0001133228-16-012941.txt : 20160930 0001133228-16-012941.hdr.sgml : 20160930 20160930172558 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001133228-16-012941 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160930 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160930 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20160930 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JOHN HANCOCK CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000856671 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-31675 FILM NUMBER: 161913722 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 601 CONGRESS STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-663-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS STREET 2: 601 CONGRESS STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: JOHN HANCOCK CALIFORNIA TAX FREE INCOME FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110214 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK JOHN CALIFORNIA TAX FREE INCOME FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941227 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TRANSAMERICA CALIFORNIA TAX FREE INCOME FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703

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John Hancock Funds

601 Congress Street

Boston, MA 02210

September 30, 2016

VIA EDGAR

U.S Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:	John Hancock California Tax-Free Income Fund (the “Registrant”), on behalf of: John Hancock California Tax-Free Income Fund (the “Fund”) File Nos. 033-31675; 811-05979

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), please accept this letter as notice that the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for the Fund, each dated October 1, 2016, that would have been filed pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 47 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and Amendment No. 50 to its Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the text of which was filed electronically with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2016 via EDGAR.

If you have any questions or comments, please call me at 617-663-4311.

/s/ Thomas Dee

Thomas Dee

Assistant Secretary of the Trust