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
(Formerly, Eaton Vance Insured 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
 
December 31, 2009
Date of Reporting Period
 


 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments


 

Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
 
Tax-Exempt Investments — 173.8%
 
                 
Principal
           
Amount
           
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value  
Electric Utilities — 0.9%
$ 2,375    
Vernon, Electric System Revenue, 5.125%, 8/1/21
  $ 2,417,750  
                 
            $ 2,417,750  
                 
Hospital — 10.4%
$ 2,000    
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.25%, 7/1/23
  $ 2,026,360  
  1,745    
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), 5.00%, 11/15/34
    1,638,625  
  5,400    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Huntington Memorial Hospital), 5.00%, 7/1/35
    5,060,232  
  2,330    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (John Muir Health), 5.00%, 8/15/34
    2,153,060  
  3,850    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Kaiser Permanente), 5.25%, 3/1/45
    3,598,903  
  3,950    
Torrance Hospital, (Torrance Memorial Medical Center), 5.50%, 6/1/31
    3,981,758  
  2,100    
Turlock, (Emanuel Medical Center, Inc.), 5.375%, 10/15/34
    1,781,178  
  3,005    
Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, (Providence Health Care), 5.25%, 7/1/29
    2,777,191  
  3,165    
Washington Township Health Care District, 5.00%, 7/1/32
    2,780,547  
  1,000    
Washington Township Health Care District, 5.00%, 7/1/37
    856,580  
                 
            $ 26,654,434  
                 
Insured-Electric Utilities — 13.5%
$ 20,000    
Anaheim Public Financing Authority, (Electric System District), (BHAC), (NPFG), 4.50%, 10/1/32(1)
  $ 19,635,399  
  6,750    
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 7/1/26(1)
    7,212,982  
  2,000    
Northern California Power Agency, (Hydroelectric), (AGC), 5.00%, 7/1/24
    2,117,780  
  1,000    
Sacramento Municipal Utility District, (AGM), 5.00%, 8/15/27
    1,064,770  
  4,000    
Sacramento Municipal Utility District, (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.25%, 7/1/24
    4,624,560  
                 
            $ 34,655,491  
                 
Insured-Escrowed/Prerefunded — 7.4%
$ 3,045    
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, (Bay Area Toll Bridges), (AMBAC), Prerefunded to 1/1/28, 5.00%, 7/1/36(2)
  $ 3,603,940  
  55    
California Water Resource, (Central Valley), (FGIC), (NPFG), Prerefunded to 12/1/12, 5.00%, 12/1/29
    61,677  
  13,940    
Sacramento County Airport System, (AGM), Prerefunded to 7/1/12, 5.00%, 7/1/27(1)
    15,424,749  
                 
            $ 19,090,366  
                 
Insured-General Obligations — 36.2%
$ 4,260    
Antelope Valley Community College District (Election of 2004), (NPFG), 5.25%, 8/1/39
  $ 4,320,961  
  17,495    
Arcadia Unified School District, (AGM), 0.00%, 8/1/40
    2,187,050  
  18,375    
Arcadia Unified School District, (AGM), 0.00%, 8/1/41
    2,137,564  
  2,390    
Azusa Unified School District, (AGM), 0.00%, 7/1/25
    967,544  
  6,030    
Burbank Unified School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/21
    3,107,802  
  6,500    
California, (AGC), 4.50%, 8/1/30(1)
    6,061,185  
  10,000    
Chabot - Las Positas, Community College District, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 8/1/32
    2,207,800  
  9,500    
Chabot - Las Positas, Community College District, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 8/1/37
    1,455,495  
  29,805    
Chabot - Las Positas, Community College District, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 8/1/44
    2,739,676  
  3,000    
Chino Valley Unified School District, (AGM), 5.00%, 8/1/26
    3,095,280  
  10,600    
Coast Community College District (Election of 2002), (AGM), 0.00%, 8/1/33
    2,286,950  
  24,700    
Coast Community College District (Election of 2002), (AGM), 0.00%, 8/1/34
    4,939,012  
  6,180    
El Camino Hospital District, (NPFG), 4.45%, 8/1/36
    5,645,553  
  7,725    
Escondido, (Election of 2004), (NPFG), 4.75%, 9/1/36
    7,163,083  
  2,060    
Huntington Beach, City School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/25
    814,977  
  2,140    
Huntington Beach, City School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/26
    788,783  
  2,000    
Jurupa Unified School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/23
    877,600  
  2,000    
Jurupa Unified School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/26
    707,000  
 
