,000       7,658,280  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2002 A, 5.50%, 5/1/12(1)
    3,750,000       4,062,413  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2005 F5, 5.00%, 5/1/22(1)
    1,800,000       2,089,242  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2005 G4, 5.00%, 5/1/16(1)
    2,450,000       2,914,422  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2008 H, 5.00%, 5/1/21(1)
    5,000,000       5,852,550  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2010 L, 5.00%, 5/1/19(1)
    5,000,000       6,099,950  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2010 L, 5.00%, 5/1/21(1)
    2,850,000       3,448,044  
California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2010 L, 5.00%, 5/1/22(1)
    28,725,000       34,398,475  
California Department of Water Resources Rev., (Central Valley), 5.50%, 12/1/11, Prerefunded at 100% of Par(1)(2)
    15,000       15,992  
California Department of Water Resources Rev., (Central Valley), 5.50%, 12/1/17(1)
    1,235,000       1,305,432  
California Department of Water Resources Rev., Series 2009 AF, (Central Valley), 5.00%, 12/1/22(1)
    2,000,000       2,357,040  
California Department of Water Resources Rev., Series 2009 AF, (Central Valley), 5.00%, 12/1/24(1)
    2,000,000       2,319,960  
California Economic Recovery GO, Series 2004 A, 5.25%, 7/1/13(1)
    2,905,000       3,281,720  
California Economic Recovery GO, Series 2004 A, 5.25%, 7/1/13 (NATL)(1)
    1,645,000       1,858,324  
California Economic Recovery GO, Series 2004 A, 5.25%, 7/1/14(1)(2)
    1,130,000       1,327,648  
California Economic Recovery GO, Series 2004 A, 5.25%, 7/1/14(1)
    3,870,000       4,470,392  
California Economic Recovery GO, Series 2004 A, 5.25%, 7/1/14 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    8,460,000       9,772,484  
California Economic Recovery GO, Series 2009 A, 5.00%, 7/1/18(1)
    7,000,000       8,425,410  
California Economic Recovery GO, Series 2009 A, 5.00%, 7/1/22(1)
    2,000,000       2,219,860  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., (Golden Gate University), 5.50%, 10/1/18(1)
    5,040,000       5,042,117  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., (Santa Clara University), 5.00%, 4/1/18
    500,000       588,040  
 
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., (Santa Clara University), 5.00%, 4/1/19
  $ 700,000     $ 813,785  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., (Santa Clara University), 5.25%, 4/1/23
    2,000,000       2,270,900  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., (Scripps College), 5.25%, 8/1/11, Prerefunded at 100% of Par(1)(2)
    950,000       994,346  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., (University of the Pacific), 5.00%, 11/1/36
    1,045,000       1,057,728  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2004 C, (Lutheran University), 5.00%, 10/1/24(1)
    2,500,000       2,534,875  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2008 T4, (Stanford University), 5.00%, 3/15/14(1)
    5,000,000       5,778,550  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Pomona College), 5.00%, 1/1/24(1)
    2,100,000       2,464,182  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (University of Southern California), 5.00%, 10/1/39(1)
    2,952,000       3,197,547  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, (Loyola Marymount University), 5.00%, 10/1/30
    1,365,000       1,436,171  
California Educational Facilities Auth. Rev., Series 2010 B, (Loyola Marymount University), VRDN, 1.10%, 9/2/10
    4,265,000       4,265,000  
California GO, 5.25%, 10/1/10, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (FGIC-TCRS)(1)(2)
    7,650,000       7,681,671  
California GO, 5.50%, 3/1/11 (XLCA-ICR)(1)
    1,000,000       1,024,570  
California GO, 5.50%, 4/1/12 (NATL)(1)
    5,000,000       5,365,650  
California GO, 5.00%, 2/1/14, Prerefunded at 100% of Par(1)(2)
    4,000,000       4,599,880  
California GO, 5.125%, 2/1/14, Prerefunded at 100% of Par(1)(2)
    5,000,000       5,771,000  
California GO, 5.00%, 10/1/16(1)
    2,820,000       3,262,007  
California GO, 5.00%, 11/1/16 (Ambac)(1)
    1,575,000       1,822,842  
California GO, 5.00%, 8/1/18(1)
    2,260,000       2,566,027  
California GO, 5.25%, 2/1/20(1)
    5,000,000       5,460,150  
California GO, 5.00%, 3/1/20(1)
    1,690,000       1,904,867  
California GO, 5.00%, 8/1/20(1)
    5,000,000       5,585,800  
California GO, 5.25%, 10/1/20(1)
    5,000,000       5,830,150  
California GO, 5.00%, 3/1/22(1)
    5,000,000       5,438,000  
California GO, 5.50%, 4/1/24(1)
    4,000,000       4,541,920  
California GO, 5.00%, 8/1/24(1)
    1,260,000       1,354,475  
California GO, 5.75%, 4/1/28(1)
    5,000,000       5,605,150  
California GO, 5.75%, 4/1/31(1)
    7,710,000       8,537,129  
California GO, 6.50%, 4/1/33(1)
    5,000,000       5,870,600  
California GO, 6.00%, 4/1/38(1)
    3,000,000       3,350,160  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., (NCROC Paradise Valley Estates), 5.70%, 12/1/24 (Ambac/California Mortgage Insurance)(1)
    1,985,000       2,161,764  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 1998 A, (Kaiser Permanente), 5.25%, 6/1/11 (AGM)(1)(2)
    2,000,000       2,008,240  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 A, (Scripps Health), 5.00%, 10/1/17(1)
    1,400,000       1,588,916  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 A, (Sutter Health), 5.50%, 8/15/17(1)
    1,000,000       1,158,600  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 A, (Sutter Health), 5.25%, 8/15/22(1)
    3,335,000       3,683,041  
 
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 A, (Sutter Health), 5.00%, 8/15/38(1)
  $ 2,520,000     $ 2,552,936  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 A3, (Stanford Hospital & Clinics), VRDN, 3.45%, 6/15/11(1)
    1,000,000       1,023,090  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 C, (Providence Health & Services), 5.00%, 10/1/14(1)
    500,000       568,630  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 C, (Providence Health & Services), 6.25%, 10/1/24(1)
    3,250,000       3,869,352  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 C, (Providence Health & Services), 6.50%, 10/1/38(1)
    2,125,000       2,468,039  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 H, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.125%, 7/1/22(1)
    1,000,000       1,059,900  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.00%, 7/1/18(1)
    4,980,000       5,574,562  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.40%, 7/1/21(1)
    2,500,000       2,807,600  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Children’s Hospital), 6.25%, 11/1/29(1)
    5,000,000       5,458,550  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (St. Joseph Health System), 5.50%, 7/1/29(1)
    3,750,000       4,043,287  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (St. Joseph Health System), 5.75%, 7/1/39(1)
    3,000,000       3,225,360  
California Health Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, (Stanford Hospital), 5.00%, 11/15/25(1)
    3,000,000       3,310,830  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., (University of California, San Fransco Neurosciences Building), 5.00%, 5/15/22(1)
    3,735,000       4,331,816  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., Series 2000 A, (Scripps Research Institute), 5.625%, 7/1/20(1)
    1,000,000       1,003,360  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., Series 2003 A, (Bay Area Toll Bridges Seismic Retrofit 1st Lien), 5.125%, 7/1/26, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (Ambac)(1)(2)
    5,000,000       6,331,150  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., Series 2006 A, (California Science Center Phase II), 4.25%, 5/1/13 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    1,075,000       1,126,385  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., Series 2008 A, (California Independent System Operator Corp.), 5.00%, 2/1/13(1)
    2,500,000       2,702,850  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., Series 2008 A, (Jewish Community Center), VRDN, 0.23%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Bank of America N.A.)(1)
    4,800,000       4,800,000  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., Series 2009 A, (Pacific Gas and Electric), VRDN, 0.22%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.)(1)
    1,700,000       1,700,000  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., Series 2009 B, (Pacific Gas and Electric), VRDN, 0.22%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.)(1)
    2,100,000       2,100,000  
California Mobilehome Park Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2006 A, (Union City Tropics), 3.80%, 12/15/11(1)
    825,000       828,836  
 
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
California Municipal Finance Auth. Rev., (Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School), VRDN, 0.28%, 9/2/10 (LOC: U.S. Bank N.A.)(1)
  $ 1,145,000     $ 1,145,000  
California Municipal Finance Auth. Rev., (Loma Linda University), 5.00%, 4/1/23(1)
    1,145,000       1,217,467  
California Municipal Finance Auth. Rev., (Loma Linda University), 5.00%, 4/1/28(1)
    2,000,000       2,060,960  
California Municipal Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, (Eisenhower Medical Center), 5.00%, 7/1/19
    605,000       643,593  
California Municipal Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, (Eisenhower Medical Center), 5.25%, 7/1/21
    1,760,000       1,866,726  
California Pollution Control Financing Auth. Rev., (San Jose Water Company), 5.10%, 6/1/40(1)
    715,000       734,577  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2005 A, (Department General Services – Butterfield), 5.00%, 6/1/15(1)
    1,450,000       1,603,613  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2006 A, (Various California State University Projects), 5.00%, 10/1/11(1)
    2,165,000       2,260,823  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2006 F, (Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation), 5.00%, 11/1/13 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    2,590,000       2,848,223  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2006 F, (Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation), 5.25%, 11/1/19 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    1,210,000       1,348,436  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2009 A, (Department General Services – Buildings 8 & 9), 6.25%, 4/1/34(1)
    2,435,000       2,656,731  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2009 B, (Department of Education – Riverside Campus), 6.00%, 4/1/27(1)
    2,130,000       2,346,557  
California Public Works Board Lease Rev., Series 2009 I1, (Various Capital Projects), 5.00%, 11/1/13(1)
    2,000,000       2,199,400  
California State University Fresno Association, Inc. Rev., (Auxiliary Organization Event Center), 5.00%, 7/1/12(1)(2)
    1,000,000       1,080,960  
California State University Fresno Association, Inc. Rev., (Auxiliary Organization Event Center), 5.25%, 7/1/12, Prerefunded at 101% of Par(1)(2)
    3,100,000       3,395,771  
California State University Fresno Association, Inc. Rev., (Auxiliary Organization Event Center), 6.00%, 7/1/12, Prerefunded at 101% of Par(1)(2)
    1,500,000       1,663,605  
California State University System Rev., Series 2002 A, 5.375%, 11/1/18 (Ambac)(1)
    1,250,000       1,357,887  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (John Muir Health), 5.00%, 7/1/20(1)
    2,225,000       2,394,234  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (Proposition 1A Receivables), 5.00%, 6/15/13(1)
    20,070,000       22,107,506  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (St. Joseph Remarketing 3/27/08), 5.125%, 7/1/24 (NATL)(1)
    2,000,000       2,127,780  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (The Painted Turtle), VRDN, 3.40%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Allied Irish Bank plc)(1)
    7,800,000       7,800,000  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2002 B, (Pooled Financing Program), 5.20%, 10/1/18 (AGM)(1)
    1,695,000       1,832,600  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2002 C, (Kaiser Permanente), VRDN, 3.85%, 6/1/12(1)
    1,100,000       1,149,533  
 
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (California Baptist University), 5.30%, 11/1/18
  $ 2,140,000     $ 2,120,291  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (California Baptist University), 5.40%, 11/1/27
    2,450,000       2,237,242  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (Front Porch Communities and Services), 5.125%, 4/1/37(1)(3)
    1,600,000       1,503,872  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital), 5.00%, 10/1/20 (California Mortgage Insurance)(1)
    1,000,000       1,061,120  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (Valleycare Health System), 4.80%, 7/15/17
    4,100,000       4,126,035  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (Valleycare Health System), 5.00%, 7/15/22
    1,000,000       965,210  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2007 B, (Adventist Health System West), 5.00%, 3/1/37 (AGC)(1)
    2,500,000       2,561,800  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2008 D, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.50%, 7/1/31(1)
    1,000,000       1,053,990  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, (Kaiser Permanente), 5.00%, 4/1/13(1)
    6,500,000       7,106,320  
Calleguas-Las Virgines Public Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (Municipal Water District), 5.00%, 7/1/20 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    1,000,000       1,130,530  
Capistrano Unified School District Special Tax Rev., (Community Facilities District No. 87-1), 5.00%, 9/1/18 (Ambac)(1)
    3,115,000       3,382,578  
Carson Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., (Redevelopment Project Area No. 1), 5.50%, 10/1/11 (NATL)(1)
    1,130,000       1,175,008  
Chabot-Las Positas Community College District COP, (1995 Financing Project), 5.50%, 12/1/10 (AGM)(1)(2)
    560,000       566,653  
Chaffey Community College District GO, Series 2002 A, 4.25%, 7/1/11 (AGM)(1)
    1,070,000       1,103,459  
Coast Community College District GO, Series 2006 B, (Election of 2002), 5.00%, 8/1/17 (AGM)(1)
    2,065,000       2,428,316  
Eastern Municipal Water District Water & Sewer COP, Series 2001 A, 5.25%, 7/1/13 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    2,300,000       2,384,709  
Eastern Municipal Water District Water & Sewer COP, Series 2008 H, 5.00%, 7/1/24(1)
    1,000,000       1,118,290  
El Segundo Unified School District GO, 5.375%, 9/1/12, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (FGIC)(1)(2)
    1,020,000       1,122,796  
El Segundo Unified School District GO, 5.375%, 9/1/12, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (FGIC)(1)(2)
    1,095,000       1,205,354  
Folsom Cordova Unified School District No. 2 Facilities Improvement GO, Series 2002 A, 5.375%, 10/1/15 (NATL)(1)
    1,000,000       1,060,940  
Folsom Cordova Unified School District No. 2 Facilities Improvement GO, Series 2002 A, 5.375%, 10/1/16 (NATL)(1)
    1,225,000       1,299,651  
Folsom Public Financing Auth. Lease Rev., (City Hall & Community Center), 5.25%, 10/1/14 (AGM)(1)
    1,225,000       1,305,985  
Folsom Public Financing Auth. Lease Rev., (City Hall & Community Center), 5.25%, 10/1/15 (AGM)(1)
    1,290,000       1,375,282  
 
