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  811-6610 

DREYFUS CALIFORNIA INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL BOND FUND 

(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:	3/31
Date of reporting period:	12/31/04

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Item 1.  Schedule of Investments. 

Dreyfus California Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
Statement of Investments
December 31, 2004 (Unaudited)
	Principal
Long-Term Municipal Investments--93.8%	Amount ($)	Value ($)
California--81.3%
ABAG Finance Authority, COP
(Episcopal Homes Foundation)
5.25%, 7/1/2010	3,500,000	3,681,405
Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, Revenue
5.125%, 10/1/2016 (Insured; MBIA)	2,000,000	2,183,560
Alameda County, COP
5.375%, 12/1/2012 (Insured; MBIA)	2,000,000	2,259,140
Alameda Unified School District (Alameda County)
Zero Coupon, 8/1/2018 (Insured; FSA)	2,000,000	1,073,300
Alta Loma School District
Zero Coupon, 8/1/2015 (Insured; FGIC)	1,000,000	636,340
Burbank, Wastewater Treatment Revenue:
5%, 6/1/2018 (Insured; AMBAC)	895,000	971,576
5%, 6/1/2019 (Insured; AMBAC)	945,000	1,020,439
California:
5%, 2/1/2020	5,000,000	5,305,100
GO 1.98%, 2/3/2005	3,250,000	3,249,935
Veterans 5.35%, 12/1/2016	2,000,000	2,117,960
California Department of Water Resources, Revenue:
(Central Valley Project):
5%, 12/1/2012 (Insured; FGIC)	1,000,000	1,117,420
5.50%, 12/1/2015	1,500,000	1,690,875
Water Systems 5.50%, 12/1/2015 (Insured; FGIC)	2,000,000	2,332,000
Power Supply 5.125%, 5/1/2019 (Insured; FGIC)	2,000,000	2,163,920
California Economic Recovery:
5%, 7/1/2008	3,000,000	3,243,570
5%, 7/1/2015 (Insured; MBIA)	2,000,000	2,217,660
California Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue
(Stanford University) 5.25%, 12/1/2013	2,250,000	2,580,480
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue:
(Downey Community Hospital) 5.625%, 5/15/2008	4,370,000	4,366,373
(Health Facility - Adventist Health Systems):
5%, 3/1/2017	870,000	908,045
5%, 3/1/2018	1,000,000	1,038,160

(Stanford Hospital and Clinics):
4%, 11/15/2008	1,000,000	1,042,230
5%, 11/15/2017	2,000,000	2,113,600
California Housing Finance Agency, Revenue
(Single Family Mortgage)
5.95%, 8/1/2014 (Insured; MBIA)	1,265,000	1,303,178
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank,
Revenue:
(Bay Area Toll Bridges - 1st Lien)
5.25%, 7/1/2017 (Insured; FSA)	2,000,000	2,213,880
(Workers Compensation Relief)
5%, 10/1/2015 (Insured; AMBAC)	2,000,000	2,197,440
California Pollution Control Financing Authority, PCR:
(Atlantic Richfield Project) 5%, 4/1/2008	2,850,000	3,082,560
(Southern California Edison Co.) 2%, 3/1/2006	3,500,000	3,464,825
California Public Works Board, LR
(Department of Mental Health - Coalinga) 5.50%, 6/1/2018	2,500,000	2,790,700
California Statewide Communities Development Authority:
Apartment Development Revenue
(Irvine Apartment Communities) 5.05%, 5/15/2008	2,000,000	2,099,340
COP, Revenue (Huntington Memorial Hospital)
5.50%, 7/1/2010 (Insured; Connie Lee)	2,000,000	2,132,340
MFHR (Equity Residential) 5.20%, 6/15/2009	2,000,000	2,138,860
Multifamily Revenue (Quail Ridge Apartments)
4.25%, 7/1/2012	1,000,000	1,005,110
Revenue (California Endowment) 5.25%, 7/1/2020	2,280,000	2,483,490
Carson Redevelopment Agency
(Area Number 1 - Tax Allocation)
5.50%, 10/1/2013 (Insured; MBIA)	1,000,000	1,149,970
Central Unified School District, COP
(Financing Project) 2%, 2/1/2006 (Insured; AMBAC)	1,000,000	997,660
Contra Costa Water Authority,
Water Treatment Revenue
5%, 10/1/2016 (Insured; FGIC)	1,000,000	1,081,590
Corona Redevelopment Agency, Tax Allocation
(Merged Downtown Amended) 5%, 9/1/2016 (Insured; FGIC)	1,000,000	1,089,090
Eastern Municipal Water District, Water & Sewer Revenue,
COP 5.375%, 7/1/2017 (Insured; FGIC)	2,000,000	2,205,340
El Segundo Unified School District
5.25%, 9/1/2017 (Insured; FGIC)	1,145,000	1,285,595

Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, COP
5.375%, 7/1/2015 (Insured; FGIC)	1,000,000		1,140,440
Escondido Unified School District
5.25%, 8/1/2016 (Insured; FSA)	1,795,000		1,989,722
Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency,
Toll Road Revenue:
0/7.05%, 1/1/2010	2,000,000	a	2,377,580
5.25%, 1/15/2012 (Insured; MBIA)	4,550,000		5,037,988
5.125%, 1/15/2019 (Insured; MBIA)	2,000,000		2,161,760
Fountain Valley School District, COP
2.50%, 11/1/2006 (Insured; AMBAC)	2,000,000		2,002,680
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp.,
Tobacco Settlement Revenue
(Enhanced - Asset Backed) 5.75%, 6/1/2021	3,500,000		3,725,295
Lancaster Financing Authority, Tax Allocation Revenue
(Project Number 5 & 6 Redevelopment Projects)
5%, 2/1/2016 (Insured; MBIA)	1,065,000		1,174,109
Lincoln Special Tax,
Community Facilities District No. 2003 5.65%, 9/1/2019	1,250,000		1,274,475
Los Angeles City, Revenue (Harbor Department) 6%, 8/1/2014	6,500,000		6,870,695
Los Angeles Community College District
5.50%, 8/1/2016 (Insured; MBIA)	1,845,000		2,065,994
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority,
Sales Tax Revenue 5%, 7/1/2017 (Insured; FGIC)	1,450,000		1,563,825
Los Angeles Unified School District:
5.50%, 7/1/2012 (Insured; MBIA)	2,850,000		3,272,741
5.25%, 7/1/2014 (Insured; MBIA)	1,000,000		1,124,970
5.75%, 7/1/2015 (Insured; MBIA)	3,000,000		3,549,750
Marin Municipal Water District, COP (Financing Project)
5%, 7/1/2016 (Insured; AMBAC)	1,545,000		1,687,186
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California,
Waterworks Revenue
5.25%, 3/1/2015 (Prerefunded 3/1/2011)	3,000,000	b	3,413,010
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Financing Authority, Revenue
Zero Coupon, 9/1/2015 (Insured; AMBAC)	2,825,000		1,790,344
Milpitas Redevelopment Agency, Tax Allocation
(Redevelopment Project Area Number 1):

5.25%, 9/1/2017 (Insured; MBIA)	2,000,000	2,214,660
5.25%, 9/1/2018 (Insured; MBIA)	1,000,000	1,103,450
Modesto Irrigation District, COP (Capital Improvements)
5.25%, 7/1/2016 (Insured; FSA)	1,370,000	1,506,110
Orange County Community Facilities District, Special Tax
(Number 03-1 Ladera Ranch):
3.60%, 8/15/2008	245,000	247,124
3.60%, 8/15/2009	320,000	318,870
4%, 8/15/2010	400,000	404,344
5.25%, 8/15/2019	1,100,000	1,130,250
5.30%, 8/15/2020	1,450,000	1,489,788
Oxnard Financing Authority, Wastewater Revenue
5%, 6/1/2016 (Insured; FGIC)	1,000,000	1,089,860
Pasadena Area Community College District,
Election of 2002 5%, 6/1/2017 (Insured; FGIC)	1,170,000	1,269,848
Pasadena Unified School District:
4%, 11/1/2006 (Insured; FGIC)	1,000,000	1,034,980
5%, 11/1/2013 (Insured; FGIC)	1,000,000	1,118,080
Pleasanton Joint Powers Financing Authority, Revenue
(Reassessment) 5%, 9/2/2011 (Insured; FSA)	2,000,000	2,227,040
Port Oakland, Revenue 5%, 11/1/2013 (Insured; MBIA)	1,000,000	1,085,180
Rancho Water District 5.50%, 8/1/2008 (Insured; FSA)	1,670,000	1,853,082
Riverside Improvement Board, Act 1915
(Canyon Springs Assessment):
4%, 9/2/2010	1,230,000	1,258,844
4.25%, 9/2/2011	1,000,000	1,031,660
Sacramento City Unified School District, Election of 1999
5.25%, 7/1/2020 (Insured; FSA)	2,435,000	2,669,417
Sacramento County, Special Tax
(Community Facilities District Number 1):
5.20%, 12/1/2007	1,110,000	1,171,006
5.40%, 12/1/2009	1,220,000	1,295,652
Sacramento County Sanitation District
Financing Authority, Revenue 5.50%, 12/1/2014	4,000,000	4,521,440
San Diego County, COP (Burnham Institute) 5.70%, 9/1/2011	3,700,000	3,987,379
San Diego Housing Authority, MFHR
(Island Village Apartments) 5.10%, 7/1/2012
(Collateralized; FHLMC)	1,215,000	1,303,877

