UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811- 5979
John Hancock California Tax-Free Income
Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02210
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Salvatore Schiavone, Treasurer
601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Name and address of agent for service)
| Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-663-4497 | |||
| Date of fiscal year end: | May 31 | ||
| Date of reporting period: | February 28, 2018 | ||
ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
John Hancock
California Tax-Free Income Fund
| Fund’s investments |
| Rate (%) | Maturity date | Par value^ | Value | ||
| Municipal bonds 96.6% | $215,449,031 | ||||
| (Cost $201,373,119) | |||||
| California 96.6% | 215,449,031 | ||||
| ABAG
Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corps. Sharp HealthCare |
6.250 | 08-01-39 | 1,000,000 | 1,067,070 | |
| ABAG
Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corps. Sharp HealthCare, Series A |
5.000 | 08-01-43 | 2,000,000 | 2,193,217 | |
| Anaheim
Public Financing Authority Series A |
5.000 | 05-01-46 | 1,000,000 | 1,121,910 | |
| Bay
Area Toll Authority San Francisco Bay Area |
4.000 | 04-01-42 | 2,000,000 | 2,083,500 | |
| California
County Tobacco Securitization Agency Fresno County Funding Corp. |
6.000 | 06-01-35 | 1,765,000 | 1,765,900 | |
| California
County Tobacco Securitization Agency Kern County Tobacco Funding Corp., Series 2014 |
5.000 | 06-01-40 | 1,500,000 | 1,608,240 | |
| California
County Tobacco Securitization Agency Public Improvements |
5.250 | 06-01-21 | 3,020,000 | 3,064,515 | |
| California
County Tobacco Securitization Agency Stanislaus Funding, Series A |
5.500 | 06-01-33 | 250,000 | 253,685 | |
| California
Educational Facilities Authority Pepperdine University |
5.000 | 10-01-49 | 2,550,000 | 2,886,116 | |
| California
Educational Facilities Authority University of Redlands, Series A |
5.000 | 10-01-35 | 1,000,000 | 1,107,900 | |
| California
Health Facilities Financing Authority Children's Hospital, Series A |
5.000 | 08-15-47 | 1,000,000 | 1,109,620 | |
| California
Health Facilities Financing Authority El Camino Hospital |
5.000 | 02-01-42 | 1,000,000 | 1,119,040 | |
| California
Health Facilities Financing Authority El Camino Hospital |
5.000 | 02-01-47 | 1,425,000 | 1,588,832 | |
| California
Health Facilities Financing Authority Kaiser Permanente, Series A |
5.000 | 11-01-47 | 1,000,000 | 1,268,900 | |
| California
Health Facilities Financing Authority Lucile Packard Children's Hospital |
5.000 | 08-15-43 | 1,000,000 | 1,100,700 | |
| California
Health Facilities Financing Authority Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Series B |
5.000 | 08-15-55 | 1,000,000 | 1,117,450 | |
| California
Health Facilities Financing Authority Sutter Health, Series A |
5.000 | 08-15-43 | 3,000,000 | 3,372,420 | |
| California
Municipal Finance Authority Channing House Project, Series A (A) |
4.000 | 05-15-40 | 1,500,000 | 1,547,775 | |
| California
Municipal Finance Authority Eisenhower Medical Center, Series A |
4.000 | 07-01-42 | 1,750,000 | 1,785,490 | |
| California
Municipal Finance Authority Eisenhower Medical Center, Series A |
5.000 | 07-01-47 | 1,200,000 | 1,332,084 | |
| California
Municipal Finance Authority Wineville School Project, Series A (A) |
5.000 | 10-01-42 | 2,000,000 | 2,202,460 | |
| California
Pollution Control Financing Authority Calplant I Project, AMT (B) |
7.500 | 07-01-32 | 1,000,000 | 973,390 | |
| California
Pollution Control Financing Authority Waste Management Inc., Series A3, AMT |
4.300 | 07-01-40 | 4,675,000 | 4,877,895 | |
| California
Public Finance Authority Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital |
5.000 | 10-15-47 | 2,000,000 | 2,159,660 | |
| California
School Finance Authority Aspire Public Schools (B) |
5.000 | 08-01-46 | 1,025,000 | 1,103,105 | |
| California
School Finance Authority Aspire Public Schools (B) |
5.000 | 08-01-41 | 2,200,000 | 2,375,010 | |
| California
State Public Works Board Various Capital Projects, Series A |
5.000 | 04-01-37 | 1,000,000 | 1,101,700 | |
| California
State Public Works Board Various Correctional Facilities, Series A |
5.000 | 09-01-39 | 2,500,000 | 2,794,725 |
