All About License Plates

The distribution of plates by branch offices has sometimes
been indicated by particular letters or blocks of numbers.

BRANCH OFFICES (In addition to Sacramento)

1915 1 (Los Angeles opened)
1920 3 (Fresno, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
1921 4 (San Diego added)
1922-28 5 (Oakland added)
1929-31 6 (Long Beach added)
1932 7 (San Bernardino added)
1934 9 (San Jose, Stockton added)
1935 11 (Hollywood, Pasadena added)

1937 13 (Berkeley, Palo Alto added)

1938 (San Pedro dropped, Redondo Beach added, Van Nuys in operation)

1939 (Santa Rosa in operation)

1945 16 (Same as 1937, but Chico, East Los Angeles, Glendale added)

1952 28 (Alameda, Bakersfield, Berkeley, Compton, Culver City,

East Los Angeles, Fresno, Glendale, Hayward, Hollywood,

Long Beach, Los Angeles, Modesto, North Hollywood, Oakland,

Pasadena, Pomona, Redwood City, Richmond, Riverside,

Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco,

San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Rosa, Stockton)

1959 128

1963 137

KNOWN BRANCH OFFICE ASSIGNMENTS:

1921
Fresno 340-001 -

1922 COMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS
Sacramento 1 - 2000, 70001 - 305000, 310001 - 368000 (295,000)
Oakland 305001 - 310000, 503001 - 543000 (45,000)
Los Angeles 368001 - 503000, 668001 - 688000, 698001 - 733000 (190,000)
San Francisco 543001 - 613000 (70,000)
Fresno 613001 - 648000, 693001 - 698000 (40,000)
San Diego 648001 - 668000, 688001 - 693000 (25,000)

(TOTAL 665,000)

1923
Los Angeles 400 001 - 600 000 (200,000)
San Francisco 670 001 - 740 000 (70,000)
Fresno 755 001 - 800 000 (45,000)
San Diego 800 001 - 830 000 (30,000)
Oakland 830 001 - 880 000 (50,000)

1924
Sacramento 70-001 -
Fresno 828-001 - 873-000 (45,000)

1925
Fresno B-60 001 - C-10 000 (50,000)
Oakland C-10 001 -
San Diego C-90 001 -

1926

San Francisco 745 001 - 845 000 (100,000)

Fresno 845 001 - 890 000 (45,000)

1927 COMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS VERIFIED 1927
Sacremento 400-001 - 875-000 (475,000) (see below)
Los Angeles 875-001 - 1-375-000 (500,000) 1-370-891 (495,891)
San Francisco 1-375-001 - 1-520-000 (145,000) 1-519-096 (144,096)
Fresno 1-520-001 - 1-575-000 (55,000) 1-573-071 (53,071)
Oakland 1-575-001 - 1-675-000 (100,000) 1-674-912 (99,912)
San Diego 1-675-001 - 1-725-000 (50,000) 1-720-846 (45,846)
Sacramento 1-725-001 - 1-750-000 (25,000) 1-748-706 (498,706)
(TOTAL 1,350,000) (1,337,522)

1928 COMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS VERIFIED 1928
Sacramento 450-001 - 900-000, (see below)
980-001 - 1-000-000 (470,000) 994-157 (464,157)
Fresno 900-001 - 980-000 (80,000) 978-070 (78,070)
Los Angeles 1-000-001 - 1-700-000 (700,000) 1-696-499 (696,499)
San Diego 1-700-001 - 1-765-000 (65,000) 1-760-434 (60,434)
Oakland 1-775-001 - 1-900-000 (125,000) 1-880-219 (105,219)
San Francisco 1-900-001 - 2-080-000 (180,000) 2-077-568 (177,568)
(TOTAL 1,620,000) (1,581,947)

1929 ASSIGNMENTS VERIFIED 1929

9F-96-86

7K-48-41

Fresno 8K-1 - 7L-99-99 (90,000) 9L-91-75 (109,174)

