---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001076598-25-000324"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CEV"
cik: "0001074692"
company_name: "Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust"
filed_at: "2025-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T12:44:07.872489+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chairperson Mark R. Fetting dies unexpectedly; board appoints acting chair

## Summary
- Mark R. Fetting, Chairperson of the Board, passed away on August 9, 2025.
- Susan J. Sutherland named acting Chairperson effective immediately.
- Board reduced from 10 to 9 members effective August 12, 2025.
- Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV) operates as a closed-end fund.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001076598-25-000324
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CEV
- cik: 0001074692
- company_name: Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust
- filed_at: 2025-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1074692/000107659825000324/0001076598-25-000324-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1074692/000107659825000324/cev8k.htm

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