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Principal
           
Amount
           
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value  
$ 7,300    
Los Angeles Community College District, (Election of 2001), (AGM), (FGIC), 5.00%, 8/1/32
  $ 7,452,059  
  3,050    
Modesto, High School District, Stanislaus County, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/24
    1,270,508  
  8,840    
San Diego Unified School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 7/1/22
    4,733,466  
  8,305    
San Diego Unified School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 7/1/23
    4,161,220  
  7,300    
San Juan Unified School District, (AGM), 0.00%, 8/1/21
    3,865,423  
  5,000    
San Mateo County, Community College District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/22
    2,746,250  
  4,365    
San Mateo County, Community College District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/23
    2,225,582  
  3,955    
San Mateo County, Community College District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/25
    1,783,112  
  5,240    
San Mateo Union High School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/21
    3,006,136  
  5,835    
Santa Clara Unified School District, (Election of 2004), (AGM), 4.375%, 7/1/30
    5,609,477  
  3,000    
Union Elementary School District, (FGIC), (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/24
    1,367,880  
  3,000    
Ventura County, Community College District, (NPFG), 5.00%, 8/1/27
    3,116,340  
                 
            $ 92,840,768  
                 
Insured-Hospital — 14.6%
$ 2,205    
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), (BHAC), 5.00%, 11/15/34
  $ 2,210,424  
  19,495    
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Sutter Health), (BHAC), (NPFG), 5.00%, 8/15/38(1)
    19,505,916  
  10,000    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Kaiser Permanente), (BHAC), 5.00%, 4/1/31(1)
    10,169,498  
  3,500    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Kaiser Permanente), (BHAC), 5.00%, 3/1/41(1)
    3,499,755  
  2,000    
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Sutter Health), (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 11/15/38(1)
    2,004,780  
                 
            $ 37,390,373  
                 
Insured-Lease Revenue/Certificates of Participation — 15.5%
$ 11,915    
California Public Works Board, (California Community College), (FGIC), (NPFG), 4.00%, 10/1/30
  $ 9,037,289  
  1,000    
California Public Works Board, (Department of General Services), (AMBAC), 5.00%, 12/1/27
    926,240  
  3,885    
Puerto Rico Public Finance Corp., (AMBAC), Escrowed to Maturity, 5.50%, 8/1/27
    4,667,789  
  10,000    
San Diego County Water Authority, Certificates of Participation, (AGM), 5.00%, 5/1/38(1)
    9,969,200  
  1,000    
San Jose Financing Authority, (Civic Center), (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 6/1/37
    1,006,510  
  14,000    
San Jose Financing Authority, (Civic Center), (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 6/1/37(1)
    14,091,140  
                 
            $ 39,698,168  
                 
Insured-Other Revenue — 7.1%
$ 20,275    
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., (AGC), 5.00%, 6/1/45(1)
  $ 18,096,250  
                 
            $ 18,096,250  
                 
Insured-Private Education — 0.4%
$ 1,000    
California Educational Facilities Authority, (Pepperdine University), (FGIC), (NPFG), 5.00%, 9/1/33
  $ 1,000,430  
                 
            $ 1,000,430  
                 
Insured-Public Education — 12.6%
$ 8,250    
California State University, (AGM), (BHAC), 5.00%, 11/1/39(1)
  $ 8,401,386  
  1,000    
California State University, (AMBAC), 5.125%, 11/1/26
    1,020,120  
  3,095    
University of California, (AGM), 4.50%, 5/15/26(1)
    3,150,648  
  6,690    
University of California, (AGM), 4.50%, 5/15/28(1)
    6,769,142  
  10,750    
University of California, (BHAC), (FGIC), 4.75%, 5/15/37(1)
    10,780,960  
  2,115    
University of California, General Revenues, (BHAC), (FGIC), 4.75%, 5/15/37
    2,121,091  
                 
