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    UNITED STATES 
    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
    Washington, D.C. 20549 
 
 
    FORM N-Q 
 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT 
    INVESTMENT COMPANY 
 
Investment Company Act file number 811-05653 
 
DREYFUS CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME, INC. 
    (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) 
 
 
    c/o The Dreyfus Corporation 
    200 Park Avenue 
    New York, New York 10166 
    (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) 
 
    Mark N. Jacobs, Esq. 
    200 Park Avenue 
    New York, New York 10166 
    (Name and address of agent for service) 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 922-6000 
 
Date of fiscal year end:    9/30 
 
Date of reporting period:    12/31/04 

FORM N-Q

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

Dreyfus California Municipal Income, Inc.             
Statement of Investments    December 31, 2004 (Unaudited) 
 
    Principal         
Long-Term Municipal Investments-92.1%    Amount ($)        Value ($) 
 
California--81.8%             
 
ABAG Financial Authority For Nonprofit Corps.:             
MFHR (Central Park Apartments)             
5.60%, 7/1/2038    815,000        832,963 
Revenue (Sansum-Santa Barbara)             
5.50%, 4/1/2021    2,000,000        2,144,780 
 
California:             
Economic Recovery             
5%, 7/1/2016    500,000        534,715 
GO:             
8.307%, 12/1/2018 (Insured; FSA)    375,000    a,b    383,891 
5.50%, 4/1/2028    1,000,000        1,077,180 
 
California Health Facilities Financing Authority,             
Revenue:             
Health Facilities Financing             
(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)             
6.125%, 12/1/2030    1,000,000        1,074,600 
(Sutter Health)             
6.25%, 8/15/2035    750,000        844,492 
 
California Pollution Control Finance Authority:             
PCR 9.165%, 6/1/2014    1,000,000    a,b    1,360,530 
SWDR:             
(Browning Ferris Industries):             
5.80%, 12/1/2016    2,000,000        1,900,080 
6.75%, 9/1/2019    600,000        596,892 
(Keller Canyon Landfill Co. Project)             
6.875%, 11/1/2027    1,000,000        1,000,400 
 
California Statewide Communities Development             
Authority, COP (Catholic Healthcare)             
6.50%, 7/1/2020    500,000        558,760 
 
Capistrano Unified School District, Special Tax             
(Community Facilities District Number 98-2-Ladera)         
5.75%, 9/1/2029    1,000,000        1,017,890 
 
Central California Joint Powers Health Financing             
Authority, COP             
(Community Hospitals of Central California)             
6%, 2/1/2030    1,000,000        1,039,490 
 
Contra Costa Water District, Water Revenue             
5%, 10/1/2019 (Insured; FSA)    1,000,000        1,078,900 
 
Escondido Improvement Bond, Act of 1915             
(Reassessment District Number 98)             
5.70%, 9/2/2026    420,000        432,251 
 
Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency,             
Toll Road Revenue             
5.75%, 1/15/2040    500,000        505,025 
 
Kaweah Delta Health Care District, Revenue             

6%, 8/1/2034    500,000        537,640 
 
Long Beach Special Tax Community             
Facilities District Number 5 (Towne Center)             
6.875%, 10/1/2025    500,000        522,125 
 
Pomona, COP, General Fund Lease Financing             
5.50%, 6/1/2028 (Insured; AMBAC)    1,000,000        1,104,250 
 
Rancho Mirage Joint Powers Financing Authority,             
Revenue (Eisenhower Medical Center)             
5.625%, 7/1/2029    430,000        451,289 
 
Redwood Empire Financing Authority, COP             
6.40%, 12/1/2023    2,750,000        2,821,913 
 
Sacramento City Financing Authority, Revenue             
8.422%, 12/1/2014 (Insured; AMBAC)    570,000    a,b    711,970 
 
Sacramento County, Community Facilities             
District Number 1, Special Tax             
5.70%, 12/1/2020    740,000        758,900 
 