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency Toll Road Rev., Series 1995 A, (Senior Lien), 5.26%, 1/1/26(1)(2)(4)
  $ 10,000,000     $ 6,054,000  
Franklin-McKinley School District GO, Series 2005 A, (Election of 2004), 5.00%, 8/1/15, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (FGIC)(1)(2)
    1,150,000       1,360,922  
Fremont Union High School District GO, Series 2000 B, 5.25%, 9/1/10, Prerefunded at 100% of Par(1)(2)
    2,550,000       2,550,000  
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Settlement Rev., Series 2003 A1, 6.75%, 6/1/13, Prerefunded at 100% of Par(1)(2)
    4,440,000       5,184,677  
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Settlement Rev., Series 2007 A1, 5.75%, 6/1/47(1)
    10,000,000       7,490,700  
Hercules Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2007 A, 5.00%, 8/1/12 (Ambac)(1)
    1,300,000       1,321,073  
Hercules Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2007 A, 5.00%, 8/1/13 (Ambac)(1)
    1,360,000       1,379,829  
Hillsborough School District GO, (Bond Anticipation Notes), 3.60%, 9/1/13(4)
    2,700,000       2,471,958  
Huntington Beach Union High School District GO, (Election of 2004), 4.98%, 8/1/30 (AGM-CR/NATL)(1)(4)
    10,320,000       3,388,985  
Imperial Irrigation District COP, (Water Systems), 5.50%, 7/1/16 (Ambac)(1)
    1,675,000       1,696,038  
Inglewood Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2007 A1, (Subordinate Lien), 5.00%, 5/1/23 (Ambac)(1)
    795,000       798,482  
Irvine Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Assessment Rev., (Limited Obligation Assessment District No. 93-14), VRDN, 0.24%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Bank of America N.A.)(1)
    200,000       200,000  
Irvine Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Assessment Rev., Series 2006 A, (Assessment District No. 05-21), VRDN, 0.24%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Bank of New York and California State Teacher’s Retirement)
    800,000       800,000  
Irvine Unified School District Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, (Group II), 4.50%, 9/1/13
    785,000       814,406  
Irvine Unified School District Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, (Group II), 4.75%, 9/1/16
    600,000       620,232  
Irvine Unified School District Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, (Group II), 5.00%, 9/1/20
    745,000       755,788  
Lancaster Financing Auth. Tax Allocation Rev., (Projects No. 5 & 6), 4.00%, 2/1/11(1)
    120,000       121,030  
Lancaster Financing Auth. Tax Allocation Rev., (Projects No. 5 & 6), 4.30%, 2/1/13(1)
    125,000       130,758  
Long Beach Bond Finance Auth. Lease Rev., (Plaza Parking Facility), 5.25%, 11/1/16(1)
    2,030,000       2,100,827  
Los Altos School District GO, 5.00%, 8/1/19 (Ambac)(1)
    2,500,000       2,854,125  
Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency Parking System Rev., (Cinerama Dome Public Package), 5.30%, 7/1/13 (ACA) (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.)(1)
    1,030,000       966,902  
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Auth. Sales Tax Rev., Series 2001 B, (Proposal A), 5.25%, 7/1/13 (AGM)(1)
    3,000,000       3,148,590  
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Auth. Sales Tax Rev., Series 2001 B, (Proposal A), 5.25%, 7/1/16 (AGM)(1)
    6,680,000       6,992,424  
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Auth. Sales Tax Rev., Series 2008 B, (Proposal A), 5.00%, 7/1/31(1)
    1,000,000       1,093,700  
 
 
 
16

 
California Tax-Free Bond
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Auth. Sales Tax Rev., Series 2010 A, (General Union), 5.00%, 7/1/18(1)
  $ 2,100,000     $ 2,500,932  
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Auth. Sales Tax Rev., Series 2010 A, (General Union), 5.00%, 7/1/20(1)
    3,000,000       3,573,720  
Los Angeles Department of Airports Rev., Series 2008 C, (Los Angeles International Airport), 5.00%, 5/15/18(1)
    750,000       889,080  
Los Angeles Department of Airports Rev., Series 2010 A, (Los Angeles International Airport), 5.00%, 5/15/40(1)
    5,000,000       5,238,600  
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Rev., Series 2008 A1, (Power System), 5.25%, 7/1/38(1)
    5,000,000       5,456,850  
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Rev., Series 2008 A2, (Power System), 5.25%, 7/1/32(1)
    3,735,000       4,121,386  
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Waterworks Rev., Series 2009 B, 5.00%, 7/1/20(1)
    10,000,000       11,992,100  
Los Angeles Unified School District GO, 5.50%, 7/1/12 (NATL)(1)
    3,500,000       3,809,155  
Los Angeles Unified School District GO, Series 2002 E, (Election of 1997), 5.00%, 7/1/11 (NATL)(1)
    5,000,000       5,189,650  
Los Angeles Unified School District GO, Series 2003 F, (Election of 1997), 5.00%, 7/1/16 (AGM)(1)
    2,500,000       2,772,700  
Los Angeles Unified School District GO, Series 2009 I, (Election of 2004), 5.00%, 7/1/29(1)
    4,000,000       4,315,080  
Los Angeles Wastewater System Rev., Series 2009 A, 5.75%, 6/1/34(1)
    2,975,000       3,413,961  
Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District GO, Series 2002 C, (Election of 1998), 5.375%, 6/1/12, Prerefunded at 101% of Par (AGM)(1)(2)
    1,390,000       1,528,208  
Lynwood Public Financing Auth. Lease Rev., Series 2003 A, (Public Capital Improvement), 4.125%, 9/1/12 (Ambac)(1)
    575,000       612,881  
Manhattan Beach Unified School District GO, Series 2009 A, (Election of 2008), 6.29%, 9/1/28(1)(4)
    5,620,000       2,153,753  
Mojave Unified School District No. 1 Facilities Improvement GO, 5.25%, 8/1/20 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    1,520,000       1,635,292  
Mountain View COP, (Capital Projects), 5.25%, 8/1/18(1)
    1,485,000       1,614,047  
M-S-R Public Power Agency Rev., Series 2007 K, (San Juan), 5.00%, 7/1/12 (NATL)(1)
    4,065,000       4,376,216  
M-S-R Public Power Agency Rev., Series 2007 K, (San Juan), 5.00%, 7/1/13 (NATL)(1)
    2,305,000       2,556,775  
M-S-R Public Power Agency Rev., Series 2007 K, (San Juan), 5.00%, 7/1/14 (NATL)(1)
    1,000,000       1,136,900  
Murrieta Valley Unified School District Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, 4.00%, 9/1/11 (AGC)(1)
    1,255,000       1,297,519  
Murrieta Valley Unified School District Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, 4.00%, 9/1/12 (AGC)(1)
    1,745,000       1,859,175  
Murrieta Valley Unified School District Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, 4.00%, 9/1/13 (AGC)(1)
    1,690,000       1,847,356  
Murrieta Valley Unified School District Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, 4.00%, 9/1/14 (AGC)(1)
    1,085,000       1,203,883  
Northern California Power Agency Rev., Series 2010 A, 4.00%, 7/1/14(1)
    1,500,000       1,631,565  
Northern California Power Agency Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.00%, 8/1/19(1)
    2,000,000       2,320,020  
Northern California Power Agency Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.00%, 8/1/20(1)
    1,515,000       1,740,750  
 
 
17

 
California Tax-Free Bond
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
Northern California Power Agency Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.00%, 8/1/21(1)
  $ 2,050,000     $ 2,326,319  
Northern California Power Agency Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.25%, 8/1/22(1)
    4,250,000       4,851,290  
Oceanside COP, Series 2003 A, 5.00%, 4/1/11 (Ambac)(1)
    1,225,000       1,247,920  
Oceanside COP, Series 2003 A, 5.00%, 4/1/12 (Ambac)(1)
    1,310,000       1,374,138  
Oceanside Unified School District GO, Series 2010 B, (Election of 2008), 5.95%, 8/1/37 (AGM)(1)(4)
    9,500,000       2,001,745  
Orange County Community Facilities District Special Tax Rev., (No. 06-1-Delaware Rio Public Improvements), 6.00%, 10/1/40
    675,000       686,191  
Orange County Community Facilities District Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 A, (No. 04-1-Ladera Ranch), 3.80%, 8/15/11
    760,000       770,648  
Orange County Community Facilities District Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 A, (No. 04-1-Ladera Ranch), 3.90%, 8/15/12
    825,000       845,312  
Orange County Community Facilities District Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 A, (No. 04-1-Ladera Ranch), 4.10%, 8/15/13
    700,000       722,253  
Orange County Community Facilities District Special Tax Rev., Series 2005 A, (No. 04-1-Ladera Ranch), 4.25%, 8/15/14
    1,135,000       1,169,595  
Orange County Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Assessment Rev., (Newport Coast Phase IV Assessment District No. 01-1), 4.30%, 9/2/14
    270,000       279,542  
Orange County Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Assessment Rev., (Newport Coast Phase IV Assessment District No. 01-1), 4.45%, 9/2/15
    320,000       330,899  
Orange County Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Assessment Rev., (Newport Coast Phase IV Assessment District No. 01-1), 4.55%, 9/2/16
    245,000       252,411  
Orange County Public Financing Auth. Lease Rev., (Juvenile Justice Center Facility), 5.375%, 6/1/17 (Ambac)(1)
    3,030,000       3,251,523  
Orange County Sanitation District COP, Series 2007 B, 5.00%, 2/1/26 (AGM)(1)
    2,750,000       3,037,540  
Palomar Pomerado Health Care District COP, 6.75%, 11/1/39
    1,000,000       1,116,430  
Palomar Pomerado Health GO, Series 2009 A, (Election of 2004), 0.00%, 8/1/19 (AGC)(1)(5)
    1,660,000       1,113,047  
Pittsburg Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2004 A, (Los Medanos Community), VRDN, 0.24%, 9/1/10 (LOC: State Street Bank & Trust Co. and California State Teacher’s Retirement)(1)
    2,300,000       2,300,000  
Poway Unified School District Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., 5.00%, 9/15/19 (Ambac)(1)
    1,170,000       1,246,974  
Poway Unified School District Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., 5.00%, 9/15/20 (Ambac)(1)
    1,215,000       1,280,343  
Rancho Mirage Joint Powers Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (Eisenhower Medical Center), 5.00%, 7/1/15(1)
    1,505,000       1,632,383  
Rancho Mirage Joint Powers Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2007 A, (Eisenhower Medical Center), 5.00%, 7/1/21(1)
    1,000,000       1,032,040  
Riverside County COP, Series 2007 A, (Public Safety Communication), 5.00%, 11/1/14 (Ambac)(1)
    1,000,000       1,129,850  
Riverside County COP, Series 2007 A, (Public Safety Communication), 5.00%, 11/1/15 (Ambac)(1)
    1,875,000       2,121,787  
 
 
18

 
California Tax-Free Bond
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
Riverside County Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2010 E, (Interstate 215 Corridor), 6.50%, 10/1/40(1)
  $ 1,200,000     $ 1,237,044  
Sacramento City Financing Auth. Lease Rev., Series 1993 A, 5.40%, 11/1/20 (Ambac)(1)
    3,000,000       3,326,670  
Sacramento City Financing Auth. Rev., 5.00%, 12/1/16 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    2,500,000       2,792,325  
Sacramento City Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2002 A, (City Hall), 5.25%, 12/1/12, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (AGM)(1)(2)
    4,045,000       4,485,986  
Sacramento City Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2002 A, (City Hall), 5.25%, 12/1/15 (AGM)(1)
    1,245,000       1,354,398  
Sacramento County Airport System Rev., 5.00%, 7/1/20(1)
    1,000,000       1,143,530  
Sacramento County Airport System Rev., 5.00%, 7/1/23(1)
    1,000,000       1,108,910  
Sacramento County Airport System Rev., 5.00%, 7/1/24(1)
    1,000,000       1,102,830  
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Electric Rev., Series 1997 K, 5.70%, 7/1/17 (Ambac)(1)
    3,105,000       3,757,795  
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Electric Rev., Series 2001 O, 5.25%, 8/15/11 (NATL)(1)
    5,005,000       5,222,317  
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Electric Rev., Series 2003 S, 5.00%, 11/15/11 (NATL)(1)
    3,000,000       3,154,530  
Sacramento Sanitation District Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2008 D, (Subordinated Lien Sanitation District), VRDN, 0.23%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Bank of America N.A.)(1)
    1,400,000       1,400,000  
San Bernardino Community College District GO, Series 2008 A, (Election of 2002), 5.25%, 8/1/18(1)
    350,000       424,645  
San Bernardino Community College District GO, Series 2008 A, (Election of 2002), 5.50%, 8/1/19(1)
    300,000       369,699  
San Bernardino Community College District GO, Series 2008 A, (Election of 2002), 6.25%, 8/1/33(1)
    1,500,000       1,751,955  
San Bernardino Community College District GO, Series 2009 B, (Election of 2008), 0.00%, 8/1/19(1)(5)
    9,840,000       6,240,134  
San Bernardino County Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2005 A, (San Sevaine Redevelopment), 5.00%, 9/1/15 (Radian)(1)
    1,005,000       1,076,938  
San Buenaventura City COP, Series 2002 B, 5.50%, 1/1/12, Prerefunded at 101% of Par (Ambac)(1)(2)
    1,695,000       1,828,719  
San Buenaventura City COP, Series 2002 B, 5.50%, 1/1/12, Prerefunded at 101% of Par (Ambac)(1)(2)
    1,790,000       1,931,213  
San Diego Public Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, 5.00%, 8/1/21(1)
    1,000,000       1,159,690  
San Diego Public Facilities Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2009 B, 5.00%, 5/15/22(1)
    3,680,000       4,303,981  
San Diego Public Facilities Financing Auth. Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2007 B, (Southcrest and Central Imperial Redevelopment), 5.125%, 10/1/22 (Radian)(1)
    1,280,000       1,335,898  
San Diego Public Facilities Financing Sewer Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.25%, 5/15/24(1)
    3,400,000       4,021,010  
San Diego Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., (Horton Plaza), 5.70%, 11/1/17(1)
    2,030,000       2,056,694  
San Diego Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., (Horton Plaza), 5.80%, 11/1/21(1)
    2,635,000       2,666,725  
San Diego Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., (North Park), 5.90%, 9/1/25(1)
    710,000       710,696  
 
 
19

 
California Tax-Free Bond
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
San Francisco City and County Airports Commission Rev., Series 2008-34D, (San Francisco International Airport), 5.00%, 5/1/17 (AGC)(1)
  $ 3,375,000     $ 3,993,975  
San Francisco City and County Airports Commission Rev., Series 2008-34D, (San Francisco International Airport), 5.00%, 5/1/18 (AGC)(1)
    2,000,000       2,386,820  
San Francisco City and County Airports Commission Rev., Series 2009 D, VRDN, 2.25%, 12/4/12(1)
    2,500,000       2,548,400  
San Francisco City and County Airports Commission Rev., Series 2009 E, 5.25%, 5/1/23(1)
    2,000,000       2,292,920  
San Francisco City and County Airports Commission Rev., Series 2010 C, (Governmental Purpose), 5.00%, 5/1/19(1)
    1,500,000       1,779,855  
San Francisco City and County COP, Series 2009 A, (Multiple Capital Improvement Projects), 5.00%, 4/1/29(1)
    1,170,000       1,228,219  
San Francisco City and County Public Utilities Water Commission Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.00%, 11/1/27(1)
    1,295,000       1,493,847  
San Francisco City and County Public Utilities Water Commission Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.00%, 11/1/28(1)
    2,780,000       3,179,458  
San Mateo County Transportation District Sales Tax Rev., Series 1993 A, 5.25%, 6/1/18 (NATL)(1)
    2,680,000       3,216,911  
San Pablo Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., (Tenth Township), VRDN, 0.24%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Union Bank of California N.A.)(1)
    4,600,000       4,600,000  
San Ramon Valley Unified School District GO, (Election of 2002), 5.00%, 8/1/21 (NATL)(1)
    1,000,000       1,117,890  
Santa Ana Community Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2003 B, (South Main Street Redevelopment), 5.00%, 9/1/13 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    1,885,000       2,008,467  
Santa Barbara County COP, 5.375%, 10/1/17 (Ambac)(1)
    3,350,000       3,516,093  
Santa Fe Springs Community Development Commission Tax Allocation Rev., 5.375%, 9/1/16 (NATL)(1)
    430,000       435,121  
Santa Fe Springs Community Development Commission Tax Allocation Rev., Series 2002 A, 5.375%, 9/1/10, Prerefunded at 101% of Par (NATL)(1)(2)
    690,000       696,900  
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District GO, 5.25%, 8/1/13(1)
    1,250,000       1,409,837  
Santa Paula Utilities Auth. Water Rev., 5.25%, 2/1/40(1)
    3,675,000       3,907,738  
Santa Rosa Wastewater Rev., Series 2004 A, VRDN, 0.45%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg)(1)
    600,000       600,000  
Scotts Valley COP, 4.00%, 10/1/15 (AGM)(1)
    1,075,000       1,114,872  
Scotts Valley COP, 4.25%, 10/1/18 (AGM)(1)
    1,370,000       1,413,552  
Scotts Valley Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., 5.00%, 8/1/29 (Ambac)(1)
    1,980,000       1,980,416  
Shasta Lake Public Finance Auth. Rev., 4.50%, 4/1/15(1)
    1,530,000       1,594,229  
Shasta Lake Public Finance Auth. Rev., 5.00%, 4/1/19(1)
    2,400,000       2,458,104  
Shasta Lake Public Finance Auth. Rev., 5.00%, 4/1/22(1)
    2,130,000       2,143,781  
Solano County COP, 5.00%, 11/1/13 (NATL)(1)
    1,135,000       1,263,244  
South Orange County Public Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2003 A, (Senior Lien), 5.00%, 9/1/12 (NATL)(1)
    2,000,000       2,164,340  
South Tahoe Joint Powers Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2005 A, (Redevelopment Project Area No. 1), 5.00%, 10/1/13 (Ambac)(1)
    1,080,000       1,169,824  
 
