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Soliciting Material Pursuant to
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BlackRock
California Municipal Income Trust II
BlackRock
California Investment Quality Municipal Trust Inc.
BlackRock
California Insured Municipal Income Trust
BlackRock
California Municipal Bond Trust
BlackRock
California Municipal Income Trust
(Name
of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
(Name
of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)
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BLACKROCK
CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST II
BLACKROCK
CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT QUALITY MUNICIPAL TRUST INC.
BLACKROCK
CALIFORNIA INSURED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
BLACKROCK
CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND TRUST
BLACKROCK
CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
ADJOURNMENT OF THE JOINT
SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING
PLEASE
VOTE YOUR SHARES BEFORE NOVEMBER 30, 2009
October
26, 2009
Dear
Shareholder:
We
are writing to inform you that the October 26, 2009 Joint Special Shareholder
Meeting of BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust II (“BCL”), BlackRock
California Insured Municipal Income Trust (“BCK”), BlackRock California
Municipal Bond Trust (“BZA”) and BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
(“BFZ”), each a Delaware statutory trust, and BlackRock California Investment
Quality Municipal Trust Inc. (“RAA”), a Maryland corporation, has been adjourned
to November 30, 2009. We recently mailed you proxy materials relating
to the proposals to be voted on at the Joint Special Shareholder Meeting but our
records indicate that we have not received your vote. In order to avoid
incurring further expenses, we are asking you to take a moment to submit your
vote.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
For
the reasons set forth in the proxy materials previously mailed to you,
each fund’s board of trustees or
board of directors, as applicable, believe the proposals are in the
shareholders’ best interest and unanimously recommend that you vote in
favor
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We
encourage you to vote
TODAY
using one of the
following convenient options:
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Vote
by Phone
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You may
cast your vote by calling the toll-free number listed on the enclosed
proxy card. Have your proxy card in hand in order to follow the
recorded instructions.
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Vote
Online
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You may
cast your vote by logging onto the Web address listed on the enclosed
proxy card. Have your proxy card in hand in order to follow the
instructions given on the Web site.
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3.
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Vote
by Mail
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You may
cast your vote by mail by signing, dating and mailing the enclosed proxy
card in the postage-prepaid return envelope
provided.
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If
you have any questions about the proposal, you may call Computershare Fund
Services, the funds’ proxy solicitation firm;
toll free at (866)
704-4427.
As a helpful reminder, you may receive a call from a
representative of Computershare Fund Services encouraging you to
vote. When you provide instructions to Computershare Fund Services by
phone, they will be authorized to deliver your proxy on your
behalf.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT! PLEASE VOTE TODAY!