Sacramento County Housing Authority,             
MFHR (Cottage Estate Apartments)             
6%, 2/1/2033    1,000,000        1,053,080 
 
San Diego County, COP:             
5.70%, 2/1/2028    1,000,000        930,430 
(Burnham Institute)             
6.25%, 9/1/2029    1,000,000        1,038,380 
 
San Jose Redevelopment Agency, Tax Allocation             
(Merged Area Redevelopment Project)             
5.25%, 8/1/2029    1,000,000        1,025,210 
 
South Placer Authority, Wastewater Revenue             
5.25%, 11/1/2027 (Insured; FGIC)             
(Prerefunded 11/1/2010)    1,000,000    c    1,139,770 
 
Southeast Resource Recovery Facility Authority,             
5.25%, 12/1/2018 (Insured; AMBAC)    500,000        552,990 
 
Torrance Redevelopment Agency,             
Tax Allocation Revenue             
5.625%, 9/1/2028    500,000        505,265 
 
Turlock Health Facility, COP             
(Emanuel Medical Center)             
5.75%, 10/15/2023    2,500,000        2,528,750 
 
Valley Health System, HR             
(Improvement Project)             
6.50%, 5/15/2025    500,000        494,390 
 
West Basin Municipal Water District, Revenue, COP:         
5.25%, 8/1/2015 (Insured; MBIA)    500,000        556,650 
5.25%, 8/1/2016 (Insured; MBIA)    500,000        554,010 

U.S. Related--10.3%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Highway and Transportation Authority,
Transportation Revenue             
7.878%, 7/1/2038 (Insured; MBIA)    1,000,000    a,b    1,061,210 
 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico             
Infrastructure Financing Authority,             
Special Tax Revenue             
7.685%, 7/1/2015    1,000,000    a,b    1,146,260 
 
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority,             
Revenue, Subordinated Lien Fund Loan Notes             
6%, 10/1/2022    2,000,000        2,056,080 
 
Total Long-Term Municipal Investments             
(cost $35,995,153)            37,933,401 
 
Short-Term Municipal Investments-- 6.3%             
 
California;             
 
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, HR             
VRDN (Adventist) 2.20%, (Insured; MBIA)    300,000    d    300,000 
 
California Pollution Control Finance Authority,             
PCR, VRDN (Pacific Gas and Electric Corp.)             
2.20% (LOC; JPMorgan Chase Bank)    1,300,000    d    1,300,000 
 
California Statewide Communities Development Authority,         
VRDN (University Retirement)             
2.21% (Insured; AGIC)    1,000,000    d    1,000,000 
 
Total Short-Term Municipal Investments             
(cost $2,600,000)            2,600,000 
 
Total Investments (cost $38,595,153)    98.4%        40,533,401 
 
Cash and Receivables (Net)    1.6%        639,009 
 
Net Assets    100.0%        41,172,410 
 
Notes to Statement of Investments:             

a Inverse floater security - the interest rate is subject to change periodically. 
b Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from 
registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. These securities have been deemed to be liquid by the Board of Directors. At December 31, 
2004, these securities amounted $4,663,861 or 11.3% of net assets. 
c Bonds which are prerefunded are collateralized by U.S. Government securities which are held in escrow and are used to pay principal and 
interest on the municipal issue and to retire the bonds in full at the earliest refunding date. 
d Securities payable on demand. Variable interest rate - subject to periodic change. 
e Securities valuation policies and other investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference the annual and semi annual reports 
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR. 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant's most recently ended fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

(a) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

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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.

DREYFUS CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME, INC.

By:    /s/ Stephen E. Canter 
    Stephen E. Canter 
    President 
 
Date:    February 18, 2005 

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/ Stephen E. Canter 
    Stephen E. Canter 
    Chief Executive Officer 
 
Date:    February 18, 2005 
 
By:    /s/ James Windels 
James Windels
    Chief Financial Officer 
 
Date:    February 18, 2005 

EXHIBIT INDEX

(a) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT)

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