3X-96-10

2Y-699

7Z-59-06

1930-31 COMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS (1930 ALLOCATIONS) VERIFIED 1930 VERIFIED 1931
Sacramento 1A 1 - 5F 99 99 (500,000) 8F 55 04 (525,452) 9F 72 67 (537,214)
Oakland 1G 1 - 5H 80 00 (138,000) 6H 86 77 (148,663) 6H 97 13 (149,699)
San Francisco 7H 1 - 6K 99 99 (180,000) 7K 51 80 (185,162) 7K 15 80 (181,562)
Fresno 8K 1 - 8L 99 99 (100,000) 9L 27 26 (102,716) 9L 40 05 (103,995)
Los Angeles (no U) 1M 1 - 1X 99 99 (730,000) 9X 95 70 (809,490) 9X 93 68 (809,288)
Long Beach 1Y 1 - 6Y 99 99 (60,000) 9Y 74 40 (87,432) 9Y 35 80 (83,572)
San Diego 1Z 1 - 7Z 99 99 (70,000) 9Z 46 95 (84,687) 9Z 99 94 (89,986)
(TOTAL 1,778,000) (1,943,602*) (1,955,316*)

1932 COMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS VERIFIED 1932
Sacramento 1A 1 - 1F 99 99 (460,000) 1F 76 73 (457,628)
Oakland 2F 1 - 7G 99 99 (150,000) 7G 57 15 (145,701)
San Francisco 8G 1 - 7K 50 00 (265,000) 5K 56 39 (245,615)
Fresno 7K 50 01 - 9L 99 99 (115,000) 9L 44 00 (109,389)
Los Angeles (no U) 1M 1 - 9X 99 99 (810,000) 9X 46 36 (804,556)
Long Beach 1Y 1 - 8Y 99 99 (80,000) 8Y 89 75 (78,968)
San Bernardino 9Y 1 - 2Z 99 99 (30,000) 2Z 96 29 (29,627)
San Diego 3Z 1 - 9Z 99 99 (70,000) 9Z 97 71 (69,768)
(TOTAL 1,980,000) (1,941,252*)

1933 ASSIGNMENTS

Fresno 7K 50 01 -

1934 ALLOCATIONS VERIFIED
Sacramento 1A 1 - 9E 99 99 (450,000) 9E 84 24 (448,380)
San Jose (25,000)
Stockton (20,000)
San Francisco (250,000)
Oakland (145,000)

7K 31 79
Fresno 8K 26 - 9L 99 99 (110,000) 8L 75 42 (97,508)
Los Angeles (no U) 1M 1 - 7X 99 99 (790,000) 7X 99 27 (789,849)
Long Beach 8X 1 - 7Y 99 99 (90,000) 7Y 97 25 (89,717)
San Bernardino 8Y 1 - 2Z 50 00 (35,000) 2Z 47 71 (34,768)
San Diego 2Z 50 01 - 9Z 99 99 (75,000) 9Z 25 29 (67,522)
(TOTAL 1,990,000, 1 prefix too many)

FRESNO ASSIGNMENTS OTHER ASSIGNMENTS
1935 8K 26 - 9L 99 99 (109,964)

1936
1937 3K 51 - 9L 99 99 (159,934)
1938 3K 51 - 9L 99 99 (159,934) Redondo Beach 4N 35 01 - 4N 90 00,

5N 30 01 - 5N 92 00 (11,700)
1939 Santa Rosa 1J 80 01 - 1J 99 99,
2J 24 01 - 2J 99 99,
4J 351 - 4J 999,
6J 76 51 - 6J 89 00 (11,497)
Santa Rosa AAA 9Q 28 01 - 9Q 56 00 (2,800)
1940 2K 101 - 9L 99 99 (168,283) Santa Rosa 3J 101 - 4J 84 00 (18,199)

1941 8A 101 - 8G 99 99,

9A 101 - 9L 99 99 (178,182)
1945 4J 101 -

1947

1951 5K 1001 - 9K 9999, Pomona 1W 1001 - 4W 7000

8B 2001 - 8B 9999,

9B 10000 - 9B 35000 (77,995)