Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any veterans' memorial constructed or established pursuant to this division, or constructed or established by any veterans' association, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1260, is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.
Ca. Mil. and Vet. Code § 1318