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S000000552 [Member] Average Annual Total Returns
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S&P Municipal Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)            
Prospectus [Line Items]            
Average Annual Return, Percent [1] 4.26% 1.06% 2.44%      
S&P Municipal Bond California Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)            
Prospectus [Line Items]            
Average Annual Return, Percent [2] 3.92% 0.85% 2.33%      
Lipper California Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average (reflects no deduction for taxes or sales loads)            
Prospectus [Line Items]            
Average Annual Return, Percent [3] 2.94% 0.44% 2.03%      
Nuveen California Municipal Bond Fund - Class A            
Prospectus [Line Items]            
Average Annual Return, Percent (1.59%) (0.88%) 1.51%      
Performance Inception Date         Sep. 07, 1994  
Nuveen California Municipal Bond Fund - Class A | After Taxes on Distributions            
Prospectus [Line Items]            
Average Annual Return, Percent (1.59%) (0.89%) 1.51%      
Performance Inception Date         Sep. 07, 1994  
Nuveen California Municipal Bond Fund - Class A | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales            
Prospectus [Line Items]            
Average Annual Return, Percent 0.52% 0.03% 1.86%      
Performance Inception Date         Sep. 07, 1994  
Nuveen California Municipal Bond Fund - Class I            
Prospectus [Line Items]            
Average Annual Return, Percent 3.00% 0.19% 2.15%      
Performance Inception Date           Jul. 01, 1986
Class C            
Prospectus [Line Items]            
Average Annual Return, Percent 1.98% (0.82%) 1.29%      
Performance Inception Date       Feb. 10, 2014    
[1] An index designed to measure the performance of the tax-exempt U.S. municipal bond market.
[2] An index designed to measure the performance of the tax-exempt California municipal bond market.
[3] Represents the average annualized total return for all reporting funds in the Lipper California Municipal Debt Funds Classification.