Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions as well as high-net-worth and affluent investors, today announced that the Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NYSE: NAC) and the Nuveen Insured California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (AMEX: NKL) called for redemption at par all of their outstanding auction-rate preferred securities (ARPS). The funds' Board of Trustees has approved the redemptions, which total $239.275 million and will be funded by proceeds received from the issuance of Variable Rate Demand Preferred shares (VRDP).

NAC is redeeming all of its $135.525 million of currently outstanding ARPS.

Series   Cusip #  

Total Shares
Redeemed

  

Total Amount
Redeemed

   Redemption
Date
TH   67066Y204   2,710   $67,750,000   July 27, 2011
F   67066Y303   2,711   $67,775,000   July 21, 2011
       

NKL is redeeming all of its $103.75 million of currently outstanding ARPS.

Series   Cusip #  

Total Shares
Redeemed

  

Total Amount
Redeemed

   Redemption
Date
T   67071M203   2,075   $51,875,000   July 25, 2011
F   67071M302   2,075   $51,875,000   July 21, 2011
       

For more information about Nuveen closed-end funds, visit www.nuveen.com/cef. ARPS information and updates are posted on Nuveen's auction-rate preferred resource center at www.nuveen.com/arps.

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