 
20

 
California Tax-Free Bond
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
South Tahoe Joint Powers Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2005 A, (Redevelopment Project Area No. 1), 5.00%, 10/1/15 (Ambac)(1)
  $ 1,195,000     $ 1,324,526  
South Tahoe Joint Powers Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2005 A, (Redevelopment Project Area No. 1), 5.00%, 10/1/17 (Ambac)(1)
    1,310,000       1,412,324  
South Tahoe Joint Powers Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2005 A, (Redevelopment Project Area No. 1), 5.00%, 10/1/19 (Ambac)(1)
    1,445,000       1,533,896  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., Series 2002 A, (Southern Transmission), 5.25%, 7/1/17 (AGM)(1)
    5,000,000       5,376,000  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., Series 2002 A, (Southern Transmission), 5.25%, 7/1/18 (AGM)(1)
    3,325,000       3,585,447  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., Series 2008 A, (Southern Transmission), 5.00%, 7/1/22(1)
    2,875,000       3,313,725  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., Series 2008 B, (Southern Transmission), 6.00%, 7/1/27(1)
    2,000,000       2,358,620  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., Series 2010-1, (Windy Point/Windy Flats), 5.00%, 7/1/22(6)
    5,725,000       6,760,424  
Southwestern Community College District GO, 5.625%, 8/1/11, Prerefunded at 101% of Par (Ambac)(1)(2)
    1,975,000       2,093,698  
Tahoe Forest Hospital District Rev., (Healthcare Facility), VRDN, 0.24%, 9/1/10 (LOC: U.S. Bank N.A.)
    2,090,000       2,090,000  
Tuolumne Wind Project Auth. Rev., Series 2009 A, 5.625%, 1/1/29(1)
    1,000,000       1,119,780  
Turlock Health Facility COP, (Emanuel Medical Center, Inc.), 4.50%, 10/15/10(1)
    820,000       822,140  
Turlock Health Facility COP, (Emanuel Medical Center, Inc.), 5.00%, 10/15/12(1)
    895,000       935,078  
Turlock Health Facility COP, (Emanuel Medical Center, Inc.), 5.00%, 10/15/14(1)
    985,000       1,051,359  
Turlock Health Facility COP, (Emanuel Medical Center, Inc.), 5.50%, 10/15/15(1)
    1,035,000       1,112,128  
Turlock Health Facility COP, (Emanuel Medical Center, Inc.), 5.50%, 10/15/16(1)
    1,090,000       1,153,634  
Turlock Health Facility COP, (Emanuel Medical Center, Inc.), 5.50%, 10/15/17(1)
    1,150,000       1,205,108  
Turlock Irrigation District Rev., Series 2003 A, 5.00%, 1/1/13 (NATL)(1)
    2,175,000       2,367,205  
Turlock Irrigation District Rev., Series 2010 A, 5.00%, 1/1/40(1)
    4,185,000       4,362,235  
Twin Rivers Unified School District COP, (Facility Bridge Program), VRDN, 3.50%, 9/1/10 (AGM)
    8,500,000       8,501,190  
University of California Regents Medical Center Pooled Rev., Series 2008 D, 5.00%, 5/15/27(1)
    1,000,000       1,064,540  
University of California Rev., Series 2009 Q, 5.25%, 5/15/23(1)
    2,000,000       2,342,020  
University of California Rev., Series 2010 S, 5.00%, 5/15/20(1)
    1,405,000       1,671,472  
Val Verde Unified School District COP, 5.00%, 1/1/14 (FGIC)(1)(2)
    1,000,000       1,141,600  
Val Verde Unified School District COP, 5.25%, 1/1/15, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (FGIC)(1)(2)
    1,000,000       1,175,820  
Val Verde Unified School District COP, 5.25%, 1/1/15, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (FGIC)(1)(2)
    1,145,000       1,346,314  
Val Verde Unified School District COP, 5.25%, 1/1/15, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (FGIC)(1)(2)
    1,415,000       1,663,785  
Val Verde Unified School District COP, 5.25%, 1/1/15, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (FGIC)(1)(2)
    2,505,000       2,945,429  
 
 
21

 
California Tax-Free Bond
 
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
Val Verde Unified School District COP, 5.25%, 1/1/15, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (FGIC)(1)(2)
  $ 2,640,000     $ 3,104,165  
Val Verde Unified School District COP, 5.25%, 1/1/15, Prerefunded at 100% of Par (FGIC)(1)(2)
    2,980,000       3,503,944  
Vallejo Water Rev., Series 2005 A, VRDN, 0.34%, 9/2/10 (LOC: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A)(1)
    560,000       560,000  
Ventura County Community College District GO, Series 2008 C, (Election of 2002), 5.50%, 8/1/33(1)
    3,000,000       3,312,300  
Vernon Electric System Rev., Series 2009 A, 5.125%, 8/1/21(1)
    5,000,000       5,409,250  
West Sacramento Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, 5.00%, 9/1/18 (XLCA)(1)
    1,500,000       1,583,430  
West Sacramento Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, 5.00%, 9/1/19 (XLCA)(1)
    1,500,000       1,572,195  
West Sacramento Financing Auth. Special Tax Rev., Series 2006 A, 5.00%, 9/1/20 (XLCA)(1)
    1,300,000       1,347,853  
              794,927,656  
GUAM — 0.1%
 
Territory of Guam GO, Series 2009 A, 6.00%, 11/15/19(1)
    1,000,000       1,051,500  
PUERTO RICO — 3.2%
 
Puerto Rico Electric Power Auth. Rev., Series 2002 II, 5.375%, 7/1/12, Prerefunded at 101% of Par (NATL)(1)(2)
    3,700,000       4,080,212  
Puerto Rico Electric Power Auth. Rev., Series 2002 KK, 5.25%, 7/1/13 (AGM)
    1,255,000       1,392,473  
Puerto Rico Electric Power Auth. Rev., Series 2002 KK, 5.50%, 7/1/14 (AGM)(1)
    3,140,000       3,597,906  
Puerto Rico Electric Power Auth. Rev., Series 2010 ZZ, 5.25%, 7/1/22(1)
    4,950,000       5,607,954  
Puerto Rico GO, Series 2001 A, (Public Improvement), 5.50%, 7/1/17 (XLCA)(1)
    5,000,000       5,610,900  
Puerto Rico GO, Series 2004 A, VRDN, 5.00%, 7/1/12(1)
    1,750,000       1,821,627  
Puerto Rico Government Development Bank Rev., 4.75%, 12/1/15 (NATL)(1)
    1,500,000       1,566,120  
Puerto Rico Government Development Bank Rev., Series 2006 B, (Senior Notes), 5.00%, 12/1/15(1)
    2,500,000       2,723,850  
              26,401,042  
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — 0.3%
 
Virgin Islands Public Finance Auth. Rev., (Virgin Islands Gross Receipts Taxes Loan Note), 5.00%, 10/1/18 (NATL/FGIC)(1)
    50,000       55,048  
Virgin Islands Public Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2004 A, (Virgin Islands Matching Fund Loan Note and Senior Lien), 5.00%, 10/1/14(1)
    500,000       553,080  
Virgin Islands Public Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2004 A, (Virgin Islands Matching Fund Loan Note and Senior Lien), 5.25%, 10/1/15(1)
    170,000       186,878  
Virgin Islands Public Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2004 A, (Virgin Islands Matching Fund Loan Note and Senior Lien), 5.25%, 10/1/16(1)
    500,000       546,640  
Virgin Islands Public Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2004 A, (Virgin Islands Matching Fund Loan Note and Senior Lien), 5.25%, 10/1/20(1)
    1,000,000       1,061,990  
              2,403,636  
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 100.5% (Cost $771,268,974)
      824,783,834  
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (0.5)%
      (4,363,923 )
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%
    $ 820,419,911  
 
 
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 

Futures Contracts
Contracts Purchased
Expiration Date
Underlying Face
Amount at Value
Unrealized Gain (Loss)
230
U.S. Long Bond
December 2010
$31,057,188
$498,003
 
       
Contracts Sold
Expiration Date
Underlying Face
Amount at Value
Unrealized Gain (Loss)
763
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes
December 2010
$167,204,297
$(54,704)

 
Notes to Schedule of Investments

ABAG = Association of Bay Area Governments
ACA = American Capital Access
AGC = Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM = Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
AGM-CR = Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation — Custodian Receipts
Ambac = Ambac Assurance Corporation
COP = Certificates of Participation
FGIC = Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
FGIC-TCRS = Financial Guaranty Insurance Company — Transferable Custodial Receipts
GO = General Obligation
LOC = Letter of Credit
M-S-R = Modesto, Stockton, Redding
NATL = National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
NCROC = Northern California Retired Offices Community
Radian = Radian Asset Assurance, Inc.
VRDN = Variable Rate Demand Note. Interest reset date is indicated. Rate shown is effective at the period end.
XLCA = XL Capital Ltd.
XLCA-ICR = XL Capital Ltd. — Insured Custodial Receipts
 
(1)
Security, or a portion thereof, has been segregated for when-issued securities and/or futures contracts. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities pledged was $205,022,000.
 
(2)
Escrowed to maturity in U.S. government securities or state and local government securities.
 
(3)
Security was purchased under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 or is a private placement and, unless registered under the Act or exempted from registration, may only be sold to qualified institutional investors. The aggregate value of these securities at the period end was $1,503,872, which represented 0.2% of total net assets.
 
(4)
Security is a zero-coupon municipal bond. The rate indicated is the yield to maturity at purchase. Zero-coupon securities are issued at a substantial discount from their value at maturity.
 
(5)
Convertible capital appreciation bond. These securities are issued with a zero-coupon and become interest bearing at a predetermined rate and date and are issued at a substantial discount from their value at maturity. Interest reset or final maturity date is indicated, as applicable. Rate shown is effective at the period end. 
 
(6)
When-issued security.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 

AUGUST 31, 2010
 
Assets
 
Investment securities, at value (cost of $771,268,974)
    $824,783,834  
Cash
    922,742  
Receivable for investments sold
    235,000  
Receivable for capital shares sold
    1,680,097  
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts
    215,625  
Interest receivable
    9,412,789  
      837,250,087  
         
Liabilities
       
Payable for investments purchased
    15,228,879  
Payable for capital shares redeemed
    709,389  
Payable for variation margin on futures contracts
    11,922  
Accrued management fees
    320,282  
Service fees (and distribution fees — A Class) payable
    784  
Distribution fees payable
    1,041  
Dividends payable
    557,879  
      16,830,176  
         
Net Assets
    $820,419,911  
         
Net Assets Consist of:
       
Capital paid in
    $776,576,114  
Accumulated net investment loss
    (137,572 )
Accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions
    (9,976,790 )
Net unrealized appreciation on investments
    53,958,159  
      $820,419,911  
 
                   
   
Net assets
 
Shares outstanding
 
Net asset value per share
Investor Class
    $814,104,975       70,401,098       $11.56  
Institutional Class
    $1,683,055       145,481       $11.57  
A Class
    $2,556,276       220,992       $11.57 *
C Class
    $2,075,605       179,403       $11.57  

*Maximum offering price $12.12 (net asset value divided by 0.955)
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Statement of Operations
 

YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2010
 
Investment Income (Loss)
 
Income:
     
Interest
    $29,250,666  
         
Expenses:
       
Management fees
    3,329,871  
Distribution fees — C Class
    2,463  
Service fees — C Class
    821  
Distribution and service fees — A Class
    831  
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    28,387  
Other expenses
    13,563  
      3,375,936  
         
Net investment income (loss)
    25,874,730  
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
       
Net realized gain (loss) on:
       
Investment transactions
    (384,381 )
Futures contract transactions
    497,438  
      113,057  
         
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
       
Investments
    37,298,634  
Futures contracts
    664,618  
      37,963,252  
         
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    38,076,309  
         
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    $63,951,039  


 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 

YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2010 AND AUGUST 31, 2009
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
2010
   
2009
 
Operations
 
Net investment income (loss)
  $25,874,730       $23,414,278  
Net realized gain (loss)
  113,057       (5,087,337 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
  37,963,252       4,727,013  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
  63,951,039       23,053,954  
               
Distributions to Shareholders
             
From net investment income:
             
   Investor Class
  (25,985,572 )     (23,282,784 )
   Institutional Class
  (2,192 )      
   A Class
  (11,258 )      
   C Class
  (8,777 )      
Decrease in net assets from distributions
  (26,007,799 )     (23,282,784 )
               
Capital Share Transactions
             
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions
  185,737,633       (14,007,663 )
               
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
  223,680,873       (14,236,493 )
               
Net Assets
             
Beginning of period
  596,739,038       610,975,531  
End of period
  $820,419,911       $596,739,038  
               
Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)
  $(137,572 )     $133,069  


 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements
 

AUGUST 31, 2010

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization — American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds (the trust) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. California Tax-Free Bond Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the trust. Effective November 1, 2010, the fund was renamed California Intermediate-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund. The fund is diversified under the 1940 Act. The fund’s investment objectives are to seek safety of principal and high current income that is exempt from federal and California income taxes. The fund pursues its objectives by investing primarily in municipal obligations of all maturity ranges. The following is a summary of the fund’s significant accounting policies.

Multiple Class — The fund is authorized to issue the Investor Class, the Institutional Class, the A Class and the C Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge. The A Class and C Class may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. The share classes differ principally in their respective sales charges and distribution and shareholder servicing expenses and arrangements. All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets. Sale of the Institutional Class, A Class and C Class commenced on March 1, 2010.

Security Valuations — Debt securities maturing in greater than 60 days at the time of purchase are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices or at current market value as provided by a commercial pricing service, which may consider, among other factors, institutional trading activity, trading in similar groups of securities and any development related to that specific security. Debt securities maturing within 60 days at the time of purchase may be valued at cost, plus or minus any amortized discount or premium. If an event occurs after the value of a security was established but before the net asset value per share was determined that was likely to materially change the net asset value, that security would be valued as determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. If the fund determines that the market price of a portfolio security is not readily available, or that the valuation methods mentioned above do not reflect the security’s fair value, such security is valued as determined by the Board of Trustees or its designee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees, if such determination would materially impact a fund’s net asset value. Certain other circumstances may cause the fund to use alternative procedures to value a security such as: a security has been declared in default; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or there is a foreign market holiday and no trading will commence.

