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Dreyfus BASIC California Municipal Money Market Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus BASIC California Municipal Money Market Fund
Fund Summary
Investment Objective
The fund seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal and

California state income taxes to the extent consistent with the preservation of

capital and the maintenance of liquidity.
Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold

shares of the fund.
Shareholder Fees (charged if your account balance is less than $50,000)[1]
Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Dreyfus BASIC California Municipal Money Market Fund
Exchange fee5.00
Account closeout fee5.00
Wire and Dreyfus TeleTransfer redemption fee5.00
Checkwriting charge2.00
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Dreyfus BASIC California Municipal Money Market Fund
Management fees0.45%
Other expenses none
Total annual fund operating expenses0.45%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement[1] none
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement)0.45%
[1]The Dreyfus Corporation has agreed to pay all of the fund's expenses, except management fees and certain other expenses, including the fees and expenses of the non-interested board members and their counsel. The Dreyfus Corporation has agreed to reduce its fees in an amount equal to the fund's allocable portion of the fees and expenses of the non-interested board members and their counsel (in the amount of less than 0.01% for the past fiscal year).
Example
The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund

with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you

invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of

your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your

investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund's operating expenses

remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on

these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example (USD $)
Expense Example, With Redemption, 1 Year
Expense Example, With Redemption, 3 Years
Expense Example, With Redemption, 5 Years
Expense Example, With Redemption, 10 Years
Dreyfus BASIC California Municipal Money Market Fund
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Principal Investment Strategy
As a money market fund, the fund is subject to maturity, quality, liquidity and

diversification requirements designed to help it maintain a stable share price

of $1.00. To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests substantially all of its

assets in short-term, high quality municipal obligations that provide income

exempt from federal and California state income taxes. The fund also may invest

in high quality short-term structured notes, which are derivative instruments

whose value is tied to underlying municipal obligations.



Although the fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal and California

state income taxes, interest from some of the fund's holdings may be subject to

the federal alternative minimum tax. In addition, the fund temporarily may

invest in high quality, taxable money market instruments and/or municipal

obligations that pay income exempt only from federal income tax, including when

the portfolio manager believes acceptable California municipal obligations are

not available for investment.
Principal Risks
An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit

Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. Although the fund

seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is

possible to lose money by investing in the fund.



The fund's yield will fluctuate as the short-term securities in its portfolio

mature and the proceeds are reinvested in securities with different interest

rates. Additionally, while the fund has maintained a constant share price since

inception, and will continue to try to do so, neither The Dreyfus Corporation

nor its affiliates are required to make a capital infusion, enter into a capital

support agreement or take other actions to prevent the fund's share price from

falling below $1.00. The following are the principal risks that could reduce the

fund's income level and/or share price:



o Interest rate risk. This risk refers to the decline in the prices of

  fixed-income securities that may accompany a rise in the overall level of

  interest rates. A sharp and unexpected rise in interest rates could cause a

  money market fund's share price to drop below a dollar.



o Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal

  payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a

  security, can cause the security's price to fall, potentially lowering the

  fund's share price. The credit quality of the securities held by the fund can

  change rapidly in certain market environments, and the default of a single

  holding could have the potential to cause significant deterioration of the

  fund's net asset value.



o Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific

  types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or

  near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities may

  fall dramatically, potentially lowering the fund's share price, even during

  periods of declining interest rates. Also, during such periods, redemptions by a

  few large investors in the fund may have a significant adverse effect on the

  fund's net asset value and remaining fund shareholders.



o Tax risk. To be tax-exempt, municipal obligations generally must meet certain

  regulatory requirements. If any such municipal obligation fails to meet these

  regulatory requirements, the interest received by the fund from its investment

  in such obligations and distributed to fund shareholders will be taxable.



o Structured notes risk. Structured notes, a type of derivative instrument, can

  be volatile, and the possibility of default by the financial institution or

  counterparty may be greater for these instruments than for other types of money

  market instruments. Structured notes typically are purchased in privately

  negotiated transactions from financial institutions and, thus, an active trading

  market for such instruments may not exist.



o State-specific risk. The fund is subject to the risk that California's

  economy, and the revenues underlying its municipal obligations, may decline.

  Investing primarily in a single state makes the fund more sensitive to risks

  specific to the state and may magnify other risks.



o Non-diversification risk. The fund is non-diversified, which means that the

  fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a limited number

  of issuers. Therefore, the fund's performance may be more vulnerable to changes

  in the market value of a single issuer or group of issuers and more susceptible

  to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence

  than a diversified fund.
Performance
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of

investing in the fund. The table shows the average annual total returns of

the fund's shares over time. The fund's past performance (before and

after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. More recent performance

information may be available at www.dreyfus.com.
The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund's shares from

year to year.
Year-by-Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year (%)
Bar Chart
Best Quarter

Q3, 2007: 0.83%

Worst Quarter

Q1, 2010: 0.00%



The fund's year-to-date total return as of 9/30/11 was 0.00%.
Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/10
Average Annual Total Returns
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
Dreyfus BASIC California Municipal Money Market Fund
0.01%1.67%1.48%
For the fund's current yield, call toll free 1-800-DREYFUS.
[1]Shareholder transaction fees are not charged if you have been a fund shareholder since May 8, 1996.