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| Rate (%) | Maturity date | Par value^ | Value | ||
| California (continued) | |||||
| California
State University College and University Revenue, Series A |
5.000 | 11-01-44 | 2,000,000 | $2,255,340 | |
| California
Statewide Communities Development Authority American Baptist Homes West |
6.250 | 10-01-39 | 2,000,000 | 2,113,240 | |
| California
Statewide Communities Development Authority CHF Irvine LLC |
5.000 | 05-15-40 | 1,380,000 | 1,530,572 | |
| California
Statewide Communities Development Authority Front Porch Communities and Services, Series A |
5.000 | 04-01-47 | 1,500,000 | 1,657,725 | |
| California
Statewide Communities Development Authority Infrastructure Program Revenue, Series B |
5.000 | 09-02-44 | 1,000,000 | 1,046,250 | |
| California
Statewide Communities Development Authority Kaiser Permanente, Series A |
5.000 | 04-01-42 | 3,500,000 | 3,827,390 | |
| California
Statewide Communities Development Authority Los Angeles Jewish Homes, Series S (A) |
5.000 | 08-01-44 | 2,625,000 | 2,937,585 | |
| California
Statewide Communities Development Authority Redlands Community Hospital OB |
5.000 | 10-01-46 | 2,000,000 | 2,182,360 | |
| California
Statewide Communities Development Authority Redwoods Project (A) |
5.375 | 11-15-44 | 1,500,000 | 1,714,110 | |
| California
Statewide Communities Development Authority Senior Living of Southern California (B) |
7.250 | 11-15-41 | 1,700,000 | 1,837,275 | |
| California
Statewide Communities Development Authority University of California, Irvine Campus |
5.000 | 05-15-47 | 1,000,000 | 1,114,600 | |
| California
Statewide Financing Authority Tobacco Settlement, Series A |
6.000 | 05-01-37 | 2,500,000 | 2,501,400 | |
| California
Statewide Financing Authority Tobacco Settlement, Series B |
6.000 | 05-01-37 | 3,000,000 | 3,001,680 | |
| City
of Atwater Wastewater Revenue Series A (A) |
5.000 | 05-01-43 | 1,000,000 | 1,122,520 | |
| City
of Belmont Library Project, Series A (A) |
5.750 | 08-01-24 | 1,000,000 | 1,148,090 | |
| City
of Irvine Community Facilities District |
5.000 | 09-01-49 | 2,000,000 | 2,137,020 | |
| City
of La Verne Brethren Hillcrest Homes |
5.000 | 05-15-36 | 750,000 | 788,325 | |
| City
of Long Beach Alamitos Bay Marina Project, Series 2015 |
5.000 | 05-15-45 | 1,000,000 | 1,091,390 | |
| City
of Long Beach District 6-Pike Project |
6.250 | 10-01-26 | 2,480,000 | 2,482,182 | |
| City
of San Clemente Community Facilities District |
5.000 | 09-01-46 | 1,990,000 | 2,143,170 | |
| City
of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Green Bonds, Series A |
5.000 | 11-01-45 | 1,500,000 | 1,675,635 | |
| City
of San Mateo Community Facilities District |
5.500 | 09-01-44 | 2,000,000 | 2,181,620 | |
| County
of Orange Series B |
5.750 | 09-02-33 | 1,365,000 | 1,365,000 | |
| East
Side Union High School District-Santa Clara County 2012 Crossover, GO (A) |
5.250 | 09-01-24 | 2,500,000 | 2,986,000 | |
| Foothill-Eastern
Transportation Corridor Agency Highway Revenue Tolls, Series A |
5.750 | 01-15-46 | 5,000,000 | 5,711,650 | |
| Foothill-Eastern
Transportation Corridor Agency Highway Revenue Tolls, Series B-1 |
3.950 | 01-15-53 | 2,000,000 | 1,956,160 | |
| Golden
State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Series A |
5.000 | 06-01-40 | 8,250,000 | 9,237,360 | |
| Inland
Valley Development Agency Series A |
5.000 | 09-01-44 | 7,500,000 | 8,163,075 | |
| Lancaster
School District School Improvements (A) |
1.525(C) | 04-01-19 | 1,730,000 | 1,701,369 | |
| Lancaster
School District School Improvements (A) |
1.987(C) | 04-01-22 | 1,380,000 | 1,271,849 |
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| Rate (%) | Maturity date | Par value^ | Value | ||
| California (continued) | |||||
| Los
Angeles Community Facilities District No: 3 Cascades Business Park |
6.400 | 09-01-22 | 375,000 | $377,216 | |
| Los
Angeles County Public Works Financing Authority Series D |
5.000 | 12-01-45 | 3,000,000 | 3,363,420 | |
| Los
Angeles County Regional Financing Authority Montecedro Incorporated Project, Series A (A) |
5.000 | 11-15-44 | 1,355,000 | 1,501,828 | |
| Los
Angeles Department of Water & Power Power Systems, Series D |
5.000 | 07-01-44 | 1,000,000 | 1,122,460 | |
| Marin
Healthcare District Election of 2013, GO |
