Area Code 738 — Los Angeles, California

738 Area Code – Los Angeles, California: Location, Time Zone & History

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About Area Code 738

Region Code
738
City
Los Angeles
State
California
Largest City
Los Angeles
Neighboring Codes
  • 818/310 (Los Angeles, California)
  • 626 (Pasadena, California)
  • 562 (Long Beach, California)
Time Zone
Pacific Time

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History & Cultural Notes

Three area codes now stack on the exact same patch of downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood: 213, 323, and the newest arrival, 738. It entered service November 1, 2024, added as a further overlay after the combined 213/323 complex once again ran short on numbers, with the California Public Utilities Commission approving it back in March 2023.

The territory's numbering history runs in layers. Area code 323 was carved out of 213 in a geographic split in 1998, taking Hollywood and the ring of central and southeast Los Angeles communities surrounding downtown. Then, on July 8, 2017, 213 and 323 were recombined into a single overlay complex once 213 regained spare capacity while 323 faced exhaustion, bringing mandatory ten-digit dialing across the shared territory. 738 now sits as a third layer over that same ground rather than covering any new area.

Numbers in 738 serve new and additional lines across cities including Hollywood, East Los Angeles, Huntington Park, Montebello, Bell, and South Gate -- a footprint built on entertainment and film production, fashion and garment manufacturing, food processing centered on the Vernon industrial corridor, and retail and small business.