Is receipt of a stolen motor vehicle a separate criminal offence from receipt of other stolen property?

Thus, there are at least three plausible reasons to single out receipt of a stolen motor vehicle from receipt of other stolen property. Admittedly, a prosecutor still has discretion to charge the receipt of a stolen vehicle under section 496(a). However, "neither the existence of two identical criminal statutes prescribing different levels of punishments, nor the exercise of a prosecutor's discretion in charging under one such statute and not the other, violates equal protection principles. [Citation.]" (People v. Wilkinson, supra, 33 Cal.4th at p. 838.)