Security Transactions — For financial reporting purposes, security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.

Investment Income — Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums.

When-Issued — The fund may engage in securities transactions on a when-issued basis. Under these arrangements, the securities’ prices and yields are fixed on the date of the commitment, but payment and delivery are scheduled for a future date. During this period, securities are subject to market fluctuations. The fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet the purchase price.

Income Tax Status — It is the fund’s policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The fund is no longer subject to examination by tax authorities for years prior to 2007. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. Accordingly, no provision has been made for federal or state income taxes.
 
 
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Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually.

Indemnifications — Under the trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.

Use of Estimates — The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

2. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties

Management Fees — The trust has entered into a Management Agreement (the Agreement) with American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The Agreement provides that all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent trustees (including legal counsel fees), and extraordinary expenses, will be paid by ACIM. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on the daily net assets of the specific class of shares of the fund and paid monthly in arrears. The fee consists of (1) an Investment Category Fee based on the daily net assets of the fund and certain other accounts managed by the investment advisor that are in the same broad investment category as the fund and (2) a Complex Fee based on the assets of all the funds in the American Century Investments family of funds. The rates for the Investment Category Fee range from 0.1625% to 0.2800%. The rates for the Complex Fee range from 0.2500% to 0.3100% for the Investor Class, A Class and C Class. The Institutional Class is 0.2000% less at each point within the Complex Fee range. The effective annual management fee for each class for the year ended August 31, 2010, was 0.47% for the Investor Class, A Class and C Class and 0.27% for the Institutional Class.

Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Trustees has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for the A Class and C Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS) an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the C Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution fee of 0.75% and service fee of 0.25%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the year ended August 31, 2010, are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Related Parties — Certain officers and trustees of the trust are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC), the parent of the trust’s investment advisor, ACIM, the distributor of the trust, ACIS, and the trust’s transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC.

The fund has a Mutual Funds Services Agreement with J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co. (JPMIS). JPMorgan Chase Bank (JPMCB) is a custodian of the fund. JPMIS and JPMCB are wholly owned subsidiaries of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM). JPM is an equity investor (non-voting shares) in ACC.

 
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3. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the year ended August 31, 2010, were $225,184,272 and $70,466,797, respectively.

4. Capital Share Transactions

Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows (unlimited number of shares authorized):
           
 
Year ended August 31, 2010(1)
   
Year ended August 31, 2009
 
 
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
 
Investor Class
                     
Sold
  24,426,478       $273,523,669       12,355,744       $132,296,225  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
  1,811,862       20,305,019       1,742,660       18,658,483  
Redeemed
  (10,208,802 )     (114,288,779 )     (15,494,704 )     (164,962,371 )
    16,029,538       179,539,909       (1,396,300 )     (14,007,663 )
Institutional Class
                  N/A          
Sold
  145,329       1,671,555                  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
  191       2,192                  
Redeemed
  (39 )     (446 )                
    145,481       1,673,301                  
A Class
                  N/A          
Sold
  225,453       2,547,655                  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
  325       3,731                  
Redeemed
  (4,786 )     (54,229 )                
    220,992       2,497,157                  
C Class
                  N/A          
Sold
  178,849       2,020,953                  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
  630       7,184                  
Redeemed
  (76 )     (871 )                
    179,403       2,027,266                  
Net increase (decrease)
  16,575,414       $185,737,633       (1,396,300 )     $(14,007,663 )

(1)
March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010 for the Institutional Class, A Class and C Class.

 
5. Fair Value Measurements

The fund’s securities valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the positions held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels as follows:

Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical securities;

Level 2 valuation inputs consist of significant direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for similar securities, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); or

Level 3 valuation inputs consist of significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions).

The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.
 
 
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As of August 31, 2010, the valuation inputs used to determine the fair value of the fund’s municipal securities and unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts were classified as Level 2 and Level 1, respectively. The Schedule of Investments provides additional details on the fund’s portfolio holdings.

6. Derivative Instruments

Interest Rate Risk — The fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of bonds generally declines as interest rates rise.  A fund may enter into futures contracts based on a bond index or a specific underlying security. A fund may purchase futures contracts to gain exposure to increases in market value or sell futures contracts to protect against a decline in market value. Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet requirements. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received daily, in cash, by a fund. The variation margin is equal to the daily change in the contract value and is recorded as unrealized gains and losses. A fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the futures contract is closed or expires. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of futures contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, respectively. One of the risks of entering into futures contracts is the possibility that the change in value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in value of the underlying securities. The interest rate risk derivative instruments held at period end as disclosed on the Schedule of Investments are indicative of the fund’s typical volume during the period.

The value of interest rate risk derivative instruments as of August 31, 2010, is disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset of $215,625 in receivable for variation margin on futures contracts and as a liability of $11,922 in payable for variation margin on futures contracts. For the year ended August 31, 2010, the effect of interest rate risk derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations was $497,438 in net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions and $664,618 in change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts.

7. Interfund Lending

The fund, along with certain other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds, may participate in an interfund lending program, pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the fund to borrow from or lend to other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds that permit such transactions. Interfund lending transactions are subject to each fund’s investment policies and borrowing and lending limits. The interfund loan rate earned/paid on interfund lending transactions is determined daily based on the average of certain current market rates. Interfund lending transactions normally extend only overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. The program is subject to annual approval by the Board of Trustees. During the year ended August 31, 2010, the fund did not utilize the program.

8. Risk Factors

The fund concentrates its investments in a single state and therefore may have more exposure to credit risk related to the state of California than a fund with a broader geographical diversification.

 
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9. Federal Tax Information

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended August 31, 2010 and August 31, 2009 were as follows:
             
   
2010
 
2009
Distributions Paid From
           
Exempt income
    $26,006,967       $23,282,784  
Taxable ordinary income
    $832        
Long-term capital gains
           

The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.

As of August 31, 2010, the federal tax cost of investments and the components of distributable earnings on a tax-basis were as follows:
         
Federal tax cost of investments
    $771,268,974  
Gross tax appreciation of investments
    $54,500,829  
Gross tax depreciation of investments
    (985,969 )
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments
    $53,514,860  
Other book-to-tax adjustments
    $(686,137 )
Net tax appreciation (depreciation)
    $52,828,723  
Accumulated capital losses
    $(8,867,720 )
Capital loss deferral
    $(117,206 )

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) for certain futures contracts. Other book-to-tax adjustments are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on straddle positions.

The accumulated capital losses listed above represent net capital loss carryovers that may be used to offset future realized capital gains for federal income tax purposes. Future capital loss carryover utilization in any given year may be subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations. The capital loss carryovers expire as follows:
               
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
$(905,757)
$(405,593)
$(322,273)
$(551,134)
$(275,673)
$(2,836,470)
$(3,570,820)
 
The capital loss deferral listed above represents net capital losses incurred in the ten-month period ended August 31, 2010. The fund has elected to treat such losses as having been incurred in the following fiscal year for federal income tax purposes.

 
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10. Corporate Event

As part of a long-standing estate and business succession plan established by James E. Stowers, Jr., the founder of American Century Investments, ACC Chairman Richard W. Brown succeeded Mr. Stowers as trustee of a trust that holds a greater-than-25% voting interest in ACC, the parent corporation of the fund’s advisor. Under the 1940 Act, this is presumed to represent control of ACC even though it is less than a majority interest. The change of trustee was considered a change of control of ACC and therefore also a change of control of the fund’s advisor even though there has been no change to its management and none is anticipated. The change of control resulted in the assignment of the fund’s investment advisory agreement. As required by the 1940 Act, the assignment automatically terminated such agreement, making the approval of a new agreement necessary.

On February 18, 2010, the Board of Trustees approved an interim investment advisory agreement under which the fund was managed until a new agreement was approved. The new agreement for the fund was approved by the Board of Trustees on April 1, 2010, and by shareholders at a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 16, 2010. It went into effect on July 16, 2010. The new agreement, which is substantially identical to the terminated agreement (with the exception of different effective and termination dates), did not result in changes in the management of American Century Investments, the fund, its investment objectives, fees or services provided.

11. Other Tax Information (Unaudited)

The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund designates $25,841,692 as exempt interest dividends for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2010.
 
 
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Financial Highlights
California Tax-Free Bond
 
Investor Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $10.98       $10.96       $10.92       $11.15       $11.33  
Income From Investment Operations
                                     
   Net Investment Income (Loss)
  0.41 (1)     0.44       0.44       0.45       0.46  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
  0.59       0.01       0.04       (0.23 )     (0.18 )
   Total From Investment Operations
  1.00       0.45       0.48       0.22       0.28  
Distributions
                                     
   From Net Investment Income
  (0.42 )     (0.43 )     (0.44 )     (0.45 )     (0.46 )
   From Net Realized Gains
                          (2)
   Total Distributions
  (0.42 )     (0.43 )     (0.44 )     (0.45 )     (0.46 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $11.56       $10.98       $10.96       $10.92       $11.15  
                                       
Total Return(3)
  9.26 %     4.32 %     4.42 %     1.98 %     2.58 %
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses
to Average Net Assets
  0.48 %     0.49 %     0.49 %     0.49 %     0.49 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss)
to Average Net Assets
  3.70 %     4.07 %     3.96 %     4.06 %     4.13 %
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  11 %     36 %     41 %     41 %     34 %
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $814,105       $596,739       $610,976       $462,246       $432,052  

(1)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(2)
Per-share amount was less than $0.005.
 
(3)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 
Institutional Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31 (except as noted)
 
   
2010(1)
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    $11.18  
Income From Investment Operations
       
   Net Investment Income (Loss)(2)
    0.22  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
    0.39  
   Total From Investment Operations
    0.61  
Distributions
       
   From Net Investment Income
    (0.22 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
    $11.57  
         
Total Return(3)
    5.50 %
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.28 %(4)
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets
    3.76 %(4)
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    11 %(5)
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
    $1,683  

(1)
March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010.
 
(2)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(3)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(4)
Annualized.
 
(5)
Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended August 31, 2010.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 
A Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31 (except as noted)
 
   
2010(1)
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    $11.18  
Income From Investment Operations
       
   Net Investment Income (Loss)(2)
    0.19  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
    0.39  
   Total From Investment Operations
    0.58  
Distributions
       
   From Net Investment Income
    (0.19 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
    $11.57  
         
Total Return(3)
    5.27 %
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.73 %(4)
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets
    3.37 %(4)
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    11 %(5)
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
    $2,556  

(1)
March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010.
 
(2)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(3)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any, and does not reflect applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(4)
Annualized.
 
(5)
Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended August 31, 2010.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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California Tax-Free Bond
 
C Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31 (except as noted)
 
   
2010(1)
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    $11.18  
Income From Investment Operations
       
   Net Investment Income (Loss)(2)
    0.15  
   Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
    0.39  
   Total From Investment Operations
    0.54  
Distributions
       
   From Net Investment Income
    (0.15 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
    $11.57  
         
Total Return(3)
    4.87 %
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets
    1.48 %(4)
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets
    2.65 %(4)
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    11 %(5)
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
    $2,076  

(1)
March 1, 2010 (commencement of sale) through August 31, 2010.
 
(2)
Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 
(3)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any, and does not reflect applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(4)
Annualized.
 
(5)
Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended August 31, 2010.
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 

To the Trustees of the American Century California Tax-Free and
Municipal Funds and Shareholders of the California Tax-Free Bond Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the California Tax-Free Bond Fund (one of the four funds in the American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at August 31, 2010, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at August 31, 2010 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
October 21, 2010
 
 
 
 
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Proxy Voting Results
 

A special meeting of shareholders was held on June 16, 2010, to vote on the following proposals. Each proposal received the required number of votes and was adopted. A summary of voting results is listed below each proposal.

Proposal 1:
 
To elect one Trustee to the Board of Trustees of American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds (the proposal was voted on by all shareholders of funds issued by American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds):
         
 
Frederick L.A. Grauer
For:
1,348,614,209
 
   
Withhold:
 62,773,142
 
   
Abstain:
 0
 
   
Broker Non-Vote:
0
 
 
The other trustees whose term of office continued after the meeting include Jonathan S. Thomas, John Freidenrich, Ronald J. Gilson, Peter F. Pervere, Myron S. Scholes, and John B. Shoven.

Proposal 2:
 
To approve a management agreement between the fund and American Century Investment Management, Inc.:
         
 
Investor Class
For:
391,938,845
 
   
Against:
 6,747,533
 
   
Abstain:
 18,995,476
 
   
Broker Non-Vote:
59,403,529
 

 
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Management
 

The Board of Trustees
 
The individuals listed below serve as trustees of the fund. Each trustee will continue to serve in this capacity until death, retirement, resignation or removal from office. The mandatory retirement age for trustees who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act (independent trustees), is 73. However, the mandatory retirement age may be extended for a period not to exceed two years with the approval of the remaining independent trustees.

Mr. Thomas is the only trustee who is an “interested person” because he currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC), the parent company of American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM or the advisor).

The other trustees (more than three-fourths of the total number) are independent; that is, they have never been employees, directors or officers of, and have no financial interest in, ACC or any of its wholly owned, direct or indirect, subsidiaries, including ACIM, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS) and American Century Services, LLC (ACS). The trustees serve in this capacity for eight (in the case of Mr. Thomas, 15) registered investment companies in the American Century Investments family of funds.

The following presents additional information about the trustees. The mailing address for each trustee other than Mr. Thomas is 1665 Charleston Road, Mountain View, California 94043. The mailing address for Mr. Thomas is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.

Independent Trustees
 
John Freidenrich
Year of Birth: 1937
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2005
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Founder, Member and Manager, Regis Management Company, LLC (investment management firm) (April 2004 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: AB in Economics, Stanford University; LLB, Stanford Law School; formerly, Partner and Founder, Ware and Freidenrich Law Firm and Bay Partners; formerly, President, Board of Trustees, Stanford University

 
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Ronald J. Gilson
Year of Birth: 1946
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee and Chairman of the Board
Length of Time Served: Since 1995
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School (1979 to present); Marc and Eva Stern Professor of Law and Business, Columbia University School of Law (1992 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA, Washington University; JD, Yale Law School; formerly, Attorney, Steinhart, Goldberg, Feigenbaum & Ladar
 
Frederick L. A. Grauer
Year of Birth: 1946
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2008
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Senior Advisor, BlackRock, Inc. (investment management firm) (2010 to present); Senior Advisor, Barclays Global Investors (investment management firm) (2003 to 2009)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Economics, University of British Columbia; MA in Economics, University of Chicago; PhD in Business, Stanford University; formerly, Executive Chairman, Barclays Global Investors; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wells Fargo Nikko Investment Advisors; and Vice President, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Group; formerly, Director, New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Columbia University; formerly, Faculty Member, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University and Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Peter F. Pervere
Year of Birth: 1947
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2007
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Intraware, Inc. (2003 to 2009); Digital Impact, Inc. (2003 to 2005)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in History, Stanford University; CPA; formerly, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Commerce One, Inc. (software and services provider); formerly, Vice President and Corporate Controller, Sybase, Inc.; formerly with accounting firm of Arthur Young & Co.

