Your Phone Company

  • Contact your phone company if you want to be on California LifeLine.
  • Your phone company can also provide general information about the California LifeLine program.

California LifeLine Call Center

  • Contact the LifeLine Call Center for general information about the California LifeLine program.
  • The LifeLine Call Center can also help find telephone companies that offer California LifeLine and connect consumers to these California LifeLine approved telephone companies.
  • The LifeLine Call Center's hours of operation are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Pacific Time) Monday through Friday. It is closed on federal holidays and weekends.
  • If a consumer wants in-language help for a language not listed below, call the English toll-free number and ask for interpretation services.
  • Call the applicable telephone number: 
Main General Number 1-866-272-0357
English 1-866-272-0349
Spanish 1-866-272-0350
Laotian/Hmong 1-866-272-0351
Cambodian 1-866-272-0352
Tagalog 1-866-272-0353
Korean 1-866-272-0354
Vietnamese 1-866-272-0355
Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) 1-866-272-0356
Japanese 1-866-296-0860
TTY 1-866-272-0358

California LifeLine Administrator

  • Contact the Administrator for application and renewal related questions and concerns.

  • The Administrator's hours of operation are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Pacific Time) Monday through Friday. It is closed on state holidays and weekends.

  • Call the applicable telephone number: 

English/Spanish

1-877-858-7463

Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese)

1-888-765-1566

Korean

1-888-765-1567

Japanese

1-888-765-1568

Vietnamese

1-888-765-1569

Tagalog

1-888-765-1577

TTY

1-888-858-7889

CPUC's Consumer Affairs Branch

For complaints or problems related to California LifeLine, contact the CPUC's Consumer Affairs Branch at 1-800-649-7570.