Area code 323
Area code 323 is a California telephone area code. It covers, roughly, the area of central Los Angeles, including Hollywood, but it excludes Downtown Los Angeles and its immediately adjoining neighborhoods such as Koreatown, Echo Park, and Chinatown. 323 also includes several gateway cities of the region, including Bell and Huntington Park.
323 was created in a split from area code 213 on June 13, 1998; it completely surrounds 213. Area code 323 is projected to exhaust in 2017. The approved relief plan by the California Public Utilities Commission removes the boundary between NPAs 213 and 323 and turns the combined area into an overlay for all of central Los Angeles when it takes effect on August 1, 2017.[1][2] The plan necessitates ten-digit dialing in the overlay area.
Cities
Cities in the 323 area code.
- Alhambra (mostly in the 626 area code)
- Bell
- Bell Gardens (also in the 562 area code)
- Beverly Hills (mostly in the 310 area code)
- City Terrace
- Commerce (small portion in the 562 area code)
- Cudahy
- East Los Angeles
- Florence
- Florence-Graham
- Hawthorne (mostly in the 310 area code)
- Huntington Park
- Inglewood (mostly in the 310 area code)
- Ladera Heights (also in the 310 area code)
- Los Angeles
- Lynwood (mostly in the 310 area code)
- Maywood
- Montebello
- Monterey Park (also in the 626 area code)
- Pasadena (mostly in the 626 area code)
- Rosemead (mostly in the 626 area code)
- South Gate (small portions in the 562 and 310 area codes)
- South Pasadena (also in the 626 area code)
- Vernon
- View Park Windsor Hills
- Walnut Park
- West Athens (small portion in the 310 area code)
- West Hollywood (also in the 310 area code)
See also
References
- ^ Cpuc.ca.gov Archived September 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Nanpa.com
External links
| North: 747/818, 626 | ||
| West: 310/424 | area code 323 (completely surrounds 213; will merge in 2017) | East: 626 |
| South: 310/424, 562 |