4.000 | 08-01-45 | 1,000,000 | 1,030,400 | |
| Morgan
Hill Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency Series A |
5.000 | 09-01-33 | 1,750,000 | 1,961,943 | |
| M-S-R
Energy Authority Natural Gas Revenue, Series B |
6.500 | 11-01-39 | 1,500,000 | 2,083,155 | |
| Norman
Y Mineta San Jose International Airport SJC Series A, AMT |
5.000 | 03-01-47 | 3,000,000 | 3,352,110 | |
| Northern
California Transmission Agency California-Oregon Transmission Project |
5.000 | 05-01-36 | 2,500,000 | 2,845,975 | |
| Oakland
Unified School District/Alameda County Election of 2012, GO |
6.625 | 08-01-38 | 1,000,000 | 1,161,210 | |
| Oakland
Unified School District/Alameda County Series A, GO |
5.000 | 08-01-40 | 1,500,000 | 1,683,225 | |
| Orange
County Community Facilities District Esencia Village, Series A |
5.000 | 08-15-47 | 2,000,000 | 2,207,220 | |
| Pacifica
School District Series C, GO (A) |
3.076(C) | 08-01-26 | 1,000,000 | 771,950 | |
| Port
of Los Angeles Series A, AMT |
5.000 | 08-01-44 | 2,000,000 | 2,209,640 | |
| River
Islands Public Financing Authority Community Facilities District, Series 2003-1 |
5.500 | 09-01-45 | 2,000,000 | 2,134,460 | |
| Riverside
County Transportation Commission Senior Lien, Series A |
5.750 | 06-01-48 | 1,000,000 | 1,109,980 | |
| San
Bruno Park Elementary School District School Improvements, Series B, GO (A) |
1.976(C) | 08-01-21 | 1,015,000 | 948,335 | |
| San
Diego County Regional Airport Authority Consol Rental Car Facilities, Series A |
5.000 | 07-01-44 | 4,925,000 | 5,482,904 | |
| San
Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority Series A |
5.000 | 10-15-44 | 1,000,000 | 1,120,820 | |
| San
Diego Unified School District Series I, GO |
4.074(C) | 07-01-39 | 1,250,000 | 526,625 | |
| San
Diego Unified School District, Election of 1998 Series A, GO (A) |
1.987(C) | 07-01-21 | 2,500,000 | 2,338,900 | |
| San
Francisco City & County Airports Commission San Francisco International Airport, Series B |
5.000 | 05-01-44 | 3,390,000 | 3,770,833 | |
| San
Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency Department of General Services Lease, No. 6, Mission Bay South, Series A |
5.150 | 08-01-35 | 1,250,000 | 1,251,288 | |
| San
Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency Mission Bay Project, Series A |
5.000 | 08-01-43 | 1,000,000 | 1,112,180 | |
| San
Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency Mission Bay South Redevelopment, Series D |
6.625 | 08-01-39 | 1,000,000 | 1,070,830 | |
| San
Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency Mission Bay South Redevelopment, Series D |
7.000 | 08-01-41 | 1,000,000 | 1,151,270 | |
| San
Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency San Francisco Redevelopment Projects, Series B |
6.625 | 08-01-39 | 700,000 | 750,092 | |
| San
Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency Highway Revenue Tolls, Escrowed to Maturity |
1.926(C) | 01-01-22 | 6,500,000 | 6,034,340 | |
| San
Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency Highway Revenue Tolls, Series A |
5.000 | 01-15-44 | 2,500,000 | 2,719,150 | |
| San
Mateo Foster City School District Election 2015, Series A, GO |
4.000 | 08-01-45 | 1,875,000 | 1,941,919 |
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| Rate (%) | Maturity date | Par value^ | Value | ||
| California (continued) | |||||
| San
Mateo Joint Powers Financing Authority Capital Projects Program (A) |
5.000 | 07-01-21 | 1,815,000 | $1,976,354 | |
| Santa
Ana Financing Authority Police Administration & Holding Facility (A) |
6.250 | 07-01-24 | 5,000,000 | 5,884,600 | |
| Santa
Ana Financing Authority Prerefunded, Police Administration & Holding Facility (A) |
6.250 | 07-01-24 | 5,000,000 | 5,856,700 | |
| Santa
Fe Springs Community Development Commission Construction Redevelopment Project, Series A (A) |
1.913(C) | 09-01-20 | 1,275,000 | 1,214,986 | |
| Santa
Margarita Water District Community Facilities District |
5.625 | 09-01-43 | 775,000 | 844,975 | |
| South
Orange County Public Financing Authority Series A |
5.000 | 08-15-33 | 1,000,000 | 1,084,200 | |
| South
Orange County Public Financing Authority Series A |
5.000 | 08-15-34 | 450,000 | 487,269 | |
| Southern
California Public Power Authority Natural Gas Revenue, Series A |
