Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund
 
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
811-21147
Investment Company Act File Number
Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Maureen A. Gemma
Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Name and Address of Agent for Services)
(617) 482-8260
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
September 30
Date of Fiscal Year End
June 30, 2011
Date of Reporting Period
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 


 

Eaton Vance
California Municipal Bond Fund
June 30, 2011
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
 
Tax-Exempt Investments — 177.5%
 
                 
Principal
           
Amount
           
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value  
Electric Utilities — 3.2%
$ 3,905    
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, 5.25%, 7/1/29
  $ 3,869,113  
  1,470    
Southern California Public Power Authority, (Tieton Hydropower Project), 5.00%, 7/1/35
    1,480,070  
  2,375    
Vernon, Electric System Revenue, 5.125%, 8/1/21
    2,440,716  
                 
            $ 7,789,899  
                 
General Obligations — 7.1%
$ 4,600    
California, 5.50%, 11/1/35
  $ 4,736,712  
  7,020    
Palo Alto, (Election of 2008), 5.00%, 8/1/40(1)
    7,287,111  
  5,000    
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, (Election of 2004), 5.00%, 8/1/35
    5,149,050  
                 
            $ 17,172,873  
                 
Hospital — 9.9%
$ 2,000    
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.25%, 7/1/23
  $ 2,045,080  
  4,745    
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), 5.00%, 8/15/39
    4,504,618  
  2,200    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Cottage Health System), 5.00%, 11/1/40
    2,016,652  
  2,330    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (John Muir Health), 5.00%, 8/15/34
    2,155,483  
  3,850    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Kaiser Permanente), 5.25%, 3/1/45
    3,635,440  
  3,950    
Torrance Hospital, (Torrance Memorial Medical Center), 5.50%, 6/1/31
    3,935,582  
  3,165    
Washington Township Health Care District, 5.00%, 7/1/32
    2,803,684  
  3,005    
Washington Township Health Care District, 5.25%, 7/1/29
    2,831,431  
                 
            $ 23,927,970  
                 
Insured-Electric Utilities — 14.1%
$ 20,000    
Anaheim Public Financing Authority, (Electric System District), (BHAC), (NPFG), 4.50%, 10/1/32(1)
  $ 19,347,199  
  6,750    
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 7/1/26(1)
    7,097,827  
  2,000    
Northern California Power Agency, (Hydroelectric), (AGC), 5.00%, 7/1/24
    2,126,760  
  1,000    
Sacramento Municipal Utility District, (AGM), 5.00%, 8/15/27
    1,032,910  
  4,000    
Sacramento Municipal Utility District, (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.25%, 7/1/24
    4,544,480  
                 
            $ 34,149,176  
                 
Insured-Escrowed/Prerefunded — 8.4%
$ 2,105    
California Department of Water Resources, (Central Valley Project), (BHAC), (FGIC), Prerefunded to 12/1/12, 5.00%, 12/1/29(1)
  $ 2,244,035  
  3,090    
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, (Bay Area Toll Bridges), (AMBAC), Prerefunded to 1/1/28, 5.00%, 7/1/36(2)
    3,648,085  
  13,940    
Sacramento County Airport System, (AGM), Prerefunded to 7/1/12, 5.00%, 7/1/27(1)
    14,604,937  
                 
            $ 20,497,057  
                 
Insured-General Obligations — 23.7%
$ 4,260    
Antelope Valley Community College District, (Election of 2004), (NPFG), 5.25%, 8/1/39
  $ 4,320,662  
  4,135    
Burbank Unified School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/21
    2,535,623  
  10,000    
Chabot – Las Positas, Community College District, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 8/1/32
    2,398,500  
  9,500    
Chabot – Las Positas, Community College District, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 8/1/37
    1,558,380  
  10,600    
Coast Community College District, (Election of 2002), (AGM), 0.00%, 8/1/33
    2,446,480  
  23,150    
Coast Community College District, (Election of 2002), (AGM), 0.00%, 8/1/34
    4,970,768  
  3,595    
El Camino Hospital District, (NPFG), 4.45%, 8/1/36
    3,237,549  
  6,040    
Escondido, (Election of 2004), (NPFG), 4.75%, 9/1/36
    5,522,070  
  4,500    
Palm Springs Unified School District, (Election of 2008), (AGC), 5.00%, 8/1/33
    4,600,395  
  2,300    
San Diego Unified School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 7/1/22
    1,312,357  
  5,000    
San Diego Unified School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 7/1/23
    2,622,250  
  5,630    
San Juan Unified School District, (AGM), 0.00%, 8/1/21
    3,418,536  
 
