City National Rochdale Funds N-14/A Registration statement for investment companies business combination (amended)

            January 30, 2014   VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC  20549   Re:           City National Rochdale Funds: Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-191583)   Ladies and Gentlemen:   On behalf of our client, City National Rochdale Funds (formerly CNI Charter Funds), a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), we are filing Pre-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on Form N-14, including exhibits thereto.  The Combined Prospectus and Proxy Statement contained in this filing relates to the reorganization of the City National Rochdale Diversified Equity Fund, a separate series of the Trust, with and into the City National Rochdale U.S. Core Equity Fund, also a separate series of the Trust.   Please call the undersigned at (714) 830-0679 or with any comments or questions relating to the filing.
Sincerely,
/s/Laurie A. Dee Laurie A. Dee