 
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Myron S. Scholes
Year of Birth: 1941
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 1980
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman, Platinum Grove Asset Management, L.P. (asset manager) (1999 to 2009); Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance-Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business (1996 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Dimensional Fund Advisors (investment advisor); CME Group, Inc. (futures and options exchange)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Economics, McMaster University (Ontario); MBA and PhD, University of Chicago; formerly, Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institute; formerly, Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Finance, University of Chicago; recipient of the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

John B. Shoven
Year of Birth: 1947
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2002
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Professor of Economics, Stanford University (1973 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Cadence Design Systems; Exponent; Financial Engines; PalmSource, Inc. (2002 to 2005); Watson Wyatt Worldwide (2002 to 2006)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Physics, University of California; PhD in Economics, Yale University; Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (1999 to present); formerly, Chair of Economics and Dean of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
 
Interested Trustee
 
Jonathan S. Thomas
Year of Birth: 1963
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee and President
Length of Time Served: Since 2007
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC (March 2007 to present); Chief Administrative Officer, ACC (February 2006 to February 2007); Executive Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to February 2007); Global Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (investment management) (March 2000 to November 2005). Also serves as: Chief Executive Officer and Manager, ACS; Executive Vice President, ACIM; Director, ACC, ACIM and other ACC subsidiaries
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 103
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Economics, University of Massachusetts; MBA, Boston College; formerly held senior leadership roles with Fidelity Investments, Boston Financial Services and Bank of America; serves on the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute

 
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Officers
 
The following table presents certain information about the executive officers of the fund. Each officer serves as an officer for each of the 15 investment companies in the American Century family of funds, unless otherwise noted. No officer is compensated for his or her service as an officer of the fund. The listed officers are interested persons of the fund and are appointed or re-appointed on an annual basis. The mailing address for each of the officers listed below is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
         
Name
(Year of Birth)
 
Offices with
the Fund
 
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years
Jonathan S. Thomas
(1963)
 
Trustee and President
since 2007
 
President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC (March 2007 to present); Chief Administrative Officer, ACC (February 2006 to February 2007); Executive Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to February 2007); Global Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (March 2000 to November 2005). Also serves as: Chief Executive Officer and Manager,
ACS; Executive Vice President, ACIM; Director, ACC, ACIM and other
ACC subsidiaries
Barry Fink
(1955)
 
Executive
Vice President since 2007
 
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, ACC (September 2007 to present); President, ACS (October 2007 to present); Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (2000 to 2007); Global General Counsel, Morgan Stanley (2000 to 2006). Also serves as: Manager, ACS, and Director, ACC and certain ACC subsidiaries
Maryanne L. Roepke
(1956)
 
Chief Compliance Officer since 2006 and Senior Vice President
since 2000
 
Chief Compliance Officer, American Century funds, ACIM and ACS (August 2006 to present); Assistant Treasurer, ACC (January 1995 to August 2006); and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, various American Century funds (July 2000 to August 2006). Also serves as: Senior Vice President, ACS
Charles A. Etherington (1957)
 
General Counsel since 2007 and Senior Vice President
since 2006
 
Attorney, ACC (February 1994 to present); Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to present); General Counsel, ACC (March 2007 to present); Also serves as General Counsel, ACIM, ACS, ACIS and other ACC subsidiaries; and Senior Vice President, ACIM and ACS
Robert J. Leach (1966)
 
Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since 2006
 
Vice President, ACS (February 2000 to present); and Controller, various American Century funds (1997 to September 2006)
David H. Reinmiller (1963)
 
Vice President since 2001
 
Attorney, ACC (January 1994 to present); Associate General Counsel, ACC (January 2001 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, American Century funds and ACIM (January 2001 to February 2005). Also serves as: Vice President, ACIM and ACS
Ward D. Stauffer (1960)
 
Secretary
since 2005
 
Attorney, ACC (June 2003 to Present)
 
The Statement of Additional Information has additional information about the fund’s trustees and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021.
 
 
 
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Board Approval of Management Agreements
 
Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act, contracts for investment advisory services to a mutual fund are required to be reviewed, evaluated and approved each year by the fund’s board of directors/trustees, including a majority of a fund’s independent directors/trustees (the “Directors”). At American Century Investments, this process is referred to as the “15(c) Process.” The board oversees on a continuous basis and evaluates at its quarterly meetings, directly and through the committees of the board, the nature and quality of significant services provided by the advisor, the investment performance of the funds, shareholder services, audit and compliance functions and a variety of other matters relating to fund operations. Each year, it also holds a special meeting in connection with determining whether to renew the contracts for advisory services, to review fund performance, shareholder services, adviser profitability, audit and compliance matters, and other fund operational matters.

Under a Securities and Exchange Commission rule, the fund is required to disclose in its annual or semiannual report, as appropriate, the material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the board’s approval or renewal of any advisory agreements within the fund’s most recently completed fiscal half-year period.

Basis for Board Approval of Management Agreement
 
At a meeting held on April 1, 2010, after considering all information presented, the Board approved, and determined to recommend that shareholders approve, the fund’s Management Agreement with the Advisor. In connection with that approval, the Board requested and reviewed extensive data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent providers of evaluation data concerning the Fund and services provided to the Fund by the Advisor. The Board oversees on a continuous basis and evaluates at its quarterly meetings, directly and through the committees of the Board, the nature and quality of significant services provided by the Advisor, the investment performance of the Fund, shareholder services, audit and compliance functions and a variety of other matters relating to the Fund’s operations. The information considered and the discussions held at the meetings included, but were not limited to:

 
the nature, extent and quality of investment management, shareholder services and other services provided to the Fund;

 
the wide range of programs and services the Advisor provides to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;

 
the compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience of the Advisor;

 
data comparing the cost of owning the Fund to the cost of owning a similar fund;

 
data comparing the Fund’s performance to appropriate benchmarks and/or a peer group of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;

 
 
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financial data showing the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor and the overall profitability of the Advisor;

 
data comparing services provided and charges to other non-fund investment management clients of the Advisor; and
 
 
consideration of collateral or “fall-out” benefits derived by the Advisor from the management of the Fund and potential sharing of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund.

The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue the relationship with the Advisor. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.

The Board considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and the Board’s independent legal counsel, and evaluated such information for the Fund. The Board did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and the Board member may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors. In deciding to approve the Management Agreement under the terms ultimately determined by the Board to be appropriate, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including the following:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services – Generally. Under the Management Agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that under the Management Agreement, the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services including:

 
constructing and designing the Fund

 
portfolio research and security selection

 
initial capitalization/funding

 
securities trading

 
Fund administration

 
custody of Fund assets

 
daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio

 
shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping and communications
 
 
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legal services

 
regulatory and portfolio compliance

 
financial reporting

 
marketing and distribution

The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time both in terms of quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels and the changing regulatory environment.

Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is complex and provides Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments within an asset class, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and approved strategies. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Portfolio Committee, regularly review investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. If performance concerns are identified, the underperforming Fund receives special reviews until performance improves, during which time the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such underperformance and any efforts being undertaken to improve performance.

Shareholder and Other Services. Under the Management Agreement, the Advisor will also provide the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through the various committees of the Board, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction (as measured by external as well as internal sources), technology support, new products and services offered to fund shareholders, securities trading activities, portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. Certain aspects of shareholder and transfer agency service level efficiency and the quality of securities trading activities are measured by independent third party providers and are presented in comparison to other fund groups not managed by the Advisor.

Costs of Services Provided and Profitability. The Advisor provided detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund, its overall profitability, and its financial condition. The Board reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. The Board has also reviewed with the Advisor its methodology for compensating the investment professionals that provide services to the Fund. This financial information regarding the Advisor is considered in order to evaluate the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the Management Agreement, and the reasonableness of the management fees.
 
 
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Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. It noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.

Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The analysis of economies of scale is further complicated by the additional services and content provided by the Advisor and its reinvestment in its ability to provide and expand those services. Accordingly, the Board seeks to evaluate economies of scale by reviewing information, such as year-over-year profitability of the Advisor generally, the profitability of its management of the Fund specifically, and the expenses incurred by the Advisor in providing various functions to the Fund. The Board believes the Advisor is appropriately sharing economies of scale through its competitive fee structure, offering competitive fees from fund inception, fee breakpoints as the fund complex and the Fund increase in size, and through reinvestment in its business to provide shareholders additional services and enhancements to existing services. In particular, separate breakpoint schedules based on the size of the entire fund complex and on the size of the Fund reflect the complexity of assessing economies
of scale.

Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The Management Agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, and the fees and expenses of the Fund’s Independent Trustees (including their independent legal counsel) and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, the components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider and comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratio of other funds in the Fund’s peer group. The Board concluded that the management fee to be paid by the Fund to the Advisor under the Management Agreement is reasonable in light of the services to be provided to the Fund.
 
 
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Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature and extent of the services, fees, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.

Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing mutual funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. The Board noted that the Advisor receives proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions and concluded that this research is likely to benefit Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded, however, that the assets of those other clients are not material to the analysis and, in any event, are included with the assets of the Fund to determine breakpoints in the Fund’s fee schedule, provided they are managed using the same investment team and strategy.

Conclusion of the Board. As a result of this process, the Board, in the absence of particular circumstances and assisted by the advice of its independent legal counsel, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others, concluded that the Management Agreement be approved and recommended its approval to Fund shareholders.
 
 
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Additional Information
 

Proxy Voting Guidelines
 
American Century Investment Management, Inc., the fund’s investment advisor, is responsible for exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund. A description of the policies and procedures the advisor uses in fulfilling this responsibility is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the “About Us” page at americancentury.com. It is also available at sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The fund also makes its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the most recent quarter of its fiscal year available on its website at americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021.
 
 
 
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Index Definitions
 

The following indices are used to illustrate investment market, sector, or style performance or to serve as fund performance comparisons. They are not investment products available for purchase.

The Barclays Capital 5 Year General Obligation (GO) Bond Index is composed of investment-grade U.S. municipal securities, with maturities of four to six years, that are general obligations of a state or local government.

The Barclays Capital 7 Year Municipal Bond Index is a rules-based, market-value weighted index engineered for the long-term tax-exempt bond market. This index is the 7 year (6-8) component of the Municipal Bond Index.

The Barclays Capital California Tax-Exempt Bond Index is composed of those securities included in the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index that are investment-grade and are issued in California.

The Barclays Capital Long-Term Municipal Bond Index is composed of those securities included in the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index that have maturities greater than 22 years.

The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is a market value-weighted index designed for the long-term tax-exempt bond market.

The Barclays Capital Municipal High Yield Bond Index is composed of non-investment grade U.S. municipal securities with a remaining maturity of one year
or more.

The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index represents securities that are taxable, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and U.S. dollar-denominated. The index covers the U.S. investment-grade fixed-rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities.

The Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Bond Index is the U.S. Treasury component of the U.S. Government/Credit Index (a subset of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index), is composed of public obligations of the U.S. Treasury with a remaining maturity of one year or more, and excludes Treasury Bills.
 
 
 
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Annual Report
August 31, 2010
 
 
 
 
American Century Investments®
 
California Tax-Free Money Market Fund
 
 
 

 
 
 
Table of Contents
 

 
President’s Letter
2
 
Market Perspective
3
 
      U.S. Fixed-Income Total Returns
3
     
California Tax-Free Money Market Fund
 
 
Performance
4
 
      Yields
5
 
      Portfolio Composition by Maturity
5
 
      Types of Investments in Portfolio
5
     
 
Shareholder Fee Example
6
     
Financial Statements
 
 
Schedule of Investments
8
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
12
 
Statement of Operations
13
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
14
 
Notes to Financial Statements
15
 
Financial Highlights
19
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
20
     
Other Information
 
 
Proxy Voting Results
21
 
Management
22
 
Board Approval of Management Agreements
26
 
Additional Information
31
 
Index Definitions
32


Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.

 
 

 
 
President’s Letter
 
 
Jonathan Thomas
 
Dear Investor:

To learn more about the capital markets, your investment, and the portfolio management strategies American Century Investments provides, we encourage you to review this shareholder report for the financial reporting period ended August 31, 2010.

On the following pages, you will find investment performance and portfolio information, presented with the expert perspective and commentary of our portfolio management team. This report remains one of our most important vehicles for conveying the information you need about your investment performance, and about the market factors and strategies that affect fund returns. For additional information on the markets, we encourage you to visit the “Insights & News” tab at our Web site, americancentury.com, for updates and further expert commentary.

The top of our Web site’s home page also provides a link to “Our Story,” which, first and foremost, outlines our commitment—since 1958—to helping clients reach their financial goals. We believe strongly that we will only be successful when our clients are successful. That’s who we are.

Another important, unique facet of our story and who we are is “Profits with a Purpose,” which describes our bond with the Stowers Institute for Medical Research (SIMR). SIMR is a world-class biomedical organization—founded by our company founder James E. Stowers, Jr. and his wife Virginia—that is dedicated to researching the causes, treatment, and prevention of gene-based diseases, including cancer. Through American Century Investments’ private ownership structure, more than 40% of our profits support SIMR.

Mr. Stowers’ example of achieving financial success and using that platform to help humanity motivates our entire American Century Investments team. His story inspires us to help each of our clients achieve success. Thank you for sharing your financial journey with us.

Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
 
 
 
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Market Perspective
 
 
By David MacEwen, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income

Municipal Market Review
 
Municipal bonds produced solid returns during the 12 months ended August 31, 2010 (see the accompanying table). Economic growth was uneven, fueling investor uncertainty, which helped bonds. On the upside, the government’s extraordinary monetary and fiscal stimulus policies enacted in late 2008 meant a return to positive growth in the second half of 2009 and early 2010. However, financial market volatility in May and June related to the European sovereign debt crisis led many to worry about another potential economic slowdown. In addition, the housing market and consumer debt levels remained concerns, while the unemployment rate ended August at 9.6% and the Federal Reserve (the Fed) talked of the growing risk of deflation. In that environment, the Fed kept its short-term interest rate target (a key determinant of money market yields) near zero, while bond yields remained in the neighborhood of record lows.

Better economic and market conditions—particularly early in the fiscal year—caused a reversal of the trading that colored the credit crisis, when the lowest-rated bonds performed worst and higher-quality bonds did best. For the 12 months ended in August, this reversal meant that high-yield (below-investment-grade) and long-term municipal bonds did better than high-quality and shorter-term securities. Similarly, credit-sensitive municipal bonds outperformed Treasury securities for the 12 months after lagging during the credit crisis. Demand for municipal bonds was helped by attractive tax-equivalent yields and the outlook for higher marginal tax rates going forward.

California Credit Comment
 
Despite the flood of negative press about budget challenges for states and local governments, our municipal credit research team believes that municipal defaults will continue to be relatively rare, especially compared with corporate defaults. Indeed, during the fiscal year, two major credit rating agencies recalibrated California state’s general obligation (GO) credit rating higher to better recognize the superior credit quality and vastly lower default risk of municipal securities relative to corporate-backed bonds. It’s also important to note that California cannot file for bankruptcy, the state is constitutionally required to pay debt service on its GO bonds, and GO debt is second only to education in its claim on all general fund revenues.