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Principal
           
Amount
           
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value  
$ 4,840    
San Mateo County, Community College District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/22
  $ 2,891,077  
  4,365    
San Mateo County, Community College District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/23
    2,436,194  
  3,955    
San Mateo County, Community College District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/25
    1,912,757  
  5,240    
San Mateo Union High School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/21
    3,197,396  
  5,195    
Santa Clara Unified School District, (Election of 2004), (AGM), 4.375%, 7/1/30
    4,973,018  
  3,000    
Ventura County, Community College District, (NPFG), 5.00%, 8/1/27
    3,077,730  
                 
            $ 57,431,742  
                 
Insured-Hospital — 15.3%
$ 2,205    
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), (BHAC), 5.00%, 11/15/34
  $ 2,207,007  
  4,550    
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Sutter Health), (BHAC), (NPFG), 5.00%, 8/15/38
    4,532,983  
  14,945    
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Sutter Health), (BHAC), (NPFG), 5.00%, 8/15/38(1)
    14,889,102  
  10,000    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Kaiser Permanente), (BHAC), 5.00%, 4/1/31(1)
    10,096,300  
  3,500    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Kaiser Permanente), (BHAC), 5.00%, 3/1/41(1)
    3,397,065  
  2,000    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Sutter Health), (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 11/15/38(1)
    1,972,000  
                 
            $ 37,094,457  
                 
Insured-Lease Revenue/Certificates of Participation — 16.1%
$ 11,905    
California Public Works Board, (California Community College), (FGIC), (NPFG), 4.00%, 10/1/30
  $ 9,327,687  
  3,885    
Puerto Rico Public Finance Corp., (AMBAC), Escrowed to Maturity, 5.50%, 8/1/27
    4,703,142  
  10,000    
San Diego County Water Authority, Certificates of Participation, (AGM), 5.00%, 5/1/38(1)
    10,065,500  
  1,000    
San Jose Financing Authority, (Civic Center), (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 6/1/37
    990,630  
  14,000    
San Jose Financing Authority, (Civic Center), (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 6/1/37(1)
    13,868,820  
                 
            $ 38,955,779  
                 
Insured-Other Revenue — 2.8%
$ 7,800    
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., (AGC), 5.00%, 6/1/45
  $ 6,888,882  
                 
            $ 6,888,882  
                 
Insured-Private Education — 0.5%
$ 1,135    
California Educational Facilities Authority, (Pepperdine University), (FGIC), (NPFG), 5.00%, 9/1/33
  $ 1,136,010  
                 
            $ 1,136,010  
                 
Insured-Public Education — 11.7%
$ 8,250    
California State University, (AGM), (BHAC), 5.00%, 11/1/39(1)
  $ 8,206,110  
  3,095    
University of California, (AGM), 4.50%, 5/15/26(1)
    3,147,027  
  6,690    
University of California, (AGM), 4.50%, 5/15/28(1)
    6,720,239  
  10,750    
University of California, (BHAC), (FGIC), 4.75%, 5/15/37(1)
    10,445,237  
                 
            $ 28,518,613  
                 
Insured-Special Assessment Revenue — 5.3%
$ 7,765    
Ceres, Redevelopment Agency Tax, (AMBAC), 4.00%, 11/1/36
  $ 5,272,124  
  5,940    
Pomona, Public Financing Authority, (NPFG), 5.00%, 2/1/33
    5,010,568  
  3,110    
Santa Cruz County, Redevelopment Agency Tax, (NPFG), 5.00%, 9/1/35
    2,599,494  
                 
            $ 12,882,186  
                 
Insured-Special Tax Revenue — 12.6%
$ 595    
Hesperia Public Financing Authority, (Redevelopment and Housing Projects), (XLCA), 5.00%, 9/1/31
  $ 436,111  
  7,240    
Hesperia Public Financing Authority, (Redevelopment and Housing Projects), (XLCA), 5.00%, 9/1/37
    4,991,111  
  59,440    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., (AMBAC), 0.00%, 8/1/54
    3,223,431  
  25,860    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/45
    2,756,418  
  16,350    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/46
    1,622,574  
 
