VTEC
VANGUARD CALIFORNIA TAX-EXEMPT BOND ETF
VANGUARD CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE FUNDS
ETFIndex fund
Expense ratio1
0.06%
Net assets2
$2.17B
Holdings2
3487
Category
Muni Bond
2025 return3
3.63%

Investment objective & strategy

As of March 27, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. Vanguard California Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment-grade segment of the California municipal bond market. The Fund is intended for California residents only.

Strategy. The Fund employs an indexing approach designed to track the performance of the S&P California AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index (the Target Index), which measures the performance of the investment-grade segment of the California municipal bond market as determined by the index provider. The Target Index includes municipal bonds issued in the state of California, primarily those issued by California state or local governments or agencies whose interest payments are exempt from U.S. federal income taxes (including the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT)) and California state income taxes. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the bonds that make up the Target Index. The Fund … The Fund employs an indexing approach designed to track the performance of the S&P California AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index (the Target Index), which measures the performance of the investment-grade segment of the California municipal bond market as determined by the index provider. The Target Index includes municipal bonds issued in the state of California, primarily those issued by California state or local governments or agencies whose interest payments are exempt from U.S. federal income taxes (including the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT)) and California state income taxes. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the bonds that make up the Target Index. The Fund also has a fundamental policy to, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities whose income is exempt from federal income taxes, including the federal AMT, and California state income taxes. The Fund invests by sampling the Target Index, meaning that it holds a range of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full Target Index in terms of key risk factors and other characteristics. The Fund seeks to maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity consistent with that of the Target Index. As of November 30, 2025, the dollar-weighted average maturity of the Target Index was 13 years. The Fund is considered nondiversified, as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of particular issuers as compared with diversified funds.

Allocation by sector

As of February 28, 2026 · N-PORT
View portfolio breakdown →

Portfolio moves

Nov 30, 2025 → Feb 28, 2026
Opened
382
Exited
61
Increased
1213
Decreased
9
Unchanged
1883

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

View portfolio moves →

Similar funds

Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight

Advisers

As of November 30, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
The Vanguard Group, Inc. Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of March 27, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of February 28, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.

Machine-readable: JSON · Markdown. Programmatic access via the agent surface.