U.S. Fixed-Income Total Returns
For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010
Barclays Capital Municipal Market Indices
 
Barclays Capital Taxable Market Indices
Municipal Bond
9.78%
 
U.S. Aggregate Bond
9.18%
5 Year General Obligation (GO) Bond
7.53%
 
U.S. Treasury Bond
8.13%
California Tax-Exempt Bond
10.84%
   
Long-Term Municipal Bond
13.28%
     
Municipal High Yield Bond
22.08%
     

 
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Performance
California Tax-Free Money Market
 
Total Returns as of August 31, 2010
     
Average Annual Returns
 
 
Ticker
Symbol
1 year
5 years
10 years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Investor Class
BCTXX
0.03%(1)
1.80%(1)
1.59%(1)
2.91%
11/9/83
Lipper California
Tax-Exempt Money Market Funds
Average Returns(2)
0.04%
1.67%
1.46%
3.01%(3)
Investor Class’s
Lipper Ranking(2)
   as of 8/31/10
47 of 71
16 of 58
10 of 44
2 of 2(3)
   as of 9/30/10
47 of 72
16 of 59
11 of 46
2 of 2(3)

(1) 
Fund returns would have been lower if American Century Investments had not voluntarily waived a portion of its management fees.
 
(2)
Data provided by Lipper Inc. — A Reuters Company. © 2010 Reuters. All rights reserved. Any copying, republication or redistribution of Lipper content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Lipper. Lipper shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
 
Lipper Fund Performance — Performance data is total return, and is preliminary and subject to revision.
 
Lipper Rankings — Rankings are based only on the universe shown and are based on average annual total returns. This listing might not represent the complete universe of funds tracked by Lipper.
 
The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Lipper and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell any of the securities herein is being made by Lipper.
 
(3)
Since 11/30/83, the date nearest the fund’s inception for which data are available.
 
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Investor Class          0.55%

The total annual fund operating expenses shown is as stated in the fund’s prospectus current as of the date of this report. The prospectus may vary from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period, includes acquired fund fees and expenses, and, if applicable, does not include fee waivers or expense reimbursements.

Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. Investment income may be subject to certain state and local taxes and, depending on your tax status, the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). Capital gains are not exempt from state and federal income tax.
 
An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.
 
The 7-day current yield more closely reflects the current earnings of the fund than the total return.
 
 
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California Tax-Free Money Market
 
Yields as of August 31, 2010
7-Day Current Yield
After waiver(1)
 
0.01%
Before waiver
 
-0.12%
7-Day Effective Yield(1)
   
0.01%
7-Day Tax-Equivalent Current Yields(1)(2)
32.16% Tax Bracket
 
0.01%
34.88% Tax Bracket
 
0.02%
39.40% Tax Bracket
 
0.02%
41.21% Tax Bracket
 
0.02%
(1)The yields presented reflect the waiver of a portion of the fund’s management fees. Without such waiver, the 7-day yields would have been lower.
(2)The tax brackets indicated are for combined state and federal income tax. Actual tax-equivalent yields may be lower, if alternative minimum tax is applicable.
     
Portfolio Composition by Maturity
   
% of fund investments
as of 8/31/10
1-30 days
 
88%
31-90 days
 
91-180 days
 
More than 180 days
 
12%
     
Types of Investments in Portfolio
   
% of total net assets
as of 8/31/10
Municipal Securities
 
97.9%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
2.1%
 
Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. Investment income may be subject to certain state and local taxes and, depending on your tax status, the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). Capital gains are not exempt from state and federal income tax.
 
An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.
 
The 7-day current yield more closely reflects the current earnings of the fund than the total return.
 
 
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Shareholder Fee Example (Unaudited)
 

Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from March 1, 2010 to August 31, 2010.

Actual Expenses
 
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments fund, or Institutional Class shares of the American Century Diversified  Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not a financial intermediary or retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $12.50 semiannual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $12.50 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments Brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments Brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. We will not charge the fee as long as you choose to manage your accounts exclusively online. If you are subject to the Account Maintenance Fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
 
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
 
 
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Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

         
 
Beginning
Account Value
3/1/10
Ending
Account Value
8/31/10
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
3/1/10 – 8/31/10
Annualized
Expense Ratio(1)
Actual
       
Investor Class
(after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,000.10
$1.71
0.34%
Investor Class
(before waiver)
$1,000
   $1,000.10(3)
$2.52
0.50%
Hypothetical
       
Investor Class
(after waiver)(2)
$1,000
$1,023.49
$1.73
0.34%
Investor Class
(before waiver)
$1,000
$1,022.68
$2.55
0.50%

(1)
Expenses are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period.
 
(2)
During the six months ended August 31, 2010, the class received a partial waiver of its management fees.
 
(3)
Ending account value assumes the return earned after waiver. The return would have been lower had fees not been waived and would have resulted in a lower ending account value.
 
 
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Schedule of Investments
California Tax-Free Money Market
 
AUGUST 31, 2010
 
             
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
Municipal Securities — 97.9%
 
CALIFORNIA — 97.9%
 
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Multifamily Housing Rev., Series 2002 A, (The Arbors Apartments), VRDN, 0.29%, 9/1/10 (FNMA) (LIQ FAC: FNMA)
  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,000,000  
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Rev., (Marin Country Day School), VRDN, 0.28%, 9/2/10  (LOC: U.S. Bank N.A.)
    1,565,000       1,565,000  
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Rev., (St. Pauls-Day-Episcopal School), VRDN, 0.36%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. and First Bank)
    2,000,000       2,000,000  
ABAG Finance Auth. for Nonprofit Corps. Rev., Series 2005 A, (San Francisco University), VRDN, 0.25%, 9/2/10  (LOC: Northern Trust Co.)
    2,870,000       2,870,000  
Anaheim Union High School District COP, (School Facility Bridge Funding), VRDN, 0.26%, 9/2/10 (AGM) (SBBPA: Wachovia Bank N.A.)
    4,660,000       4,660,000  
Apple Valley COP, (Public Facilities Financing), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Union Bank of California N.A. and California State Teacher’s Retirement)
    3,140,000       3,140,000  
Austin Trust Various States GO, Series 2008-3016X, VRDN, 0.29%, 9/1/10 (AGM) (LIQ FAC: Bank of America N.A.)(1)
    7,180,000       7,180,000  
Austin Trust Various States GO, Series 2008-3019X, VRDN, 0.29%, 9/1/10 (AGM) (LIQ FAC: Bank of America N.A.)(1)
    6,500,000       6,500,000  
Austin Trust Various States GO, Series 2008-3044X, VRDN, 0.29%, 9/1/10 (AGM) (LIQ FAC: Bank of America N.A.)(1)
    6,665,000       6,665,000  
Butte County Housing Auth. Multi-Family Rev., (Pine Tree Apartments), VRDN, 0.32%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.)
    72,000       72,000  
California Enterprise Development Auth. Rev., (Community Hospice, Inc.), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Bank of Stockton and FHLB)
    4,595,000       4,595,000  
California Enterprise Development Auth. Rev., (Frank-Lin Distillers-Recovery Zone Facilities), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.)
    3,000,000       3,000,000  
California Enterprise Development Auth. Rev., (Humane Society Silicon Valley), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (LOC: First Republic Bank and Bank of America N.A.)
    7,825,000       7,825,000  
California GO, Series 2006-1255, (PUTTERs), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (BHAC-CR/Ambac) (LIQ FAC: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)(1)
    2,750,000       2,750,000  
California GO, Series 2007-1932, (PUTTERs), VRDN, 0.40%, 9/2/10 (AGM) (LIQ FAC: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)(1)
    4,995,000       4,995,000  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., (Bay Area Toll Bridges), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Bank of the West)
    2,830,000       2,830,000  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., (Country Schools), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (LOC: First Republic Bank and Bank of New York)
    3,000,000       3,000,000  
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., Series 2008 A, (iWorks, Inc.), VRDN, 0.43%, 9/1/10 (LOC: City National Bank and FHLB)
    1,335,000       1,335,000  
 
 
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California Tax-Free Money Market
 
             
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Rev., Series 2009 B, (Pacific Gas and Electric), VRDN, 0.22%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.)
  $ 3,300,000     $ 3,300,000  
California Municipal Finance Auth. Rev., Series 2008 A, (Central Coast YMCA), VRDN, 0.26%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Pacific Capital Bank N.A. and FHLB)
    2,750,000       2,750,000  
California Pollution Control Financing Auth. Rev., Series 2010 A, (Alameda County Industries), VRDN, 0.33%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Bank of the West)
    2,460,000       2,460,000  
California Pollution Control Financing Auth. Solid Waste Disposal Rev., (BLT Enterprises), VRDN, 0.33%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Union Bank of California N.A.)
    3,000,000       3,000,000  
California School Cash Reserve Program Auth. Rev., Series 2010 B, 2.00%, 6/1/11
    14,500,000       14,618,164  
California State Department of Water Resources Power Supply Rev., Series 2005 G3, VRDN, 0.28%, 9/2/10 (AGM) (SBBPA: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)
    6,950,000       6,950,000  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Multifamily Housing Rev., Series 2008-2680, (PUTTERs), VRDN, 0.40%, 9/2/10 (LOC: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.) (LIQ FAC: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)(1)
    7,500,000       7,500,000  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (Goodwill of Santa Cruz), VRDN, 0.34%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.)
    1,300,000       1,300,000  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (Metropolitan Area Advisory), VRDN, 0.50%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Bank of America N.A.)
    2,665,000       2,665,000  
California Statewide Communities Development Auth. Rev., (Trinity Children & Family), VRDN, 0.45%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Citizens Business Bank and California State Teacher’s Retirement)
    6,800,000       6,800,000  
Diamond Bar Public Financing Auth. Lease Rev., Series 2002 A, (Community/Senior Center), VRDN, 0.32%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Union Bank of California N.A.)
    7,200,000       7,200,000  
East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Rev., Series 2010 A1, VRN, 0.30%, 9/2/10
    4,900,000       4,900,000  
East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Rev., Series 2010 A2, VRN, 0.30%, 9/2/10
    22,650,000       22,650,000  
El Monte COP, Series 2003 A, (Community Improvement), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Union Bank of California N.A. and California State Teacher’s Retirement)
    4,475,000       4,475,000  
Hanford Sewer System Rev., Series 1996 A, VRDN, 0.42%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Union Bank of California N.A.)
    1,100,000       1,100,000  
Irvine Improvement Bond Act of 1915 Special Assessment Rev., Series 2006 A, (Assessment District No. 05-21), VRDN, 0.24%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Bank of New York and California State Teacher’s Retirement)
    1,600,000       1,600,000  
JP Morgan Chase Trust Rev., Series 2009-3361, (PUTTERs/DRIVERs), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (NATL) (LIQ FAC: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)(1)
    2,570,000       2,570,000  
JP Morgan Chase Trust Rev., Series 2009-3416, (PUTTERs/DRIVERs), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (NATL/FGIC) (LIQ FAC: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)(1)
    2,200,000       2,200,000  
 
 
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California Tax-Free Money Market
 
             
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
Long Beach Health Facilities Rev., (Memorial Health Services), VRDN, 0.31%, 9/1/10
  $ 15,200,000     $ 15,200,000  
Los Angeles Tax & Rev. Anticipation Notes GO, 2.00%, 5/31/11
    11,500,000       11,602,162  
Los Angeles Unified School District Tax & Rev. Anticipation Notes GO, Series 2010 A, 2.00%, 6/30/11
    5,000,000       5,054,634  
Manhattan Beach COP, VRDN, 0.40%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Bank of America N.A.)
    3,425,000       3,425,000  
Metropolitan Water District Southern California Rev., Series 2009 A1, VRDN, 0.35%, 9/2/10
    15,000,000       15,000,000  
Metropolitan Water District Southern California Rev., Series 2009 A2, VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10
    14,000,000       14,000,000  
Moreno Valley COP, (City Hall Refinancing), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Union Bank of California N.A. and California State Teacher’s Retirement)
    4,875,000       4,875,000  
Novato Multifamily Housing Rev., (Nova-Ro III Senior Housing), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Bank of the West)
    2,750,000       2,750,000  
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Auth. Rev., Series 2000 C1, VRDN, 0.31%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Bank of New York and California State Teacher’s Retirement)
    1,400,000       1,400,000  
Orange County Housing Multifamily Apartments Development Auth. Rev., Series 1985 CC, (Lantern Pines), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/1/10 (FNMA) (LIQ FAC: FNMA)
    1,450,000       1,450,000  
Paramount Unified School District COP, (School Facility Bridge Funding Program), VRDN, 0.26%, 9/2/10 (AGM) (SBBPA: Wachovia Bank N.A.)
    3,100,000       3,100,000  
Reedley COP, (Mennonite Brethren Homes), VRDN, 0.28%, 9/2/10 (LOC: U.S. Bank N.A.)
    10,240,000       10,240,000  
Riverside County COP, Series 1985 B, (Aces-Riverside County Public Facility), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/1/10 (LOC: State Street Bank & Trust Co.)
    5,800,000       5,800,000  
San Bernardino County Multifamily Housing Auth. Rev., Series 1993 A, (Rialto Heritage), VRDN, 0.28%, 9/2/10 (LOC: California Federal Bank and FHLB)
    4,330,000       4,330,000  
San Bernardino County Tax & Rev. Anticipation Notes GO, Series 2010 A, 2.00%, 6/30/11
    4,000,000       4,053,066  
San Diego County Tax & School Districts Rev. Anticipation Notes, Series 2010 A, 2.00%, 6/30/11
    4,000,000       4,053,397  
San Pablo Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Rev., (Tenth Township), VRDN, 0.24%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Union Bank of California N.A.)
    950,000       950,000  
Santa Rosa Wastewater Rev., Series 2004 A, VRDN, 0.45%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg)
    33,000,000       33,000,000  
Southern California Public Power Auth. Rev., (Transmission), VRDN, 0.28%, 9/1/10 (Ambac) (LOC: Lloyds TSB Bank plc)
    3,000,000       3,000,000  
Sweetwater Union High School District GO, Series 2008-2684, (PUTTERs), VRDN, 0.40%, 9/2/10 (AGM) (LIQ FAC: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)(1)
    3,500,000       3,500,000  
Victorville Joint Powers Financing Auth. Lease Rev., Series 2007 A, (Cogeneration Facility), VRDN, 0.30%, 9/2/10 (LOC: BNP Paribas)
    10,000,000       10,000,000  
West Hills Community College District COP, VRDN, 0.34%, 9/1/10 (LOC: Union Bank of California N.A.)
    9,000,000       9,000,000  
 
 
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California Tax-Free Money Market
 
             
   
Principal
Amount
   
Value
 
Yolo County Multifamily Housing Rev., Series 1998 A, (Primero Grove), VRDN, 0.45%, 9/2/10 (LOC: Bank of the West and California State Teacher’s Retirement)
  $ 7,580,000     $ 7,580,000  
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 97.9%
      338,383,423  
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — 2.1%
      7,181,443  
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%
    $ 345,564,866  
 
 
Notes to Schedule of Investments

ABAG = Association of Bay Area Governments
AGM = Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
Ambac = Ambac Assurance Corporation
BHAC-CR = Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation —
Custodial Receipts
COP = Certificates of Participation
DRIVERs = Derivative Inverse Tax-Exempt Receipts
FGIC = Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
FHLB = Federal Home Loan Bank
FNMA = Federal National Mortgage Association
GO = General Obligation
LIQ FAC = Liquidity Facilities
LOC = Letter of Credit
NATL = National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
PUTTERs = Puttable Tax-Exempt Receipts
SBBPA = Standby Bond Purchase Agreement
VRDN = Variable Rate Demand Note. Interest reset date is indicated. Rate shown is effective at the period end.
VRN = Variable Rate Note. Interest reset date is indicated. Rate shown is effective at the period end.
 
