CPR SMA UNAUTH PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE.

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SDL TO LAX; VFR; FILED FLT PLAN. MADE RESERVATIONS FOR ARR AND DEP USING AUTOMATED SYS. AFTER BEING DUMPED TO '1200' BY PSP APCH (I HAD BEEN USING VFR FLT FOLLOWING SINCE SDL) I CONTACTED ONT APCH FOR ADVISORIES. ASKED UPON INITIAL CALLUP FOR ASSISTANCE IN COORD WITH LAX APCH. AFTER XING ONT AIRSPACE; ONT APCH DUMPED ME TO '1200' AND GAVE ME LAX APCH FREQ TO CALL. THIS 5 NM FROM THE EDGE (TOP 12500'; FLOOR 4000') OF THE TCA; ME GOING 180 KTS (THAT'S 3 MI PER MINUTE) AND AT 6000' DSNDING. I CALLED LAX; CIRCLED (DID I BUST THE TCA HERE??) HOW MUCH TFC DID I MISS WHILE FLYING; CIRCLING; DSNDING; NAVIGATING; AND RESPONDING TO SQUAWK REQUESTS FROM LAX. UPON RADAR CONTACT I WAS GIVEN AN ALT ASSIGNMENT (MAINTAIN AOA 4000') AND A HDG (240 DEG) THAT IMMEDIATELY PUT ME INTO THE TCA. HE (APCH) DID NOT SAY THE MAGIC WORDS 'CLRED INTO THE TCA...' (DID I VIOLATE THE TCA HERE?) I HAD TO ASK FOR THE BLESSING. DURING THE FLT THAT DAY (TVL-SDL-LAX-MEV-TVL) I MADE A LIST OF 10 INSTANCES WHERE A VFR PLT WORKING IN THE SYS IS SO MUCH BAIT WAITING TO GET HIT!