San Diego Unified School District, Election of 1998
5.25%, 7/1/2016 (Insured; FSA)	1,465,000		1,654,351
San Mateo Redevelopment Agency (Tax Allocation)
5.10%, 8/1/2014	1,835,000		1,957,101
Santa Clara Unified School District 5.50%, 7/1/2016	1,870,000		2,092,904
South Orange County Public Financing Authority,
Special Tax Revenue (Foothill Area)
5.25%, 8/15/2017 (Insured; FGIC)	2,000,000		2,229,240
South Placer Wastewater Authority,
Wastewater Revenue 5.50%, 11/1/2015
(Insured; FGIC) (Prerefunded 11/1/2010)	1,000,000	b	1,153,130
Southeast Resource Recovery Facilities Authority, LR:
4%, 12/1/2007 (Insured; AMBAC)	1,000,000		1,049,550
5.25%, 12/1/2017 (Insured; AMBAC)	1,000,000		1,107,570
Tri-City Hospital District, Revenue
5.375%, 2/15/2007 (Insured; MBIA)	2,500,000		2,629,600
Truckee-Donner Public Utility District, COP:
4.50%, 1/1/2008 (Insured; ACA)	1,500,000		1,572,000
4.50%, 1/1/2009 (Insured; ACA)	1,685,000		1,775,046
U.S. Related--12.5%
Children's Trust Fund, Tobacco Settlement Revenue:
5.75%, 7/1/2013 (Prerefunded 7/1/2010)	1,000,000	b	1,136,040
5.75%, 7/1/2014 (Prerefunded 7/1/2010)	3,000,000	b	3,408,120
Guam, LOR (Section 30) 5.50%, 12/1/2010 (Insured; FSA)	3,000,000		3,413,340
Puerto Rico Commonwealth (Public Improvement):
5%, 7/1/2005	230,000		233,445
5.75%, 7/1/2008 (Insured; MBIA)	2,000,000		2,225,420
5.50%, 7/1/2013 (Insured; FSA)	2,000,000		2,313,380
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Power Revenue
5.75%, 7/1/2016 (Insured; FSA) (Prerefunded 7/1/2010)	2,000,000	b	2,289,000
Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority,
Highway Revenue 6.25%, 7/1/2016 (Insured; FSA)	3,000,000		3,696,990
Puerto Rico Industrial Tourist Educational,
Medical, & Environmental Control Facilities
Financing Authority, Industrial Revenue
(Guaynabo Warehouse) 4.35%, 7/1/2006	1,170,000		1,199,753

Puerto Rico Public Building Authority,
Government Facility Revenue 5.50%, 7/1/2016	1,500,000		1,710,990
Puerto Rico Public Finance Corp.
(Commonwealth Appropriation)
5.25%, 2/1/2012 (Insured; AMBAC)	1,500,000		1,665,465
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Revenue:
5.625%, 10/1/2010	2,000,000		2,130,760
5.875%, 10/1/2018	1,000,000		1,037,980
Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, Electric Systems
5.125%, 7/1/2011 (Insured; Radianassurance)	1,000,000		1,067,410
Total Long-Term Municipal Investments (cost $196,802,943)			206,337,146
Short-Term Municipal Investments--4.2%
California Department of Water Resources,
Power Supply Revenue, VRDN:
2.20%
(LOC; Bank of New York &
California State Teachers' Retirement)	1,600,000	c	1,600,000
2.25% (LOC; BNP Paribas)	2,000,000	c	2,000,000
California Economic Recovery, VRDN:
2.13% (LOC; BNP Paribas)	2,205,000	c	2,205,000
2.25%	2,500,000	c	2,500,000
California Statewide Communities Development Authority,
Revenue, VRDN (University Retirement) 2.21%
(Insured; Radianassurance)	1,000,000	c	1,000,000
Total Short-Term Municipal Investments (cost $9,305,000)			9,305,000
Total Investments (cost $206,107,943)	98.0%		215,642,146
Cash and Receivables (Net)	2.0%		4,429,029
Net Assets	100.0%		220,071,175
Notes to Statement of Investments:

(a)	Zero coupon until a specified date, at which time the stated coupon becomes effective until maturity.
(b)	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.
(c) Securities payable on demand. Variable interest rate -- subject to periodic change.
(d) Securities valuation policies and other investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi annual
reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange 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 INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL BOND FUND

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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