Makes no difference in California as long as you can steal anything under $1,000.
That is correct-and it is ridiculous-the friend I work for went to Cali last month-LA area to visit relatives. We were joking about him hitching the shop trailer to his truck, going to a Home Depot on his way out of Cali, filling it with $999.00 worth of building materials we need for a little job, bypassing the checkout, loading them in the trailer and hauling ass back to Texas-no harm, no foul...