JK. He's misquoting his charges. I suspect rather than 497a he is charged with 497 (a) and rather than 496a, he is charged with 496(a)
487 PC:
Grand theft is theft committed in any of the following cases:
(a) When the money, labor, or real or personal property taken is
of a value exceeding nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), except as
provided in subdivision (b).
496 PC:
(a) Every person who buys or receives any property that has
been stolen or that has been obtained in any manner constituting
theft or extortion, knowing the property to be so stolen or obtained,
or who conceals, sells, withholds, or aids in concealing, selling,
or withholding any property from the owner, knowing the property to
be so stolen or obtained, shall be punished by imprisonment in a
county jail for not more than one year, or imprisonment pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 1170. However, if the district attorney or
the grand jury determines that this action would be in the interests
of justice, the district attorney or the grand jury, as the case may
be, may, if the value of the property does not exceed nine hundred
fifty dollars ($950), specify in the accusatory pleading that the
offense shall be a misdemeanor, punishable only by imprisonment in a
county jail not exceeding one year.
A principal in the actual theft of the property may be convicted
pursuant to this section. However, no person may be convicted both
pursuant to this section and of the theft of the same property.