Photo: user:Epolk · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Los Alamitos, CA: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Los Alamitos: Anaheim Union High School District and Los Alamitos Unified School District. The closest public drop-off to Los Alamitos is CR&R Stanton, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Los Alamitos, 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 Los Alamitos.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Los Alamitos. 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 Golden State Wc - West Orange County water system
The Golden State Wc - West Orange County water system supplies almost all of Los Alamitos. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Gswc - Artesia and Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and City of Buena Park and City of Seal Beach and City of Garden Grove as sellers) and serves 114,379 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 70% of similar systems’ latest results.
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. CA3010022.
7 home internet providers serve Los Alamitos
98% of 2,747 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 82% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 92% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber | 81% | 7,000/7,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 40% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 55% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 30% | 100/20 |
| GeoLinks | Fixed wireless | 5% | 1,000/1,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Los Alamitos is Thursday or Friday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Los Alamitos, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Thu or Fri)Find your street’s day on cityoflosalamitos.org →
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum trays and plates
- Brown paper bags
- Cans (metal food and drink)
- Cereal boxes (without liners)
- Cigarette packages
- Computer paper
- Laundry detergent boxes
- Envelopes
- Gift wrap (non-metallic)
- Glass bottles
- Jars with lids
- Junk mail
- Magazines
Jiffy Lube
3311 Katella Ave
M & N Coastline
3400 Cerritos Ave
From cityoflosalamitos.org, 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.
Los Alamitos is in two districts that split the grades: Anaheim Union High School District and Los Alamitos Unified School District.
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.
Los Alamitos is in ZIP code 90720
ZIP codes where Los Alamitos residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Los Alamitos | ZIP’s residents in Los Alamitos |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90720 | Los Alamitos, CA | 100% | 51% |
90721 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 Los Alamitos
Who supplies Los Alamitos’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Golden State Wc - West Orange County water system (EPA ID CA3010022). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.2 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Los Alamitos?
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 Los Alamitos?
Spectrum, Frontier, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, GeoLinks (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Los Alamitos?
90720. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Los Alamitos in?
Anaheim Union High School District and Los Alamitos Unified School District. Parts of the city are in Cypress Elementary School District.
How do I register to vote in Los Alamitos?
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 Orange County Registrar of Voters. 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: Los Alamitos’ own website (cityoflosalamitos.org), 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.