485B24E

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                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                      Washington, D.C.  20549

                             Form N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

Post-Effective Amendment No.  20  (File No. 33-5103)            X 


                              and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No.  23  (File No. 811-4646)                          X 



IDS CALIFORNIA TAX-EXEMPT TRUST
IDS Tower 10, Minneapolis, Minnesota  55440-0534

(612) 330-9283

Leslie L. Ogg - 901 Marquette Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55402-3268

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate box)
  X  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
     on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
     60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
     on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
     75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)
     on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
     This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date
for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

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                                     Proposed       Proposed      
Title of                             Maximum        Maximum       
Securities           Amount          Offering       Aggregate     
Amount of
Being                Being           Price per      Price per     
Registration
Registered           Registered      Unit(1)        Price(2)      
Fee         
                                                      

Shares of                                                     
Beneficial
Interest of
$.01 par value
per share            Indefinite*     N/A            N/A           
N/A

Shares of
Beneficial
Interest of
$.01 par value
per share            4,409,743       $5.37          $23,680,318   
$100
_________________________________________________________________
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*Registrant has registered an indefinite number or amount of
securities under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2
under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  The Rule 24f-2 Notice
for Registrant's most recent fiscal year ended June 30, 1995 was
filed on August 28, 1995.

1.   Computed under Rule 457(d) on the basis of the offering price
per share at the closing price per share at the close of business
on August 15, 1995.

2.   Registrant elects to calculate the maximum aggregate offering
price pursuant to Rule 24e-2.  $48,933,892 of shares was redeemed
during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995.  $25,253,574 of shares
was used for reductions pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 24f-2
during the current year.  $23,680,318 of shares is the amount of
redeemed shares used for reduction in this amendment.

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                            SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, IDS California Tax-
Exempt Trust, certifies that it meets the requirements for the
effectiveness of this amendment to its Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has
duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Minneapolis and the State of Minnesota on the 28th
day of August, 1995.


IDS CALIFORNIA TAX-EXEMPT TRUST


By                                    
       Melinda S. Urion, Treasurer


By /s/ William R. Pearce**            
       William R. Pearce, President


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by
the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 28th day
of August, 1995.

Signature                                  Capacity

/s/ William R. Pearce**                    President, Principal
    William R. Pearce                      Executive Officer
                                           and Trustee

/s/ Leslie L. Ogg**                        Vice President, General
    Leslie L. Ogg                          Counsel and Secretary 

/s/ Lynne V. Cheney*                       Trustee
    Lynne V. Cheney

/s/ William H. Dudley*                     Trustee
    William H. Dudley

/s/ Robert F. Froehlke*                    Trustee
    Robert F. Froehlke

/s/ David R. Hubers*                       Trustee
    David R. Hubers

/s/ Heinz F. Hutter*                       Trustee
    Heinz F. Hutter

/s/ Anne P. Jones*                         Trustee
    Anne P. Jones

/s/ Donald M. Kendall*                     Trustee
    Donald M. Kendall

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Signature                                  Capacity

/s/ Melvin R. Laird*                       Trustee
    Melvin R. Laird

/s/ Lewis W. Lehr*                         Trustee
    Lewis W. Lehr

/s/ Edson W. Spencer*                      Trustee
    Edson W. Spencer

/s/ John R. Thomas*                        Trustee
    John R. Thomas

/s/ Wheelock Whitney*                      Trustee
    Wheelock Whitney

/s/ C. Angus Wurtele*                      Trustee
    C. Angus Wurtele

*Signed pursuant to Trustees' Power of Attorney, dated November 10,
1994, filed electronically as Exhibit 18(a) to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 18 to Registration Statement No. 33-5103 by:




                            
Leslie L. Ogg



**Signed pursuant to Officers' Power of Attorney filed on or about
June 23, 1994 as Exhibit 17(a) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 14
to Registration Statement No. 33-5103 by



                            
Leslie L. Ogg

EX-99

EXHIBIT INDEX
(B)(10) OPINION OF COUNSEL

EX-99

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August 28, 1995



IDS California Tax-Exempt Trust
IDS Tower 10
Minneapolis, MN  55440-0010

I have examined the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and the By-
Laws of the Trust and all necessary certificates, permits, minute
books, documents and records of the Trust, and the applicable
statutes of the State of Massachusetts, and it is my opinion:

(a)  That the Trust is a business trust duly organized and existing
     under the laws of the State of Massachusetts with unlimited
     shares of beneficial interest, all of $.01 par value, that
     such shares may be issued as full or fractional shares and
     that on June 30, 1995, 46,808,194 shares were issued and
     outstanding;

(b)  That all such authorized shares are, under the laws of the
     State of Massachusetts, redeemable as provided in the
     Agreement of Declaration of Trust and upon redemption shall
     have the status of authorized and unissued shares;

(c)  That the Trust now proposes to register an additional     
     4,409,743 shares by post-effective amendment, pursuant to Rule
     24e-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and that when
     sold at not less than their par value and in accordance with
     applicable federal and state securities laws such shares will
     be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

I hereby consent that the foregoing opinion may be used in
connection with the post-effective amendment to your registration
statement to be filed by you pursuant to Section 24(e) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended for the purpose of
increasing the shares of beneficial interest, the securities
specified therein, as proposed to be offered.

Very truly yours,



Leslie L. Ogg
Attorney at Law
901 S. Marquette Ave., Suite 2810
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55402-3268

LLO/CW/rdt