From the article:

Several were rejected for conveying “a message associated to the characteristics of any person or group of people.”

Examples of these include:

AXE/ELON
BISXUAL/
TRMP/BAD
LIBS/YUK
SOCALHO/
TESLUUT/

(Note: A / represents a half space, according to the DMV.)

Some were rejected for conveying that the vehicle belongs to law enforcement, the DMV said. Examples include:

LAPD*K9/
/CA/ICE/
*CSI*CA/
BB*SWAT/
ARTCL86/
911NRSK/
/*LADP*/

(Note: An * represents a full space, according to the DMV.)

The four iterations of “hawk tuah” — and several other custom plates — were rejected for conveying a “sexual or scatological meaning.”

Examples include:

HAWK2UH/
HOCTUAH/
HAWK2UH/
HAWKTAA/

Many were rejected for being too similar to an existing license plate. Examples include:

QUE33NB/
ST4RBO7/
WRM/HOL3
XL3GACY/
XPR1NCE/
XSM1LEY/
XW1TCHX/
Y11KES$/
Y3S*CHF/
Y3S/PAPI
YA/MON3Y