(1)
Security was purchased under Rule 144A or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 or is a private placement and, unless registered under the Act or exempted from registration, may only be sold to qualified institutional investors. The aggregate value of these securities at the period end was $43,860,000, which represented 12.7% of total net assets. None of these securities were considered illiquid.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 

AUGUST 31, 2010
 
Assets
 
Investment securities, at value (amortized cost and cost for federal income tax purposes)
    $338,383,423  
Cash
    997,757  
Receivable for investments sold
    6,205,000  
Receivable for capital shares sold
    198,473  
Interest receivable
    227,042  
      346,011,695  
         
Liabilities
       
Payable for capital shares redeemed
    343,909  
Accrued management fees
    102,810  
Dividends payable
    110  
      446,829  
         
Net Assets
    $345,564,866  
         
Investor Class Capital Shares
       
Outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized)
    345,561,638  
         
Net Asset Value Per Share
    $1.00  
         
Net Assets Consist of:
       
Capital paid in
    $345,561,634  
Undistributed net realized gain on investment transactions
    3,232  
      $345,564,866  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Statement of Operations
 

YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2010
 
Investment Income (Loss)
 
Income:
     
Interest
    $1,351,558  
         
Expenses:
       
Management fees
    1,877,601  
Temporary guarantee program fees
    10,854  
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    17,927  
Other expenses
    5,600  
      1,911,982  
Fees waived
    (598,341 )
      1,313,641  
         
Net investment income (loss)
    37,917  
         
Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions
    3,232  
         
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    $41,149  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 

YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2010 AND AUGUST 31, 2009
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
2010
   
2009
 
Operations
 
Net investment income (loss)
  $ 37,917     $ 4,223,782  
Net realized gain (loss)
    3,232       73,055  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    41,149       4,296,837  
                 
Distributions to Shareholders
               
From net investment income
    (37,751 )     (4,223,782 )
From net realized gains
    (68,617 )      
Decrease in net assets from distributions
    (106,368 )     (4,223,782 )
                 
Capital Share Transactions
               
Proceeds from shares sold
    104,177,823       206,688,782  
Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions
    101,772       3,928,321  
Payments for shares redeemed
    (198,286,690 )     (351,102,162 )
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions
    (94,007,095 )     (140,485,059 )
                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
    (94,072,314 )     (140,412,004 )
                 
Net Assets
               
Beginning of period
    439,637,180       580,049,184  
End of period
  $ 345,564,866     $ 439,637,180  
                 
Accumulated net investment loss
        $ (166 )
                 
Transactions in Shares of the Fund
               
Sold
    104,177,823       206,688,782  
Issued in reinvestment of distributions
    101,772       3,928,321  
Redeemed
    (198,286,690 )     (351,102,162 )
Net increase (decrease) in shares of the fund
    (94,007,095 )     (140,485,059 )
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements
 

AUGUST 31, 2010

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization — American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds (the trust) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. California Tax-Free Money Market Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the trust. The fund is diversified under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. The fund’s investment objectives are to seek safety of principal and high current income that is exempt from federal and California income taxes. The fund pursues its objectives by investing primarily in municipal obligations with very short-term maturities. The following is a summary of the fund’s significant accounting policies.

Security Valuations — Securities are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates current market value. When such valuations do not reflect market value, securities may be valued as determined by the Board of Trustees or its designee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees.

Security Transactions — For financial reporting purposes, security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.

Investment Income — Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums.

When-Issued — The fund may engage in securities transactions on a when-issued basis. Under these arrangements, the securities’ prices and yields are fixed on the date of the commitment, but payment and delivery are scheduled for a future date. During this period, securities are subject to market fluctuations. The fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet the purchase price.

Income Tax Status — It is the fund’s policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The fund is no longer subject to examination by tax authorities for years prior to 2007. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. Accordingly, no provision has been made for federal or state income taxes.

Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. The fund does not generally expect to realize any long-term capital gains, and accordingly, does not expect to pay any long-term capital gains distributions.

Indemnifications — Under the trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.

Use of Estimates — The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 
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2. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties

Management Fees — The trust has entered into a Management Agreement (the Agreement) with American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee). The Agreement provides that all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, temporary guarantee program fees, interest, fees and expenses of the independent trustees (including legal counsel fees), and extraordinary expenses, will be paid by ACIM. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on the daily net assets of the specific class of shares of the fund and paid monthly in arrears. The fee consists of (1) an Investment Category Fee based on the daily net assets of the fund and certain other accounts managed by the investment advisor that are in the same broad investment category as the fund and (2) a Complex Fee based on the assets of all the funds in the American Century Investments family of funds. The rates for the Investment Category Fee range from 0.1570% to 0.2700%. The rates for the Complex Fee range from 0.2500% to 0.3100%. In order to maintain a positive yield, ACIM may voluntarily waive a portion of its management fee on a daily basis. The effective annual management fee for the year ended August 31, 2010 was 0.49% before waiver and 0.33% after waiver.

Temporary Guarantee Program — On October 3, 2008, the Board of Trustees approved the fund to participate in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds (the program). The program provides coverage to guarantee the account values of shareholders in the event the fund’s net asset value falls below $0.995 and the Trustees liquidate the fund. The program covers the lesser of a shareholder’s account value on September 19, 2008, or on the date of liquidation. Participation in the program requires the fund to pay a fee based on the net assets of the fund as of the close of business on September 19, 2008, which is amortized daily over the period. The fund participated in the program from September 19, 2008 through December 19, 2008 and paid a fee of 0.01% of its net assets as of September 19, 2008. The fund continued its participation in the program from December 20, 2008 through April 30, 2009 and paid a fee of 0.015% of its net assets as of September 19, 2008. The fund continued its participation in a program extension from May 1, 2009 through September 18, 2009 and paid a fee of 0.015% of its net assets as of September 19, 2008. The program expired on September 18, 2009. For the year ended August 31, 2010, the annualized ratio of the program fee to average net assets was 0.003%.

Related Parties — Certain officers and trustees of the trust are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC), the parent of the trust’s investment advisor, ACIM, the distributor of the trust, American Century Investment Services, Inc., and the trust’s transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC.

The fund has a Mutual Funds Services Agreement with J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co. (JPMIS). JPMorgan Chase Bank (JPMCB) is a custodian of the fund. JPMIS and JPMCB are wholly owned subsidiaries of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM). JPM is an equity investor (non-voting shares) in ACC.

 
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3. Fair Value Measurements

The fund’s securities valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the positions held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels as follows:

• 
 Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical securities;

• 
Level 2 valuation inputs consist of significant direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for similar securities, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); or

•  
Level 3 valuation inputs consist of significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions).

The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.

As of August 31, 2010, the valuation inputs used to determine the fair value of the fund’s municipal securities were classified as Level 2. The Schedule of Investments provides additional details on the fund’s portfolio holdings.

4. Interfund Lending

The fund, along with certain other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds, may participate in an interfund lending program, pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the fund to borrow from or lend to other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds that permit such transactions. Interfund lending transactions are subject to each fund’s investment policies and borrowing and lending limits. The interfund loan rate earned/paid on interfund lending transactions is determined daily based on the average of certain current market rates. Interfund lending transactions normally extend only overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. The program is subject to annual approval by the Board of Trustees. During the year ended August 31, 2010, the fund did not utilize the program.

5. Risk Factors

The fund concentrates its investments in a single state and therefore may have more exposure to credit risk related to the state of California than a fund with a broader geographical diversification.

 
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6. Federal Tax Information

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended August 31, 2010 and August 31, 2009 were as follows:
         
   
2010
 
2009
Distributions Paid From
           
Exempt income
  $37,751     $4,219,344  
Taxable ordinary income
  $68,617     $1,217  
Long-term capital gains
      $3,221  
 
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.

7. Corporate Event

As part of a long-standing estate and business succession plan established by James E. Stowers, Jr., the founder of American Century Investments, ACC Chairman Richard W. Brown succeeded Mr. Stowers as trustee of a trust that holds a greater-than-25% voting interest in ACC, the parent corporation of the fund’s advisor. Under the 1940 Act, this is presumed to represent control of ACC even though it is less than a majority interest. The change of trustee was considered a change of control of ACC and therefore also a change of control of the fund’s advisor even though there has been no change to its management and none is anticipated. The change of control resulted in the assignment of the fund’s investment advisory agreement. As required by the 1940 Act, the assignment automatically terminated such agreement, making the approval of a new agreement necessary.

On February 18, 2010, the Board of Trustees approved an interim investment advisory agreement under which the fund was managed until a new agreement was approved. The new agreement for the fund was approved by the Board of Trustees on April 1, 2010, and by shareholders at a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 16, 2010. It went into effect on July 16, 2010. The new agreement, which is substantially identical to the terminated agreement (with the exception of different effective and termination dates), did not result in changes in the management of American Century Investments, the fund, its investment objectives, fees or services provided.

8. Other Tax Information (Unaudited)

The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund designates $37,807 as exempt interest dividends for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2010.

The fund hereby designates $68,617 of distributions as qualified short-term capital gains for purposes of Internal Revenue Code Section 871.
 
 
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Financial Highlights
California Tax-Free Money Market
 
Investor Class
 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended August 31
 
   
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
2007
 
2006
Per-Share Data
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  
Income From Investment Operations
                                       
   Net Investment Income (Loss)
    (1)     0.01       0.02       0.03       0.03  
Distributions
                                       
   From Net Investment Income
    (1)     (0.01 )     (0.02 )     (0.03 )     (0.03 )
   From Net Realized Gains
    (1)           (1)            
   Total Distributions
    (1)     (0.01 )     (0.02 )     (0.03 )     (0.03 )
Net Asset Value, End of Period
    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  
                                         
Total Return(2)
    0.03 %     0.77 %     2.38 %     3.16 %     2.70 %
                                         
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Ratio of Operating Expenses
to Average Net Assets
    0.34 %(3)     0.49 %(3)(4)     0.47 %(4)     0.49 %(4)     0.52 %(4)
Ratio of Operating Expenses
to Average Net Assets
(Before Expense Waiver)
    0.50 %     0.55 %     0.51 %     0.51 %     0.52 %
Ratio of Net Investment
Income (Loss)
to Average Net Assets
    0.01 %(3)     0.83 %(3)(4)     2.32 %(4)     3.12 %(4)     2.64 %(4)
Ratio of Net Investment
Income (Loss) to Average
Net Assets (Before Expense Waiver)
    (0.15 )%     0.77 %     2.28 %     3.10 %     2.64 %
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
    $345,565       $439,637       $580,049       $552,347       $530,013  

(1)
Per-share amount was less than $0.005.
 
(2)
Total return assumes reinvestment of net investment income and capital gains distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day.
 
(3)
During the reporting period, the investment advisor voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its management fees in order to maintain a positive yield.
 
(4)
From August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2009, the investment advisor voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its management fee.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 

To the Trustees of the American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds and Shareholders of the California Tax-Free Money Market Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the California Tax-Free Money Market Fund (one of the four funds in the American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at August 31, 2010, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at August 31, 2010 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
October 21, 2010
 
 
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Proxy Voting Results
 

A special meeting of shareholders was held on June 16, 2010, to vote on the following proposals. Each proposal received the required number of votes and was adopted. A summary of voting results is listed below each proposal.

Proposal 1:
 
To elect one Trustee to the Board of Trustees of American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds (the proposal was voted on by all shareholders of funds issued by American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds):
         
            
Frederick L.A. Grauer
For:
1,348,614,209
 
   
Withhold:
 62,773,142
 
   
Abstain:
  0
 
   
Broker Non-Vote:  
0
 
 
The other trustees whose term of office continued after the meeting include Jonathan S. Thomas, John Freidenrich, Ronald J. Gilson, Peter F. Pervere, Myron S. Scholes, and John B. Shoven.

Proposal 2:
 
To approve a management agreement between the fund and American Century Investment Management, Inc.:
         
            
Investor Class
For:
217,867,847
 
   
Against:
 5,344,851
 
   
Abstain:
  8,997,222
 
   
Broker Non-Vote:  
9,151,738
 

 
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Management
 

The Board of Trustees
 
The individuals listed below serve as trustees of the fund. Each trustee will continue to serve in this capacity until death, retirement, resignation or removal from office. The mandatory retirement age for trustees who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act (independent trustees), is 73. However, the mandatory retirement age may be extended for a period not to exceed two years with the approval of the remaining independent trustees.

Mr. Thomas is the only trustee who is an “interested person” because he currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC), the parent company of American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM or the advisor).

The other trustees (more than three-fourths of the total number) are independent; that is, they have never been employees, directors or officers of, and have no financial interest in, ACC or any of its wholly owned, direct or indirect, subsidiaries, including ACIM, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS) and American Century Services, LLC (ACS). The trustees serve in this capacity for eight (in the case of Mr. Thomas, 15) registered investment companies in the American Century Investments family of funds.

The following presents additional information about the trustees. The mailing address for each trustee other than Mr. Thomas is 1665 Charleston Road, Mountain View, California 94043. The mailing address for Mr. Thomas is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.

Independent Trustees
 
John Freidenrich
Year of Birth: 1937
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2005
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Founder, Member and Manager, Regis Management Company, LLC (investment management firm) (April 2004 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: AB in Economics, Stanford University; LLB, Stanford Law School; formerly, Partner and Founder, Ware and Freidenrich Law Firm and Bay Partners; formerly, President, Board of Trustees, Stanford University

 
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Ronald J. Gilson
Year of Birth: 1946
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee and Chairman of the Board
Length of Time Served: Since 1995
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School (1979 to present); Marc and Eva Stern Professor of Law and Business, Columbia University School of Law (1992 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA, Washington University; JD, Yale Law School; formerly, Attorney, Steinhart, Goldberg, Feigenbaum & Ladar
 
Frederick L. A. Grauer
Year of Birth: 1946
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2008
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Senior Advisor, BlackRock, Inc. (investment management firm) (2010 to present); Senior Advisor, Barclays Global Investors (investment management firm) (2003 to 2009)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Economics, University of British Columbia; MA in Economics, University of Chicago; PhD in Business, Stanford University; formerly, Executive Chairman, Barclays Global Investors; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wells Fargo Nikko Investment Advisors; and Vice President, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Group; formerly, Director, New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Columbia University; formerly, Faculty Member, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University and Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Peter F. Pervere
Year of Birth: 1947
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2007
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Intraware, Inc. (2003 to 2009); Digital Impact, Inc. (2003 to 2005)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in History, Stanford University; CPA; formerly, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Commerce One, Inc. (software and services provider); formerly, Vice President and Corporate Controller, Sybase, Inc.; formerly with accounting firm of Arthur Young & Co.

