When does section 654 of the California Criminal Code apply to the multiple victim exception?

When section 654 applies to enhancements, the multiple victim exception is also applicable, so long as neither the enhancement statute nor its legislative history suggests a legislative intent "to treat a term enhancement 'more restrictively for multiple punishment purposes than the term for the underlying offense.' [Citation.]" (Oates, supra, 32 Cal.4th at p. 1066, quoting People v. King (1993) 5 Cal.4th 59, 78.) No such intent appears in the language of section 186.22, subdivision (b), which provides that "any person who is convicted of a felony committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang, with the specific intent to promote,

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