LA Phones Home The City of Los Angeles has restricted employee phone privileges after what has been described as "a media hernia" publicized cellular phone expenses, slowing progress. Apparently, some staff can't fax beyond 213 -- not even 310 and 818, dialing areas within Los Angeles boundaries. LASN's sources reportedly use "secret codes" to reach 714 -- home, incidentally, to many Landscape Architects who work in the City of Angels.