[quote=Hatfield]They don’t enforce front plates much in SD but they do up in LA. [/quote]
My experience, more than 10 years ago, was the opposite. I had my rear license plate stolen, registration tags included, from just outside USC in L.A. I filed a police report, moved the front license plate to the back, and then I paid $15 to the DMV for replacement tags/stickers (month and year). I then drove in L.A. w/o a front plate for over a year, before moving to San Diego. After about 5 months living in Point Loma, a cop stopped me and gave me a fix-it ticket.

My original plate was blue and started with 1G…, the new plate was white and started with 4AL…