5.250 | 11-01-26 | 2,000,000 | 2,329,400 | |
| Southern
California Public Power Authority Series A |
5.000 | 07-01-38 | 1,000,000 | 1,131,120 | |
| State
of California, GO Various Purpose |
5.000 | 04-01-43 | 3,500,000 | 3,881,465 | |
| Stockton
Public Financing Authority Delta Water Supply Project, Series A |
6.250 | 10-01-40 | 1,150,000 | 1,358,185 | |
| Sweetwater
Union High School District Election of 2006, Series 2016 B, GO |
4.000 | 08-01-42 | 500,000 | 513,655 | |
| West
Covina Redevelopment Agency Fashion Plaza |
6.000 | 09-01-22 | 3,390,000 | 3,697,473 | |
| William
S Hart Union High School District Community Facilities District |
5.000 | 09-01-47 | 1,000,000 | 1,088,720 | |
| Yield* (%) | Maturity date | Par value^ | Value | ||
| Short-term investments 2.4% | $5,258,000 | ||||
| (Cost $5,258,000) | |||||
| U.S. Government Agency 1.0% | 2,287,000 | ||||
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Discount Note | 1.150 | 03-01-18 | 347,000 | 347,000 | |
| Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Note | 0.900 | 03-01-18 | 229,000 | 229,000 | |
| Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Note | 1.000 | 03-01-18 | 588,000 | 588,000 | |
| Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Note | 1.120 | 03-01-18 | 1,123,000 | 1,123,000 |
| Par value^ | Value | ||||
| Repurchase agreement 1.4% | 2,971,000 | ||||
| Barclays Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement dated 2-28-18 at 1.350% to be repurchased at $2,371,089 on 3-1-18, collateralized by $2,269,600 U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.375% due 6-30-23 (valued at $2,124,680, including interest) and $285,000 U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.125% due 4-15-21 (valued at $293,832, including interest) | 2,371,000 | 2,371,000 | |||
| Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated 2-28-18 at 0.540% to be repurchased at $600,009 on 3-1-18, collateralized by $590,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 9.125% due 5-15-18 (valued at $614,525, including interest) | 600,000 | 600,000 | |||
| Total investments (Cost $206,631,119) 99.0% | $220,707,031 | ||||
| Other assets and liabilities, net 1.0% | 2,263,360 | ||||
| Total net assets 100.0% | $222,970,391 | ||||
| The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund. | |
| ^All par values are denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. | |
| Security Abbreviations and Legend | |
| AMT | Interest earned from these securities may be considered a tax preference item for purpose of the Federal Alternative Minimum Tax. |
| GO | General Obligation |
| (A) | Bond is insured by one or more of the companies listed in the insurance coverage table below. |
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| (B) | These securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration. |
| (C) | Zero coupon bonds are issued at a discount from their principal amount in lieu of paying interest periodically. Rate shown is the effective yield at period end. |
| * | Yield represents either the annualized yield at the date of purchase, the stated coupon rate or, for floating rate securities, the rate at period end. |
| Insurance coverage | As
a % of total investments |
| National Public Finance Guarantee Corp. | 8.6 |
| California Mortgage Insurance | 3.5 |
| Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. | 3.2 |
| Build America Mutual Assurance Company | 1.0 |
| Ambac Financial Group, Inc. | 0.5 |
| TOTAL | 16.8 |
| General obligation bonds | 7.8% |
| Revenue bonds | 88.8% |
| Health care | 17.7% |
| Facilities | 14.7% |
| Other revenue | 13.5% |
| Transportation | 10.3% |
| Tobacco | 9.5% |
| Development | 6.3% |
| Airport | 5.7% |
| Education | 5.4% |
| Utilities | 3.0% |
| Water and sewer | 1.5% |
| Housing | 1.2% |
| Short-term investments and other | 3.4% |
| TOTAL | 100.0% |
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Notes to Fund's investments (unaudited)
Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the scheduled close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. In case of emergency or other disruption resulting in the NYSE not opening for trading or the NYSE closing at a time other than the regurly scheduled close, the net asset value may be determined as of the regularly scheduled close of the NYSE pursuant to the fund's Valuation Policies and Procedures.
