CPUC Approves L.A. Area Code Overlay, More Locality Grants

The California Public Utilities Commission approved an overlay for Los Angeles area codes 213 and 323, as part of a unanimous vote on the CPUC’s consent agenda Thursday. The new code is expected to be implemented in nine months, said the proposed decision in docket A.22-08-009 (see 2302100033). In the same vote, the CPUC approved about $2.1 million in local agency technical assistance grants for four applicants (Resolution T-17781). The CPUC awarded $3.2 million last January and $5.76 million in December through the same program (see 2301130040).