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Principal
           
Amount
           
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value  
$ 6,645    
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transportation District, Sales Tax Revenue, (AGM), 4.25%, 7/1/36
  $ 6,075,457  
  5,585    
San Jose Redevelopment Agency, (Merged Area Redevelopment Project), (XLCA), 4.25%, 8/1/36
    3,670,239  
  7,500    
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Sales Tax Revenue, (AMBAC),
5.00%, 4/1/32(1)
    7,727,925  
                 
            $ 30,503,266  
                 
Insured-Transportation — 1.8%
$ 3,445    
San Joaquin Hills, Transportation Corridor Agency, (NPFG), 0.00%, 1/15/30
  $ 627,335  
  1,885    
San Jose Airport, (AMBAC), 5.00%, 3/1/33
    1,806,659  
  2,125    
San Jose Airport, (AMBAC), 5.00%, 3/1/37
    2,000,496  
                 
            $ 4,434,490  
                 
Insured-Water Revenue — 25.9%
$ 5,895    
California Department of Water Resources, (Central Valley Project), (BHAC), (FGIC), 5.00%, 12/1/29(1)
  $ 6,033,002  
  7,000    
Calleguas Las Virgines Public Financing Authority, (Municipal Water District), (BHAC), (FGIC), 4.75%, 7/1/37(1)
    6,892,060  
  5,500    
Contra Costa, Water District, (AGM), 4.50%, 10/1/31(1)
    5,297,765  
  345    
East Bay Municipal Utility District, Water System Revenue, (AGM), (FGIC), 5.00%, 6/1/32
    359,045  
  6,500    
East Bay Municipal Utility District, Water System Revenue, (FGIC), (NPFG),
5.00%, 6/1/32(1)
    6,764,615  
  7,750    
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, (BHAC), (FGIC), 5.00%, 7/1/43(1)
    7,757,130  
  10,000    
Metropolitan Water District Water and Sewer Systems, (BHAC), (FGIC), 5.00%, 10/1/36(1)
    10,114,900  
  1,595    
Riverside, Water Revenue, (AGM), 5.00%, 10/1/38
    1,608,876  
  5,000    
San Luis Obispo County, (Nacimiento Water Project), (BHAC), (NPFG), 5.00%, 9/1/38
    5,061,850  
  6,060    
San Luis Obispo County, (Nacimiento Water Project), (NPFG), 4.50%, 9/1/40
    5,331,527  
  8,415    
Santa Clara Valley Water District, (AGM), 3.75%, 6/1/28
    7,725,307  
                 
            $ 62,946,077  
                 
Private Education — 11.3%
$ 290    
California Educational Facilities Authority, (California Institute of Technology), 5.00%, 11/1/39
  $ 301,913  
  10,000    
California Educational Facilities Authority, (California Institute of Technology), 5.00%, 11/1/39(1)
    10,410,800  
  2,680    
California Educational Facilities Authority, (Claremont McKenna College), 5.00%, 1/1/27
    2,810,998  
  550    
California Educational Facilities Authority, (Harvey Mudd College), 5.25%, 12/1/31
    565,763  
  940    
California Educational Facilities Authority, (Harvey Mudd College), 5.25%, 12/1/36
    939,304  
  1,375    
California Educational Facilities Authority, (Loyola Marymount University), 5.00%, 10/1/30
    1,370,683  
  3,630    
California Educational Facilities Authority, (Santa Clara University), 5.00%, 2/1/29
    3,788,159  
  650    
California Educational Facilities Authority, (University of San Francisco), 6.125%, 10/1/36
    687,980  
  6,200    
California Educational Facilities Authority, (University of Southern California), 5.25%, 10/1/39
    6,506,094  
                 
            $ 27,381,694  
                 
Transportation — 7.8%
$ 140    
Bay Area Toll Authority, Toll Bridge Revenue, (San Francisco Bay Area), 5.25%, 4/1/29
  $ 148,823  
  6,500    
Bay Area Toll Authority, Toll Bridge Revenue, (San Francisco Bay Area), 5.25%, 4/1/29(1)
    6,909,630  
  1,960    
Long Beach, Harbor Revenue, 5.00%, 5/15/27
    2,101,335  
  7,500    
Los Angeles Department of Airports, (Los Angeles International Airport), 5.00%, 5/15/35(1)
    7,566,450  
  2,190    
San Francisco City and County Airport Commission, (San Francisco International Airport), 5.00%, 5/1/35
    2,161,333  
                 
