According to the California Department of Finance, New State Population Report dated May 1, 2015, which was included with A.1611007 (pages 3948 of the application), Sacramento is the sixth largest city in California, and grew by 0.9 percent during the measured period. This 916 NPA has a mix of urban and suburban cities plus unincorporated suburban residential communities. In addition to serving the capital of the California state government and many state government buildings and structures, the 916 NPA serves the Sacramento International Airport, several museums, hospitals, universities and colleges, many tourist attractions, and fishing and boating on the Sacramento River Delta. The area served includes residential, commercial and light industrial areas with varied growth separated by agriculture and the Sacramento River Delta. There is the Port of Sacramento in West Sacramento serving deep water freighters, and varied rural and open spaces. The 916 NPA is bordered on the north and east by the 530 NPA, to the west by the 707 NPA, and to the south by the 925 NPA and the 209 NPA. Current Request for a New Area Code The industry reached consensus at its October 22, 2015 meeting to recommend to the Commission an allservices distributed overlay as the form of relief for the 916 NPA. The Industry submits its overlay recommendation to the Commission upon NANPA’s projections that absent NPA relief, the supply of central office codes (often referred to as or codes) for the 916 “CO” “NXX” NPA will exhaust during the first quarter of 2018. As required by statute, Commission held three Public Participation Meetings to inform representatives of local jurisdictions and the public about the
According to the California Department of Finance, New State Population Report dated May 1, 2015, which was included with A.1611007 (pages 3948 of the application), Sacramento is the sixth largest city in California, and grew by 0.9 percent during the measured period. This 916 NPA has a mix of urban and suburban cities plus unincorporated suburban residential communities. In addition to serving the capital of the California state government and many state government buildings and structures, the 916 NPA serves the Sacramento International Airport, several museums, hospitals, universities and colleges, many tourist attractions, and fishing and boating on the Sacramento River Delta. The area served includes residential, commercial and light industrial areas with varied growth separated by agriculture and the Sacramento River Delta. There is the Port of Sacramento in West Sacramento serving deep water freighters, and varied rural and open spaces. The 916 NPA is bordered on the north and east by the 530 NPA, to the west by the 707 NPA, and to the south by the 925 NPA and the 209 NPA. Current Request for a New Area Code The industry reached consensus at its October 22, 2015 meeting to recommend to the Commission an allservices distributed overlay as the form of relief for the 916 NPA. The Industry submits its overlay recommendation to the Commission upon NANPA’s projections that absent NPA relief, the supply of central office codes (often referred to as “CO” or “NXX” codes) for the 916 NPA will exhaust during the first quarter of 2018. As required by statute, Commission held three Public Participation Meetings to inform representatives of local jurisdictions and the public about the
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