http://www.dmv.ca.gov/legacyplates/index.htm
http://www.scpr.org/blogs/offramp/2013/ ... cy-licens/The law enacting this plate program (AB 1658, 2012) allows until January 1, 2015 to reach the required minimum 7,500 pre-orders for any one of the plate styles." And only the black plate is even halfway there. Here's the latest tally (as of August 2013):
Yellow plates: 1,213
Black plates: 4,224
Blue plates: 901
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_re ... California



DMV also has a Year of Manufacture program allowing you to mount plates from the year of manufacture of an older car: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/reg_hdbk/ch21/ch21_36.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;