Does the issuance of an arrest warrant in case No. 239475APOF commence a prosecution for purposes of the statute of limitations?

Finally, construing section 804, subdivision (d), as the Attorney General urges, would violate the rule that statutes are to be construed so as to avoid rendering other legislation a nullity. (See People v. Tanner (1979) 24 Cal.3d 514, 520.) Section 804 lists the various acts that commence a prosecution for purposes of the statute of limitations and lists virtually all of the ways a prosecution can be commenced.¹¹ If those acts commenced not only the case to which they related but all later prosecutions for the same acts that might arise, section 803, subdivision (b) would be effectively unnecessary because tolling would not be necessary. For these reasons, we conclude the issuance of the arrest warrants in case No. DVW 239475APOF commenced that prosecution, but it did not commence this case, No. 93ZF0165, which arose from an indictment.¹²