Area codes 818 and 747 are telephone

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s in the

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(NANP) for the

San Fernando Valley The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County, California. Situated to the north of the Los Angeles Basin, it comprises a large portion of Los Angeles, the Municipal corpo ...

region of

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in the

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. Area code 818 was created in a split from

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on January 7, 1984. On June 14, 1997, 818 was reduced in size to create a separate numbering plan area (NPA) for most of the

San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley (), sometimes referred to by its initials as SGV, is one of the principal valleys of Southern California, with the city of Los Angeles directly bordering it to the west and occupying the vast majority of the southeastern ...

with

area code 626 Area code 626 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of the San Gabriel Valley in the U.S. state of California. The numbering plan area (NPA) also comprises nearby areas in the northeastern portion of Los A ...

. On May 18, 2009, area code 818 was overlaid with area code 747.

History

After the introduction of American telephone area codes in 1947, almost all of Los Angeles County used

. During the 1980s and 1990s, the population and the demand for telecommunication services grew substantially in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, so that area code 213 came under resource pressure. In relief the numbering plan area was divided with several new area codes, including area code 818 and

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. Area code 818 entered service on January 7, 1984, making Los Angeles one of the first major cities to be split into multiple numbering plan areas.

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was assigned to a portion of the eastern part on June 14, 1997. In November 1999, telephone administrations proposed an additional area code "at some future date". NPA 747 would be would split from 818, for the southern and western portions of the San Fernando Valley. This proposal sat dormant until 2007, when the telephone industry and the California Public Utilities Commission commenced resource utilization studies for relief action. Public sentiment indicated a preference for overlay action rather than a split, since 818 customers would retain the area code. Only new service would require the new area code. On April 24, 2008, the CPUC decided that area code 747 would overlay area code 818 effective May 18, 2009. From that date, new numbers could be assigned to the new area code. All calls within the numbering plan area now required

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. A permissive dialing period started October 11, 2008 during which

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was still possible. As of mid-April 2009, calls must be dialed with the area code and number. The first telephone number block was assigned to area code 747 on October 11, 2009.

Service area

The numbering plan area is home to the following cities:

Neighborhoods/districts in Los Angeles City

Arleta Arleta () is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. It contains a high percentage of Latino residents and of people born outside the United States. Geography Arleta is bordered by the Los Ange ...

Canoga Park Canoga Park is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Before the Mexican–American War, the district was part of a rancho, and after the American victory it was converted into wheat farms and ...

* Chatsworth * Encino * Granada Hills *

Lake View Terrace Lake View Terrace is a suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California.

* Lake Balboa, Los Angeles, Lake Balboa * Mission Hills * North Hills *

North Hollywood North Hollywood is a neighborhood and district in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. The neighborhood contains the NoHo Arts District, El Portal Theater, several art galleries, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Th ...

* Northridge *

Pacoima Pacoima (Tataviam language: ''Pakoinga'', meaning "entrance") is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley region of LA. Geography Location Pacoima is bordered by the Los Angele ...

Panorama City Panorama City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. It has a generally young age range as well as the highest population density in the Valley. More than half of the neighborhood's population was b ...

Porter Ranch Porter Ranch is a suburban neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, in the northwest portion of the San Fernando Valley. History The Porter family acquired part of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando in 1874. Porter Ranch community started as a ...

* Reseda *

Shadow Hills Shadow Hills (originally Hansen Heights) is a neighborhood in the Verdugo Mountains and northeastern San Fernando Valley, within the city of Los Angeles, California. Geography Shadow Hills is in the northwestern Verdugo Mountains, near the weste ...

Sherman Oaks Sherman Oaks (founded in 1927) is a neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles, California within the San Fernando Valley region. The neighborhood includes a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, which gives Sherman Oaks a lower population densit ...

Studio City Studio City is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States, in the southeast San Fernando Valley, just west of the Cahuenga Pass. It is named after the studio lot that was established in the area by film producer Mack Sennett in 19 ...

* Sunland * Sun Valley *

Sylmar Sylmar is a suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley and the northernmost neighborhood within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. Historically known for its profusion of sylvan olive orchards, Sylmar can trace its past t ...

* Tarzana *

Toluca Lake Toluca Lake is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, located in the San Fernando Valley northwest of downtown. The name is also given to a private natural lake fed by wells and maintained by neighboring property owners. Prio ...

* Tujunga *

Valley Village Valley Village is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, located within the San Fernando Valley. History Founding According to Elke Garman, co-president of the Valley Village Homeowners Association in 1991, the history of Valley Village w ...

Van Nuys Van Nuys ( ) is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Home to Van Nuys Airport and the Valley Municipal Building, it is the most populous neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. History In 1 ...

* West Hills * Winnetka * Woodland Hills

Los Angeles County

Agoura Hills Agoura Hills () is a city situated in the Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a population of 20,330 as of the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, which decreased to 20,299 in 2020. Agoura H ...

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Calabasas Calabasas may refer to: * Calabasas, Arizona, former populated place in what is now Rio Rico, Arizona * Calabasas, California, city in Los Angeles County, California See also * Calabaza Calabaza is the generic name in the Spanish langua ...

* Glendale *

Hidden Hills ''Hidden Hills'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2002, to January 21, 2003, during the 2002 fall line-up. Based on the book ''Surviving Suburbia'', the series was created by Peter Segal and Ric Sw ...

La Cañada Flintridge LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smit ...

La Crescenta-Montrose La Crescenta-Montrose () is an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The community is bordered by Glendale to the south and west, La Cañada Flintridge to the east, and Angeles National Forest to the north. Acc ...

* Malibu Lake * Monte Nido *

San Fernando San Fernando may refer to: People *Ferdinand III of Castile (c. 1200–1252), called ''San Fernando'' (Spanish) or ''Saint Ferdinand'', King of Castile, León, and Galicia Places Argentina *San Fernando de la Buena Vista, city of Greater Buenos ...

Topanga Topanga (Tongva: ''Topaa'nga'') is an unincorporated community in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located in the Santa Monica Mountains, the community exists in Topanga Canyon and the surrounding hills. The narrow southern ...

(mostly in the 310 area code) * Universal City *

Westlake Village Westlake Village is a city in Los Angeles County, California, on its western border with Ventura County. Upon its incorporation in 1981, Westlake Village became the 82nd municipality of Los Angeles County.Baker, Pam (2002). ''Thousand Oaks We ...

Ventura County

Bell Canyon Bell Canyon is a major drainage of the Santa Ana Mountains in Orange County, California, Orange County, California in the United States. Bell Creek (also known as Bell Canyon Creek or Arroyo de las Campanas) flows about in a southerly direction ...

* North Ranch (part of

Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks is the second-largest city in Ventura County, California, located in the northwestern part of Greater Los Angeles. Approximately from the city of Los Angeles and from Downtown Los Angeles, it is named after the many oak trees pr ...

) * Oak Park

In popular culture

In the movie ''

Pulp Fiction ''Pulp Fiction'' is a 1994 American independent crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino from a story he conceived with Roger Avary.See, e.g., King (2002), pp. 185–7; ; It tells four intertwining tales of crime and violence ...

'', after Vincent accidentally shoots an associate in the face, Jules calls his friend Jimmy, who lives in Toluca Lake, hoping to find a place to hide their blood-soaked automobile, telling Vincent he hopes Jimmy is home "cause I ain't got no other partners in 818". In the movie '' Go'', Ronna tells Claire "Don't get 818 on me" when Claire acts reluctant to do some illegal/dangerous activities. In the movie '' Swingers'', after Mike gets a girl's number at a bar, a friend asks "818?" in reference to the girl's area code, to which Mike responds "

310 __NOTOC__ Year 310 ( CCCX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Andronicus and Probus (or, less frequently, year 1063 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 310 ...

", an answer that impresses the rest of his friends. In the

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), also known by her nickname J.Lo, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman. Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of her time, credited with breaking ...

song " Louboutins" Lopez sings "No more 818" while singing about a part-time lover who presumably lives in the area.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Area Codes 747 And 818 747 And 818 Los Angeles County, California San Fernando Valley Telecommunications-related introductions in 1984 Telecommunications-related introductions in 2009 747 And 818