Photo: Justefrain · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Bell, CA: what to set up and who to call
Friday is trash day in Bell; Consolidated Disposal Service, L.L.C. collects. Bell Library, at 4411 East Gage Ave, is the library in town.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bell, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Bell.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bell. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens water system
The Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens water system supplies Bell: about 78% of residents live in its service area. Maywood Mutual Water Co. #2 serves another 7%. Maywood Mutual Water Co. #3 serves another 7%. Tract 180 Mutual Water Co. serves another 6%. About 7% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Huntington Park-City, Water Dept. and Maywood Mutual Water Co. #1 and Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and City of Bell Gardens and Tract 180 Mutual Water Co. as sellers) and serves 55,050 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA1910011.
5 home internet providers serve Bell
99% of 4,834 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 72% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 81% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 51% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 34% | 1,000/75 |
| GeoLinks | Fixed wireless | 2% | 1,000/1,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Bell is Friday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Bell, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- Bulky itemsOnce a month, Fri
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum cans
- Clean Corrugated Cardboard and Boxes
- Detergent Containers
- Junk Mail, Magazines, Catalogs
- Mixed Papers
- Newspapers
- Phone Books
- Plastic Containers
- Steel and Tin Cans
From cityofbell.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Bell (78%) is in Los Angeles Unified School District; parts are in Montebello Unified School District (22%).
B−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Bell is in ZIP code 90201
ZIP codes where Bell residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bell | ZIP’s residents in Bell |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90201 | Bell Gardens, CA | 100% | 35% |
90202 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Bell
Who supplies Bell’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens water system (EPA ID CA1910011). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bell?
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Bell?
Spectrum, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, GeoLinks (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bell?
90201. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bell in?
Los Angeles Unified School District. Parts of the city are in Montebello Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Bell?
In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder County Clerk. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Bell’s own website (cityofbell.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.