In order to value the securities, the fund uses the following valuation techniques: Debt obligations are valued based on the evaluated prices provided by an independent pricing vendor or from broker-dealers. Independent pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which takes into account factors such as institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data, as well as broker supplied prices.
Other portfolio securities and assets, for which reliable market quotations are not readily available, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the fund's Pricing Committee following procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The frequency with which these fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and fair value of securities may differ significantly from the value that would have been used had a ready market for such securities existed.
The fund uses a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the pricing assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. Level 1 includes securities valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes securities valued using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk. Prices for securities valued using these inputs are received from independent pricing vendors and brokers and are based on an evaluation of the inputs described. Level 3 includes securities valued using significant unobservable inputs when market prices are not readily available or reliable, including the fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors used in determining value may include market or issuer specific events or trends, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Changes in valuation techniques and related inputs may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.
As of February 28, 2018, all investments are categorized as Level 2 under the hierarchy described above.
Repurchase agreements. The fund may enter into repurchase agreements. When the fund enters into a repurchase agreement, it receives collateral that is held in a segregated account by the fund's custodian. The collateral amount is marked-to-market and monitored on a daily basis to ensure that the collateral held is in an amount not less than the principal amount of the repurchase agreement plus any accrued interest. Collateral received by the fund for repurchase agreements is disclosed in the Fund's investments as part of the caption related to the repurchase agreement.
Repurchase agreements are typically governed by the terms and conditions of the Master Repurchase Agreement and/or Global Master Repurchase Agreement (collectively, MRA). Upon an event of default, the non-defaulting party may close out all transactions traded under the MRA and net amounts owed. Absent an event of default, assets and liabilities resulting from repurchase agreements are not offset. In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the collateral value may decline or the counterparty may have insufficient assets to pay back claims resulting from close-out of the transactions.
For additional information on the fund's significant accounting policies, please refer to the fund's most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report.
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ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
(a) Based upon their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-Q, the registrant's principal executive officer and principal accounting officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.
Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer and principal accounting officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.
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.
John Hancock California Tax-Free Income Fund
| By: | /s/ Andrew Arnott | |
| Andrew Arnott | ||
| President | ||
| Date: | April 20, 2018 |
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/ Andrew Arnott | |
| Andrew Arnott | ||
| President | ||
| Date: | April 20, 2018 | |
| By: | /s/ Charles A. Rizzo | |
| Charles A. Rizzo | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Date: | April 20, 2018 |