POWER OF ATTORNEY
                         For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5


     KNOW ALL BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the undersigned  hereby  constitutes and
appoints each of Peter E. Sundman,  Claudia A. Brandon,  Sheila R. James,  Kevin
Lyons, Arthur C. Delibert, Lori L. Schneider, Jennifer R. Gonzalez and Fatima S.
Sulaiman, signing singly, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)      execute for and on behalf of the  undersigned  Forms 3, 4 and/or 5, and
         amendments thereto relating to NEUBERGER BERMAN CALIFORNIA INTERMEDIATE
         MUNICIPAL FUND INC., in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(2)      do and  perform  any and all acts for and on behalf of the  undersigned
         that may be necessary  or  desirable  to complete the  execution of any
         such Form 3, 4 or 5, or amendment thereto,  and the filing of such form
         with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
         authority,  including preparing,  executing and filing Form ID with the
         Commission; and

(3)      take any other action of any type  whatsoever  in  connection  with the
         foregoing  that,  in the  opinion of such  attorney-in-fact,  may be of
         benefit  to, in the best  interest  of, or  legally  required  by,  the
         undersigned,  it being  understood that the documents  executed by such
         attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
         Attorney  shall be in such  form  and  shall  contain  such  terms  and
         conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such  attorney-in-fact full power and
authority  to do and perform all and every act and thing  whatsoever  requisite,
necessary  and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally  present,  with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all that such  attorney-in-fact,  or his/her
substitute or  substitutes,  shall  lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing  attorneys-in-fact,  in serving in such capacity
at the request of the  undersigned,  are not assuming  any of the  undersigned's
responsibilities  to comply with  Section 16 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.

     This  power-of-attorney  shall  expire  when the  undersigned  ceases to be
required to file a Form 3, 4 or 5 with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other authority.





         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 26th day of February, 2007.


                                     /s/ James Iselin
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                                     James Iselin
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