 
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Myron S. Scholes
Year of Birth: 1941
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 1980
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman, Platinum Grove Asset Management, L.P. (asset manager) (1999 to 2009); Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance-Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business (1996 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Dimensional Fund Advisors (investment advisor); CME Group, Inc. (futures and options exchange)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Economics, McMaster University (Ontario); MBA and PhD, University of Chicago; formerly, Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institute; formerly, Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Finance, University of Chicago; recipient of the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

John B. Shoven
Year of Birth: 1947
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee
Length of Time Served: Since 2002
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Professor of Economics, Stanford University (1973 to present)
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 40
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: Cadence Design Systems; Exponent; Financial Engines; PalmSource, Inc. (2002 to 2005); Watson Wyatt Worldwide (2002 to 2006)
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Physics, University of California; PhD in Economics, Yale University; Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (1999 to present); formerly, Chair of Economics and Dean of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
 
Interested Trustee
 
Jonathan S. Thomas
Year of Birth: 1963
Position(s) with the Fund: Trustee and President
Length of Time Served: Since 2007
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC (March 2007 to present); Chief Administrative Officer, ACC (February 2006 to February 2007); Executive Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to February 2007); Global Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (investment management) (March 2000 to November 2005); Also serves as: Chief Executive Officer and Manager, ACS; Executive Vice President, ACIM; Director, ACC, ACIM and other ACC subsidiaries
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 103
Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years: None
Education/Other Professional Experience: BA in Economics, University of Massachusetts; MBA, Boston College; formerly held senior leadership roles with Fidelity Investments, Boston Financial Services and Bank of America; serves on the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute

 
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Officers
 
The following table presents certain information about the executive officers of the fund. Each officer serves as an officer for each of the 15 investment companies in the American Century family of funds, unless otherwise noted. No officer is compensated for his or her service as an officer of the fund. The listed officers are interested persons of the fund and are appointed or re-appointed on an annual basis. The mailing address for each of the officers listed below is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
       
            
Name
(Year of Birth)
Offices with
the Fund
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years
 
Jonathan S. Thomas
(1963)
Trustee and President since 2007
President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC (March 2007 to present); Chief Administrative Officer, ACC (February 2006 to February 2007); Executive Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to February 2007); Global Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (March 2000 to November 2005); Also serves as: Chief Executive Officer and Manager, ACS; Executive Vice President, ACIM; Director, ACC, ACIM and other ACC subsidiaries
 
Barry Fink
(1955)
Executive Vice President since 2007
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, ACC (September 2007 to present); President, ACS (October 2007 to present); Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (2000 to 2007); Global General Counsel, Morgan Stanley (2000 to 2006). Also serves as: Manager, ACS, and Director, ACC and certain ACC subsidiaries
 
Maryanne L. Roepke
(1956)
Chief Compliance Officer since 2006
and Senior Vice President since 2000
Chief Compliance Officer, American Century funds, ACIM and ACS (August 2006 to present); Assistant Treasurer, ACC (January 1995 to August 2006); and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, various American Century funds (July 2000 to August 2006). Also serves as: Senior Vice President, ACS
 
Charles A. Etherington
(1957)
General Counsel since 2007 and
Senior Vice President since 2006
Attorney, ACC (February 1994 to present); Vice President, ACC (November 2005 to present); General Counsel, ACC (March 2007 to present); Also serves as General Counsel, ACIM, ACS, ACIS and other ACC subsidiaries; and Senior Vice President, ACIM and ACS
 
Robert J. Leach
(1966)
Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer since 2006
Vice President, ACS (February 2000 to present); and Controller, various American Century funds (1997 to September 2006)
 
David H. Reinmiller
(1963)
Vice President since 2001
Attorney, ACC (January 1994 to present); Associate General Counsel, ACC (January 2001 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, American Century funds and ACIM (January 2001 to February 2005). Also serves as: Vice President, ACIM and ACS
 
Ward D. Stauffer
(1960)
Secretary  since 2005
Attorney, ACC (June 2003 to Present)
 
 
The Statement of Additional Information has additional information about the fund’s trustees and is available without charge, upon request,  by calling 1-800-345-2021.
 
 
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Board Approval of Management Agreements
 

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act, contracts for investment advisory services to a mutual fund are required to be reviewed, evaluated and approved each year by the fund’s board of directors/trustees, including a majority of a fund’s independent directors/trustees (the “Directors”). At American Century Investments, this process is referred to as the “15(c) Process.” The board oversees on a continuous basis and evaluates at its quarterly meetings, directly and through the committees of the board, the nature and quality of significant services provided by the advisor, the investment performance of the funds, shareholder services, audit and compliance functions and a variety of other matters relating to fund operations. Each year, it also holds a special meeting in connection with determining whether to renew the contracts for advisory services, to review fund performance, shareholder services, adviser profitability, audit and compliance matters, and other fund operational matters.

Under a Securities and Exchange Commission rule, the fund is required to disclose in its annual or semiannual report, as appropriate, the material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the board’s approval or renewal of any advisory agreements within the fund’s most recently completed fiscal half-year period.

Basis for Board Approval of Management Agreement
 
At a meeting held on April 1, 2010, after considering all information presented, the Board approved, and determined to recommend that shareholders approve, the fund’s Management Agreement with the Advisor. In connection with that approval, the Board requested and reviewed extensive data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent providers of evaluation data concerning the Fund and services provided to the Fund by the Advisor. The Board oversees on a continuous basis and evaluates at its quarterly meetings, directly and through the committees of the Board, the nature and quality of significant services provided by the Advisor, the investment performance of the Fund, shareholder services, audit and compliance functions and a variety of other matters relating to the Fund’s operations. The information considered and the discussions held at the meetings included, but were not limited to:

 
the nature, extent and quality of investment management, shareholder services and other services provided to the Fund;

 
the wide range of programs and services the Advisor provides to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;

 
the compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience ofthe Advisor;

 
data comparing the cost of owning the Fund to the cost of owning a similar fund;

 
data comparing the Fund’s performance to appropriate benchmarks and/or a peer group of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;
 
 
 
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financial data showing the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor and the overall profitability of the Advisor;

 
data comparing services provided and charges to other non-fundinvestment management clients of the Advisor; and

 
consideration of collateral or “fall-out” benefits derived by the Advisor from the management of the Fund and potential sharing of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund.

The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue the relationship with the Advisor. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.

The Board considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and the Board’s independent legal counsel, and evaluated such information for the Fund. The Board did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and the Board member may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors. In deciding to approve the Management Agreement under the terms ultimately determined by the Board to be appropriate, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including the following:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services — Generally. Under the Management Agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that under the Management Agreement, the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services including:

            
• constructing and designing the Fund

            
• portfolio research and security selection

            
• initial capitalization/funding

            
• securities trading

            
• Fund administration

            
• custody of Fund assets

            
• daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio

            
• shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping and communications
 
 
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• legal services

            
• regulatory and portfolio compliance

            
• financial reporting

            
• marketing and distribution

The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time both in terms of quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels and the changing regulatory environment.

Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is complex and provides Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments within an asset class, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and approved strategies. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Portfolio Committee, regularly review investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. If performance concerns are identified, the underperforming Fund receives special reviews until performance improves, during which time the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such underperformance and any efforts being undertaken to improve performance.

Shareholder and Other Services. Under the Management Agreement, the Advisor will also provide the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through the various committees of the Board, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction (as measured by external as well as internal sources), technology support, new products and services offered to fund shareholders, securities trading activities, portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. Certain aspects of shareholder and transfer agency service level efficiency and the quality of securities trading activities are measured by independent third party providers and are presented in comparison to other fund groups not managed by the Advisor.

Costs of Services Provided and Profitability. The Advisor provided detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund, its overall profitability, and its financial condition. The Board reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. The Board has also reviewed with the Advisor its methodology for compensating the investment professionals that provide services to the Fund. This financial information regarding the Advisor is considered in order to evaluate the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the Management Agreement, and the reasonableness of the management fees.
 
 
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Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. It noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.

Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The analysis of economies of scale is further complicated by the additional services and content provided by the Advisor and its reinvestment in its ability to provide and expand those services. Accordingly, the Board seeks to evaluate economies of scale by reviewing information, such as year-over-year profitability of the Advisor generally, the profitability of its management of the Fund specifically, and the expenses incurred by the Advisor in providing various functions to the Fund. The Board believes the Advisor is appropriately sharing economies of scale through its competitive fee structure, offering competitive fees from fund inception, fee breakpoints as the fund complex and the Fund increase in size, and through reinvestment in its business to provide shareholders additional services and enhancements to existing services. In particular, separate breakpoint schedules based on the size of the entire fund complex and on the size of the Fund reflect the complexity of assessing economies
of scale.

Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The Management Agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, and the fees and expenses of the Fund’s Independent Trustees (including their independent legal counsel) and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, the components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider and comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratio of other funds in the Fund’s peer group. The Board concluded that the management fee to be paid by the Fund to the Advisor under the Management Agreement is reasonable in light of the services to be provided to the Fund.
 
 
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Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature and extent of the services, fees, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.

Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing mutual funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. The Board noted that the Advisor receives proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions and concluded that this research is likely to benefit Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded, however, that the assets of those other clients are not material to the analysis and, in any event, are included with the assets of the Fund to determine breakpoints in the Fund’s fee schedule, provided they are managed using the same investment team and strategy.

Conclusion of the Board. As a result of this process, the Board, in the absence of particular circumstances and assisted by the advice of its independent legal counsel, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others, concluded that the Management Agreement be approved and recommended its approval to Fund shareholders.
 
 
 
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Additional Information
 

Proxy Voting Guidelines
 
American Century Investment Management, Inc., the fund’s investment advisor, is responsible for exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund. A description of the policies and procedures the advisor uses in fulfilling this responsibility is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the “About Us” page at americancentury.com. It is also available at sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The fund also makes its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the most recent quarter of its fiscal year available on its website at americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021.
 
 
 
 
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Index Definitions
 

The following indices are used to illustrate investment market, sector, or style performance or to serve as fund performance comparisons. They are not investment products available for purchase.

The Barclays Capital 5 Year General Obligation (GO) Bond Index is composed of investment-grade U.S. municipal securities, with maturities of four to six years, that are general obligations of a state or local government.

The Barclays Capital California Tax-Exempt Bond Index is composed of those securities included in the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index that are investment-grade and are issued in California.

The Barclays Capital Long-Term Municipal Bond Index is composed of those securities included in the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index that have maturities greater than 22 years.

The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is a market value-weighted index designed for the long-term tax-exempt bond market.

The Barclays Capital Municipal High Yield Bond Index is composed of non-investment grade U.S. municipal securities with a remaining maturity of one year or more.

The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index represents securities that are taxable, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and U.S. dollar-denominated. The index covers the U.S. investment-grade fixed-rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities.

The Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Bond Index is the U.S. Treasury component of the U.S. Government/Credit Index (a subset of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index), is composed of public obligations of the U.S. Treasury with a remaining maturity of one year or more, and excludes Treasury Bills.
 
 
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Contact Us
 
   
americancentury.com
 
   
Automated Information Line
1-800-345-8765
   
Investor Services Representative
1-800-345-2021 or
816-531-5575
   
Investors Using Advisors
1-800-378-9878
   
Business, Not-For-Profit, Employer-Sponsored
Retirement Plans
 
1-800-345-3533
   
Banks and Trust Companies, Broker-Dealers,
Financial Professionals, Insurance Companies
 
1-800-345-6488
   
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
1-800-634-4113
   
American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds  
 
Investment Advisor:
American Century Investment Management, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri
 
This report and the statements it contains are submitted for the general information of our shareholders. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.
 
 
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ITEM 2.  CODE OF ETHICS.

(a)
The registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, and persons performing similar functions.

(b)
No response required.

(c)
None.

(d)
None.

(e)
Not applicable.

(f)
The registrant’s Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers was filed as Exhibit 12 (a)(1) to American Century Asset Allocation Portfolios, Inc.’s Annual Certified Shareholder Report on Form N-CSR, File No. 811-21591, on September 29, 2005, and is incorporated herein by reference.


ITEM 3.  AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

(a)(1)
The registrant's board has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee.

(a)(2)
Peter F. Pervere and Ronald J. Gilson are the registrant's designated audit committee financial experts. They are "independent" as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

(a)(3)
Not applicable.

(b)
No response required.

(c)
No response required.

(d)
No response required.


ITEM 4.  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

(a)
Audit Fees.

The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were as follows:

 
 

 
FY 2009:                    $107,593
FY 2010:                    $  98,377

 (b)
Audit-Related Fees.

The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were as follows:

 
For services rendered to the registrant:
 
FY 2009:                    $0
FY 2010:                    $0

Fees required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (relating to certain engagements for non-audit services with the registrant’s investment adviser and its affiliates):
 
FY 2009:                    $0
FY 2010:                    $0

(c)
Tax Fees.

The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning were as follows:

 
For services rendered to the registrant:

FY 2009:                    $27,288
FY 2010:                    $  6,613

These services included assistance with communications and filings to the Internal Revenue Service for a change in accounting method.

Fees required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (relating to certain engagements for non-audit services with the registrant’s investment adviser and its affiliates):

FY 2009:                    $27,288
FY 2010:                    $  6,613

These services included assistance with communications and filings to the Internal Revenue Service for a change in accounting method.

(d)
All Other Fees.

The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item were as follows:

 
For services rendered to the registrant:
 
FY 2009:                    $0
FY 2010:                    $0

 
 

 
Fees required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (relating to certain engagements for non-audit services with the registrant’s investment adviser and its affiliates):
 
FY 2009:                    $0
FY 2010:                    $0

(e)(1)
In accordance with paragraph (c)(7)(i)(A) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, before the accountant is engaged by the registrant to render audit or non-audit services, the engagement is approved by the registrant’s audit committee.  Pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, the registrant’s audit committee also pre-approves its accountant’s engagements for non-audit services with the registrant’s investment adviser, its parent company, and any entity controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.

(e)(2)
All services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item were pre-approved before the engagement by the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(A) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.  Consequently, none of such services were required to be approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C).

(f)
The percentage of hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees was less than 50%.

(g)
The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the registrant were as follows:

FY 2009:                    $177,638
FY 2010:                    $190,563

(h)
The registrant’s investment adviser and accountant have notified the registrant’s audit committee of all non-audit services that were rendered by the registrant’s accountant to the registrant’s investment adviser, its parent company, and any entity controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides services to the registrant, which services were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.  The notification provided to the registrant’s audit committee included sufficient details regarding such services to allow the registrant’s audit committee to consider the continuing independence of its principal accountant.


ITEM 5.  AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable.

 
 

 
 
ITEM 6.  INVESTMENTS.

(a)
The schedule of investments is included as part of the report to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

(b)
Not applicable.


ITEM 7.  DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.


ITEM 8.  PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.


ITEM 9.  PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.


ITEM 10.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

During the reporting period, there were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board.


ITEM 11.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a)
The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(b)
There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the registrant's second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


ITEM 12.  EXHIBITS.

 (a)(1)
Registrant’s Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, which is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2 of Form N-CSR, was filed as Exhibit 12(a)(1) to American Century Asset Allocation Portfolios, Inc.’s Certified Shareholder Report on Form N-CSR, File No. 811-21591, on September 29, 2005.

 
 

 
(a)(2)
Separate certifications by the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CERT.

(a)(3)
Not applicable.

(b)
A certification by the registrant’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, is furnished and attached hereto as EX-99.906CERT.



 
 

 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Registrant:
American Century California Tax-Free  and Municipal Funds
       
       
By:
/s/ Jonathan S. Thomas
 
 
Name:
Jonathan S. Thomas
 
 
Title:
President
 
       
Date:
October 29, 2010
 
     


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


By:
/s/ Jonathan S. Thomas
 
 
Name:
Jonathan S. Thomas
 
 
Title:
President
 
   
(principal executive officer)
 
       
       
Date:
October 29, 2010
 



By:
/s/ Robert J. Leach
 
 
Name:
Robert J. Leach
 
 
Title:
Vice President, Treasurer, and
 
   
Chief Financial Officer
 
   
(principal financial officer)
 
       
Date:
October 29, 2010