The advantage of cutting the hole back to the studs is that you can then put a new piece of sheet rock in on the same plain as the orginal wall. Then after joint compounding (assuming a half way reasonable job) the patch should not be noticable.
I think if the Calif method is used you will always be able to see a raised portion of the wall where the patch over lays the original wall. If that's not a concern then by all means go the Calif way.
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