Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Marina del Rey, CA: what to set up and who to call
Marina del Rey has no town government of its own, so Los Angeles County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Los Angeles Unified School District. Marina del Rey has its own library, Lloyd Taber-Marina Del Rey Library, at 4533 Admiralty Way.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Marina del Rey, 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 Marina del Rey.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Marina del Rey. 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 Los Angeles-City, Dept. of Water & Power
Los Angeles-City, Dept. of Water & Power supplies Marina del Rey: about 25% of residents live in its service area. About 75% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Burbank-City, Water Dept. as sellers) and serves 3,875,566 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 82% of the 27 systems serving more than 1,000,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 3.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 80% 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. CA1910067.
8 home internet providers serve Marina del Rey
100% of 162 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 38% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL, Fiber | 10% | 115/7 |
| BAI Connect | Fiber | 3% | 10,000/10,000 |
| Starry | Fixed wireless | 78% | 300/100 |
| GeoLinks | Fixed wireless | 64% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 37% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Marina del Rey’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Marina del Rey.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Marina del Rey is in Los Angeles 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Marina del Rey is unincorporated, so Los Angeles County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Marina del Rey is in ZIP code 90292
ZIP codes where Marina del Rey residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Marina del Rey | ZIP’s residents in Marina del Rey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90292 | Marina Del Rey, CA | 100% | 41% |
90295 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 Marina del Rey
Who supplies Marina del Rey’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Los Angeles-City, Dept. of Water & Power (EPA ID CA1910067). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 82% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.9 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Marina del Rey?
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 Marina del Rey?
Spectrum, Frontier, BAI Connect, Starry, GeoLinks, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Marina del Rey?
90292. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Marina del Rey in?
Los Angeles Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Marina del Rey?
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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- 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.