The following excerpt is from Almanza-Arenas v. Lynch, 815 F.3d 469 (9th Cir. 2015):
12, 2000. The parties agree that California Vehicle Code 10851(a) punishes both permanently depriving (which is a crime of moral turpitude) and temporarily depriving (which is not a crime of moral turpitude) an owner of his or her vehicle. People v. Garza, 35 Cal.4th 866, 28 Cal.Rptr.3d 335, 111 P.3d 310, 315 (2005).
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