            $ 32,243,347  
                 
Insured-Sewer Revenue — 3.7%
$ 9,450    
Livermore-Amador Valley, Water Management Agency, (AMBAC), 5.00%, 8/1/31
  $ 9,453,875  
                 
            $ 9,453,875  
                 
 
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Principal
           
Amount
           
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value  
Insured-Special Assessment Revenue — 7.1%
$ 7,765    
Ceres, Redevelopment Agency Tax, (AMBAC), 4.00%, 11/1/36
  $ 5,492,650  
  855    
Murrieta Redevelopment Agency Tax, (NPFG), 5.00%, 8/1/32
    779,469  
  7,000    
Pomona, Public Financing Authority, (NPFG), 5.00%, 2/1/33
    6,623,890  
  4,110    
Santa Cruz County, Redevelopment Agency Tax, (NPFG), 5.00%, 9/1/35
    3,633,569  
  1,810    
Tustin Unified School District, (AGM), 5.00%, 9/1/38
    1,750,994  
                 
            $ 18,280,572  
                 
Insured-Special Tax Revenue — 15.3%
$ 1,000    
Hesperia Public Financing Authority, (Redevelopment and Housing Project), (XLCA), 5.00%, 9/1/31
  $ 864,330  
  10,355    
Hesperia Public Financing Authority, (Redevelopment and Housing Project), (XLCA), 5.00%, 9/1/37
    8,428,142  
  2,400    
North City, School Facility Financing Authority, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 9/1/26
    843,960  
  69,370    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., (AMBAC), 0.00%, 8/1/54
    3,981,144  
  8,900    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/44
    1,064,351  
  25,980    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/45
    2,902,745  
  16,350    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/46
    1,695,986  
  835    
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, (BHAC), 5.50%, 10/1/28
    929,914  
  335    
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, (BHAC), 5.625%, 10/1/37
    363,498  
  7,000    
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transportation District, Sales Tax Revenue, (AGM), 4.25%, 7/1/36
    6,166,370  
  3,595    
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transportation District, Sales Tax Revenue, (AMBAC), 5.00%, 7/1/31
    3,658,416  
  1,850    
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transportation District, Sales Tax Revenue, (AMBAC), 5.125%, 7/1/36
    1,870,961  
  8,425    
San Jose Redevelopment Agency, (Merged Area), (XLCA), 4.25%, 8/1/36
    6,324,142  
                 
            $ 39,093,959  
                 
Insured-Transportation — 0.3%
$ 3,445    
San Joaquin Hills, Transportation Corridor Agency, (NPFG), 0.00%, 1/15/30
  $ 734,922  
                 
            $ 734,922  
                 
Insured-Water Revenue — 28.8%
$ 8,000    
California Department of Water Resources Center, (Valley Project), (BHAC), (FGIC), 5.00%, 12/1/29(1)
  $ 8,212,400  
  7,065    
Calleguas Las Virgines Public Financing Authority, (Municipal Water District), (BHAC), (FGIC), 4.75%, 7/1/37
    7,032,784  
  5,500    
Contra Costa, Water District, (AGM), 4.50%, 10/1/31(1)
    5,343,525  
  345    
East Bay Municipal Utility District, Water System Revenue, (AGM), (FGIC), 5.00%, 6/1/32
    365,693  
  4,215    
East Bay Municipal Utility District, Water System Revenue, (FGIC), (NPFG), 5.00%, 6/1/32
    4,467,816  
  7,750    
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, (BHAC), (FGIC), 5.00%, 7/1/43(1)
    7,781,620  
  14,750    
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, (BHAC), (NPFG), 5.125%, 7/1/41(1)
    14,828,469  
  10,000    
Metropolitan Water District Water and Sewer Systems, (BHAC), (FGIC), 5.00%, 10/1/36(1)
    10,209,900  
  1,570    
Riverside, Water Revenue, (AGM), 5.00%, 10/1/38
    1,587,631  
  6,930    
San Luis Obispo County, (Nacimiento Water Project), (NPFG), 4.50%, 9/1/40
    6,167,631  
  8,465    
Santa Clara Valley Water District, (AGM), 3.75%, 6/1/28
    7,927,896  
                 
