BLACKROCK CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST

Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • May 10, 2023

DFAN14A 1 p23-1500dfan14a.htm BLACKROCK CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST

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BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust

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Saba Capital Management, L.P.

Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd.

Boaz R. Weinstein

Ravi Bhasin

Ilya Gurevich

Emmanuel Werthenschlag

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Boaz R. Weinstein posted the following text to his twitter account as a lead in to a NYTimes article link, such article previously filed with the SEC by Saba Capital Management, L.P.

“@dealbook newsletter delves into our activist campaign with @BlackRock”