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Commentary: From stamped metal to digital, the strange history of our GLDN ST8 PL8S

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California has exhausted all available character combinations for its current license plate sequence, which has been in use since the 1980s. The state is now transitioning to a new system as it runs out of options.

California has run out of combinations for its current license plate sequence, ending a string dating back to the 1980s. How did we get here?

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