            $ 18,887,571  
                 
         
Total Tax-Exempt Investments — 177.5%
(identified cost $448,641,818)
  $ 430,597,742  
         
         
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (77.5)%
  $ (187,977,525 )
         
         
Net Assets — 100.0%
  $ 242,620,217  
         
 
             
 
The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.
         
AGC
  -   Assured Guaranty Corp.
         
AGM
  -   Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
         
AMBAC
  -   AMBAC Financial Group, Inc.
 
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BHAC
  -   Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
         
FGIC
  -   Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
         
NPFG
  -   National Public Finance Guaranty Corp.
         
XLCA
  -   XL Capital Assurance, Inc.
 
The Fund invests primarily in debt securities issued by California municipalities. The ability of the issuers of the debt securities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in a specific industry or municipality. In order to reduce the risk associated with such economic developments, at June 30, 2011, 77.9% of total investments are backed by bond insurance of various financial institutions and financial guaranty assurance agencies. The aggregate percentage insured by an individual financial institution ranged from 2.1% to 32.4% of total investments.
         
(1)
      Security represents the municipal bond held by a trust that issues residual interest bonds.
         
(2)
      Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged to cover margin requirements on open financial futures contracts.
 
A summary of open financial instruments at June 30, 2011 is as follows:
 
Futures Contracts
 
                                 
                        Net Unrealized
 
Expiration
          Aggregate
          Appreciation
 
Date   Contracts   Position   Cost     Value     (Depreciation)  
9/11
  200 U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note   Short   $ (24,337,134 )   $ (24,465,625 )   $ (128,491 )
9/11
  344 U.S. 30-Year Treasury Bond   Short     (42,649,995 )     (42,322,750 )     327,245  
                                 
                            $ 198,754  
                                 
 
At June 30, 2011, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.
 
The Fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. Because the Fund holds fixed rate bonds, the value of these bonds may decrease if interest rates rise. The Fund purchases and sells U.S. Treasury futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates.
 
At June 30, 2011, the aggregate fair value of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in an asset position and in a liability position and whose primary underlying risk exposure is interest rate risk was $327,245 and $128,491, respectively.
 
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at June 30, 2011, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
 
         
Aggregate cost
  $ 250,859,948  
         
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 6,481,187  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (24,233,393 )
         
Net unrealized depreciation
  $ (17,752,206 )
         
 
Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
 
  •   Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
 
  •   Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
 
  •   Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
 
In cases where the inputs used to measure fair value fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level disclosed is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
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At June 30, 2011, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:
 
                                 
Asset Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
   
Tax-Exempt Investments
  $     $ 430,597,742     $      —     $ 430,597,742  
 
 
Total Investments
  $     $ 430,597,742     $     $ 430,597,742  
 
 
Futures Contracts
  $ 327,245     $     $     $ 327,245  
 
 
Total
  $ 327,245     $ 430,597,742     $     $ 430,924,987  
 
 
                                 
Liability Description                        
   
Futures Contracts
  $ (128,491 )   $     $     $ (128,491 )
 
 
Total
  $ (128,491 )   $     $     $ (128,491 )
 
 
 
The Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as of September 30, 2010 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs. At June 30, 2011, the value of investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2, if any, during the fiscal year to date then ended was not significant.
 
For information on the Fund’s policy regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements included in its semiannual or annual report to shareholders.
 
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Item 2. Controls and Procedures
(a) It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this Form N-Q has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this Form N-Q has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter for which the report is being filed that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 


 

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.
Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund
         
By:
  Cynthia J. Clemson
 
Cynthia J. Clemson
   
 
  President    
 
       
Date:
  August 25, 2011    
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:
  Cynthia J. Clemson
 
Cynthia J. Clemson
   
 
  President    
 
       
Date:
  August 25, 2011    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Barbara E. Campbell
 
Barbara E. Campbell
   
 
  Treasurer    
 
       
Date:
  August 25, 2011