No more stressing over lost California black plates...?

          The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), upon initially  
          registering a vehicle, issues the owner license plates, which  
          the owner must affix to the vehicle to identify it.  Since the  
          1920s, California has had many plate background and character  
          color combinations.

          In 1963, California replaced all existing license plates with  
          the yellow-on-black plates.

          From 1963 through 1969, DMV issued both passenger and commercial  
          vehicles the yellow-on-black plates. DMV continued to issue the  
          yellow-on-black plates to commercial vehicles and pick-up trucks  
          until 1972.

          Beginning in 1970, DMV issued yellow-on-blue plates, and then in  
          the 1980s, began issuing blue-on-white plates. Many vehicles on  
          the road today that date from the 1960s and 1970s display the  
          yellow-on-black or yellow-on-blue plates. Only those vehicles on  
          the road from that time that lost their plates or had their  
          plates damaged, display newer plates.

This is the idea:

Beginning in July of 2009, the program will be expanded to 
          allow an owner of a 1969 or older model year passenger vehicle 
          or a 1972 or older model year commercial vehicle, which includes 
          pick up trucks, to use a California license plate from the model 
          year of the vehicle. 

Hope is passes!