MUC - BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
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A closed-end fund run by BlackRock. Invests in tax-free municipal bonds. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
Not right now - Karpus was in this fund until March 6, 2026 and has since sold down.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
Karpus owned more than 5% of this fund and has since sold down below that level, so it no longer has to report its holding.
Nothing is required of you. If a large investor buys in again, the notice appears here the day it is filed.
What happened, and when
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Sept 10, 2026
The fund said it will repay some borrowed money on Oct 2, 2026.
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March 6, 2026
Karpus sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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Feb 27, 2026
The fund said it will repay some borrowed money on April 1, 2026.
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Nov 14, 2025
Karpus raised its stake to 5.1% (from 5%), as a passive investor.
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Oct 14, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Sept 11, 2025
The fund said it will repay some borrowed money on Oct 11, 2025.
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Sept 8, 2025
The fund proposed taking in BFZ; holders of that fund would become holders of this one. Holders vote on Oct 15, 2025. Latest document Aug 12, 2025.
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Sept 4, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Aug 29, 2025
The fund proposed taking in BFZ; holders of that fund would become holders of this one. Holders vote on Oct 15, 2025.
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Aug 7, 2025
The fund proposed taking in BFZ; holders of that fund would become holders of this one. Holders vote on Oct 15, 2025.
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July 16, 2025
The fund proposed taking in BFZ; holders of that fund would become holders of this one. Holders vote on Oct 15, 2025. Latest document Feb 10, 2026.
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July 7, 2025
Karpus sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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May 14, 2025
Karpus now owns 5.3%, as a passive investor.
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Feb 28, 2025
The fund said it will repay some borrowed money on April 1, 2025.
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Oct 1, 2024
Wells Fargo & Company sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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About this fund
- Run by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. Part of the BlackRock-advised Funds fund family. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Size: about $1.44 billion of holdings, as of July 31, 2026. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Borrowing: the fund borrows about 42% on top of its own money, as of July 31, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. About 68% of that is money the fund has borrowed by selling preferred shares. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Costs: 0.6% a year in management fees; 3.2% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended July 31, 2026.
As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
Among the 76 funds we follow that invest in tax-free municipal bonds, 39 charge a lower management fee and 44 charge less in total, at their last yearly reports. Both numbers are measured against the fund's own money, not the money it borrows on top, so a fund that borrows more shows higher costs on both counts. - Payouts: last fiscal year (ended July 31, 2026) the fund paid $0.64 a share. $0.61 of that was income; $0.03 was your own money back, not income. Most funds announce their monthly or quarterly payout on their own website, not in a filing with the regulator, so a cut or a raise there does not show up here until the next yearly report. A few funds do file a notice about a fixed payout; those appear under What happened, and when. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (July 31, 2026): $11.49. The shares traded at $10.58, about 7.9% below that. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- How the holdings did: up 0.3% over the last three months we have (May-July 2026), before the share price is taken into account. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- First reported to the regulator in 1997.
How this has changed
- Payouts per share: $0.64 in the fiscal year ended July 31, 2026; $0.63 in the year ended July 31, 2025; $0.52 in the year ended July 31, 2024.As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Of that, your own money back rather than income: $0.03 in the year ended July 31, 2026; $0.20 in the year ended July 31, 2025; $0.05 in the year ended July 31, 2024.As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Costs, including interest on borrowed money: 3.19% a year in the fiscal year ended July 31, 2026; 3.22% a year in the year ended July 31, 2025; 3.28% a year in the year ended July 31, 2024.As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Size of the holdings: about $1.44 billion at July 31, 2026; $1.05 billion at July 31, 2025; $1.19 billion at July 31, 2024. From the fund's quarterly holdings reports. Original documents: July 31, 2026 →, July 31, 2025 →, July 31, 2024 →.
- Borrowing: about 42% on top of its own money at July 31, 2026; 42% at July 31, 2025; 37% at July 31, 2024. From the fund's quarterly holdings reports. Original documents: July 31, 2026 →, July 31, 2025 →, July 31, 2024 →.
- The fund had about 125 million shares at July 31, 2026, up 32.7% from July 31, 2024.As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
In between, the fund said it may sell new shares. Original document →
What these lines mean: a payout that is your own money back, what a fund costs, borrowing.
What a holder made
- The year ended July 31, 2026: the shares returned +11.6%, counting payouts; the holdings +9.2%. The holdings figure is what the fund's investments earned, before the share price is taken into account. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- The year ended July 31, 2025: the shares returned -4.4%, counting payouts; the holdings -6%. As of July 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- The year ended July 31, 2024: the shares returned +7.9%, counting payouts; the holdings +4.2%. As of July 31, 2024, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- The year ended July 31, 2023: the shares returned -9.9%, counting payouts; the holdings -1.3%. As of July 31, 2023, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- The year ended July 31, 2022: the shares returned -18%, counting payouts; the holdings -12.9%. As of July 31, 2022, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Those five years together: the shares returned -14.9%. $10,000 of shares bought at the start (Aug 1, 2021) would have become about $8,510 by July 31, 2026, with every payout counted, before tax. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- The holdings over the last twelve months we have, to July 31, 2026: +9.3%. The quarterly reports carry no share price, so this is the holdings alone. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Of the 33 funds that invest in tax-free municipal bonds with a fiscal year ending within six months of this one, 11 reported a higher share return for that year and 21 a lower one. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- A past year says nothing about the next one. All figures are the fund's own, from its reports to the regulator.
Why the shares and the holdings can differ: the gap between price and value. Why payouts count: a payout that is your own money back.
What the fund holds
Mostly tax-free municipal bonds (98%), the rest cash and short-term holdings. All of it issued in the U.S.
- California Community Choice Financing Authority, California Cmnty Choice Fing Auth Clean Energy Proj Revenue - 15.9%
- San Francisco City & County Airport Comm-San Francisco International Airport - 5.3%
- City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, Los Angeles CA Dept of Arpts Arpt Revenue - 4.6%
- University of California, Univ of California CA Revenues - 4.1%
- Cash and short-term - 3.4%
- California State University, California St Univ Revenue - 2.9%
- Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sales Tax Revenue, Puerto Rico Sales Tax Fing Corp Sales Tax Revenue - 2%
- California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, California St Infrastructure & Econ Dev Bank Revenue - 1.9%
- Los Angeles Unified School District/CA, Los Angeles CA Unif Sch Dist - 1.8%
- Golden State Tobacco Securitization, Golden St Tobacco Securitization Corp CA Tobacco Settlement - 1.6%
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- Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, Chabot-Las Positas CA Cmnty Clg Dist - 1.5%
- San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, San Diego Cnty CA Regl Arpt Auth Airport Revenue - 1.5%
- Irvine Facilities Financing Authority, Irvine CA Facs Fing Auth Spl Tax Revenue - 1.4%
- California State Public Works Board, California St Public Wks Brd Lease Revenue - 1.4%
- California Health Facilities Financing Authority, California St Hlth Facs Fing Auth Revenue - 1.4%
As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
Details: all notices, events and fund facts
| Date | Investor | Stake | Type of notice |
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| March 6, 2026 | Karpus | 4.4% | Sold down below 5% |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Karpus | 5.1% | Passive investor |
| July 7, 2025 | Karpus | 5% | Sold down below 5% |
| May 14, 2025 | Karpus | 5.3% | Passive investor |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Wells Fargo & Company | 0% | Sold down below 5% |
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
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| Sept 10, 2026 | Repaying borrowed money | Oct 2, 2026 | Original document → |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Repaying borrowed money | April 1, 2026 | Original document → |
| Oct 14, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Sept 11, 2025 | Repaying borrowed money | Oct 11, 2025 | Original document → |
| Sept 8, 2025 | Plan to take in BFZ | Oct 15, 2025 | Original document → |
| Sept 4, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Plan to take in BFZ | Oct 15, 2025 | Original document → |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Plan to take in BFZ | Oct 15, 2025 | Original document → |
| July 16, 2025 | Plan to take in BFZ | Oct 15, 2025 | Original document → |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Repaying borrowed money | April 1, 2025 | Original document → |
- Run by
- BlackRock Advisors, LLC
- Fund family
- BlackRock-advised Funds
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-08573
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Fiscal year end
- July 31, 2026
- Number of holdings
- 326
- Preferred share classes
- 1
See this fund's page at the SEC →
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