Participating in a listed crime as a gang member.
 
Legislative Findings - California Penal Code Section 186.22(a)

What is California Penal Code Section 186.22(a)?

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Any person who actively participates in any criminal street gang with knowledge that its members engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity, and who willfully promotes, furthers, or assists in any felonious criminal conduct by members of that gang, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or two or three years.

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Resource: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov