FORM N-PX
       ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
                            INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-5979

John Hancock California Tax-Free Income
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  (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

101 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA  02199
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  (Address of principal executive offices)

Victor Acker
John Hancock Advisers, LLC
101 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA  02199
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  (Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1 800-225-5291

Date of Fiscal year-end: 8/31/2003

Date of reporting period: 7/1/2003 - 6/30/2004

   Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
   There are no ballots for that date range. Any ballot marked 'Abstain'
   is considered to have been voted. Ballots marked 'Abstain' are
   considered to be have been voted against management's recommendation,
   regardless of whether the recommendation is 'For' or 'Against,' except
   where management has made no recommendation or has recommended that
   shareholders 'Abstain.'
   Where management has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain' from
   voting on a ballot item: 1) a ballot market 'Abstain' is considered to
   have been voted for management's recommendation to 'Abstain' and 2) a
   ballot voted 'For" or 'Against' is considered to have been voted
   against management's recommendation to 'Abstain.'
   Where management has made no recommendation on a ballot item, the
   abbreviation "N/A" is used to denote that there is no applicable
   recommendation compared to which a vote may be 'For' or 'Against' the
   recommendation of management.
   SIGNATURES:
   Pursuant to the requirements of 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.

John Hancock California Tax-Free Income
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       (Registrant)


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       (Signature & Title)


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