0001193125-23-250801.txt : 20231004 0001193125-23-250801.hdr.sgml : 20231004 20231004170725 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-23-250801 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231004 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231004 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20231004 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: 231308810 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS STREET 2: 200 BERKELEY STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-663-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS STREET 2: 200 BERKELEY STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 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 0000856671 S000000616 John Hancock California Municipal Bond Fund C000001742 Class A TACAX C000001744 Class C TCCAX C000178768 Class I JCAFX C000193017 Class R6 JCSRX 497J 1 d548658d497j.htm JOHN HANCOCK CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME FUND JOHN HANCOCK CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
John Hancock Funds
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
October 4, 2023
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 Municipal Bond 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, 2023, 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. 64 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and Amendment No. 67 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 26, 2023 via EDGAR.
If you have any questions or comments, please email me at tdee@jhancock.com. 
/s/ Thomas Dee
Thomas Dee, Esq.
Assistant Secretary of the Trust