            $ 73,925,365  
                 
         
Total Tax-Exempt Investments — 173.8%
(identified cost $469,347,132)
  $ 445,576,070  
         
 
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Short-Term Investments — 0.3%
 
                 
Principal
           
Amount
           
(000’s omitted)     Description   Value  
$ 866    
State Street Bank and Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, 1/4/10
  $ 865,619  
                 
         
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.3%
(identified cost $865,619)
  $ 865,619  
         
         
Total Investments — 174.1%
(identified cost $470,212,751)
  $ 446,441,689  
         
         
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (74.1)%
  $ (189,998,076 )
         
         
Net Assets — 100.0%
  $ 256,443,613  
         
 
             
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.
         
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 December 31, 2009, 93.3% 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 3.5% to 34.6% of total investments.
         
(1)
      Security represents the underlying municipal bond of an inverse floater.
         
(2)
      Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged to cover margin requirements on open financial futures contracts.
 
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A summary of financial instruments outstanding at December 31, 2009 is as follows:
 
Futures Contracts
 
                                 
Expiration
          Aggregate
          Net Unrealized
 
Date   Contracts   Position   Cost     Value     Appreciation  
3/10
  244 U.S. Treasury Bond   Short   $ (29,279,146 )   $ (28,151,500 )   $ 1,127,646  
 
Interest Rate Swaps
 
                                 
          Annual
    Floating
  Effective Date/
     
    Notional
    Fixed Rate
    Rate
  Termination
  Net Unrealized
 
Counterparty   Amount     Paid By Fund     Paid To Fund   Date   Appreciation  
JPMorgan Chase Co. 
  $ 6,425,000       4.097 %   3-month USD-
LIBOR-BBA
  March 15, 2010 /
March 15, 2040
  $ 500,276  
 
The effective date represents the date on which the Fund and the counterparty to the interest rate swap contract begin interest payment accruals.
 
At December 31, 2009, 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. To hedge against this risk, the Fund may enter into interest rate swap contracts. The Fund may also purchase and sell U.S. Treasury futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates.
 
At December 31, 2009, the aggregate fair value of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in an asset position and whose primary underlying risk exposure is interest rate risk was $1,627,922.
 
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at December 31, 2009, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
 
         
Aggregate cost
  $ 275,247,829  
         
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 7,479,722  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (32,795,862 )
         
Net unrealized depreciation
  $ (25,316,140 )
         
 
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)
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
At December 31, 2009, the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:
 
                                 
    Quoted Prices in
                   
    Active Markets for
    Significant Other
    Significant
       
    Identical Assets     Observable Inputs     Unobservable Inputs        
       
Asset Description   (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)     Total  
 
 
Tax-Exempt Investments
  $     $ 445,576,070     $     $ 445,576,070  
Short-Term Investments
          865,619             865,619  
 
 
Total Investments
  $     $ 446,441,689     $     $ 446,441,689  
 
 
Futures Contracts
  $ 1,127,646     $     $     $ 1,127,646  
Interest Rate Swaps
          500,276             500,276  
 
 
Total
  $ 1,127,646     $ 446,941,965     $     $ 448,069,611  
 
 
 
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The Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as of September 30, 2009 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs.
 
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.
 
Effective February 1, 2010, the name of the Fund was changed from Eaton Vance Insured California Municipal Bond Fund.
 
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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:
  /s/ Cynthia J. Clemson    
         
    Cynthia J. Clemson    
    President    
         
Date:
  February 22, 2010    
 
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/ Cynthia J. Clemson    
         
    Cynthia J. Clemson    
    President    
         
Date:
  February 22, 2010    
         
By:
  /s/Barbara E. Campbell    
         
    Barbara E. Campbell    
    Treasurer    
         
Date:
  February 22, 2010