SMA PLT NBOUND IN LAX VFR CORRIDOR; EXITS CORRIDOR AND ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT BUR TRACON. TOLD TO STAND BY FOR CODE. CONTINUES CLBING AND ENTERS CLASS C AIRSPACE PRIOR TO RECEIVING CODE.

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I WAS NBOUND AFTER EXITING THE SPECIAL FLT RULES AREA OF LAX. I CONTACTED SOCAL APCH ON 134.2; APPRISING THEM OF MY POS; WHICH AT THE TIME WAS JUST PAST SANTA MONICA ARPT. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED MY CALL AND TOLD ME TO STAND BY FOR A CODE. THE FREQ BECAME VERY BUSY AND I CONTINUED ON COURSE INTO CLASS C AIRSPACE. I FINALLY CALLED SOCAL APCH BACK AND THEY THEN GAVE ME A CODE. THEY THEN ASKED ME MY ALT AND I TOLD THEM 6500 FT. THE CTLR THEN SAID I DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO ENTER CLASS C AIRSPACE AND THAT I SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL WHILE EXITING LAX CLASS B AND SPECIAL FLT RULES AREA. IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA THERE IS VERY LITTLE ROOM TO MANEUVER DUE TO THE CLOSENESS OF SPECIAL FLT AREA AND BURBANK CLASS C. I ASSUMED (WRONGLY) THAT BY TALKING TO THE CTLR AND WAITING FOR A CODE; THAT I COULD CONTINUE ON COURSE. I NOW KNOW THAT I DO NEED PERMISSION TO ENTER CLASS C BY WAY OF A XPONDER CODE INSTEAD OF JUST VERBAL COM. THE BURBANK CLASS C; IN THE AREA I WAS IN; IS CEILING 4800 FT; FLOOR 3500 FT. I WAS ON V23. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT HE HAS HEARD NOTHING FURTHER FROM FAA. HE WAS ABOVE THE CEILING OF CLASS C WHEN CTLR CALLED; BUT HE HAD CLBED FROM THE LAX CORRIDOR ALT TO 6500 FT GOING THROUGH THE CLASS C. HE DOES NOT THINK THE CTLR USED HIS CALL SIGN WHEN TELLING HIM TO STAND BY FOR CODE; OTHERWISE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN OK TO ENTER THE CLASS C AIRSPACE. HE DOES NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF CIRCLING IN THAT AREA BECAUSE ACFT ARE ON APCHS TO VNY AND OF COURSE INTO LAX. THIS IS A DEFINITE PROB BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE BORDERS OF THE CTLED AIRSPACE IN THIS AREA. THERE ARE CHANGES PLANNED IN THE CLASS B AIRSPACE IN JULY AND RPTR IS CONCERNED THAT IT WILL BE EVEN MORE RESTRICTIVE. HIS CONCERN IS THAT THE PWRS THAT BE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR VFR TFC TO FLY IN THIS AREA.