ERRONEOUS PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE. PROX OF TCA.

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UPON DEP WE WERE CLRED TO DEPART IN BTWN 1 TOUCH AND GO SMA AND ANOTHER SMA. THE SPACING WAS TIGHT AND UPON THE INITIAL CLBOUT; BEING CONCERNED WITH NOISE ABATEMENT PROCS; I DECIDED TO USE BEST ANGLE OF CLB. THE SMT I FLY WAS ABOUT 600 POUNDS UNDER GROSS AND THAT RATE WAS INITIALLY ABOUT 1500 FPM. EVEN AT BEST RATE; WE WERE GAINING ON THE SMA AHEAD SO I HEADED TO THE W (R) TO CONTINUE THE CLB. THIS POSITIONED US TOWARDS ANOTHER SMA ENTERING L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 21. I CONTINUED THE CLB TO STEER CLR OF ANY MORE TFC WHICH SMO TWR HAD NOT CALLED TO ME. AROUND 3500 FT THERE WAS A SCATTERED LAYER WHICH I CHOSE TO TOP. I STOPPED THE CLB AT 5500 FT TO TRANSITION THROUGH THE APCH SEGMENT TO BURBANK NEAR FILMORE; THEN CONTINUED THE CLB UP TO 12500 FT. I DID NOT KNOW THAT I ALLEGEDLY HAD BUSTED THE TCA. I THOUGHT I HAD TRAVELED FAR ENOUGH W TO MISS IT. IF I HAD THOUGHT THAT I WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE TCA; I WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE CLB SHORT OF THE SCATTERED LAYER AND THEN CONTINUED THE CLB LATER. IF THE IFR PLAN HAD NOT BEEN CANCELLED; THIS ALLEGED EVENT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THE CLBOUT OF PSP REQUIRES A STEEP CLB GRADIENT TO PROCEED ON THE AIRWAY TO 10000 FT TO PARADISE VOR. THIS CLB GRADIENT THAT I HAD DONE IN THE MORNING WAS TRIGGERED BY THE TFC AT SMO ON DEP AND VISUALLY SEEING THE SCATTERED LAYER ON MY RTE OF FLT. THIS DEP; IF FLOWN AT NORMAL CRUISE CLB WOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED A PROBLEM; BUT THE EVENTS OF STRESSFUL FLYING IN THE MORNING; WORKING ALL DAY; FAMILY PROBLEMS AT HOME AND SEEING MORE CLOUDS ON MY RTE OF FLT CAUSED THIS MISJUDGEMENT. I ALSO HAD MY TCA CHART OUT OF THE LOS ANGELES BASIN WHILE I WAS CLBING; AND I MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE AS DEPICTED ON THE TCA CIRCLE ON THE CHART.