Morgan Stanley California Insured Municipal Income Trust today declared a long-term capital gain distribution of $.031341 per share. 

EX DATE             RECORD DATE             PAYABLE DATE
    12/06/06             12/08/06                 12/22/06

Morgan Stanley California Insured Municipal Income Trust is a closed-end non-diversified management investment company investing primarily in Municipal Obligations the interest on which is exempt from federal and California income taxes and which are covered by insurance guarantees with respect to timely payment of principal and interest thereon.

The Trust's investment objective is to provide current income exempt from federal and California income taxes.