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In case anyone doesn't want to read, the current pattern is
<number><letter x3><number x3>
They are just going to start again reversed, so
<number x3><letter x3><number>.Still think they should have gone to A123ABC instead but I guess it's fine.
Maybe this is just the computer engineer in me but a new numbering protocol that does not at least 10x the capacity of the previous one doesn't seem like an improvement.
The current one had a 45 year shelf life. This new system should last a good long while.
You misunderstand. We must plan for the possibility that the population of California will reach 1 billion within the next few years and that each person should be able to register at least 10 cars, just to be safe.
The plan: add a digit?
How easy that is depends on how deep the 7-digit format is embedded in however many lines of dusty COBOL spread out over whatever systems grew from, and are dependent on, the original.