Under the Williamson rule (In re Williamson (1954) 43 Cal.2d 651), appellant’s prosecution under PC 594 (general vandalism) for damaging jail property was barred due to the Legislature’s enactment of a more specific statute, PC 4600, which specifically prohibits destruction of “any jail, prison, or any public property in any jail or prison.” Therefore, appellant’s PC 594 conviction is reversed. The Court of Appeal also held that under PC 594, the amount of damage resulting from a vandalism includes any “cost of repairing or replacing the vandalized property.”

The full opinion is available on the court’s website here: https://www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/F087827.PDF