Photo: Cbl62 at English Wikipedia (Original text: Cbl62) · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in San Fernando, CA: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to San Fernando is J. Padilla Recycling Center, 2 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, 2 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in San Fernando, 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 San Fernando.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of San Fernando. 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 San Fernando: about 50% of residents live in its service area. About 50% 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.
5 home internet providers serve San Fernando
96% of 4,684 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 85% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 86% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 77% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 47% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 24% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Consolidated Disposal Service, LLC dba Republic Services picks up trash in San Fernando
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in San Fernando, from the town’s own site.
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum & Tin Cans
- Aluminum Foil
- All Glass Bottles and Jars
- Plastic Containers
- Newspaper
- Mixed Paper
- Junk Mail
- White Ledger Paper
- Corrugated Cardboard
- Magazines
- Cereal Boxes (with liners removed)
- Telephone Books
- Plastic Bags
- Plastic Milk Containers
- All Plastics Labeled #1 thru #7
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check sanfernando.gov →
From sanfernando.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2015, 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.
San Fernando 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.
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.
San Fernando spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where San Fernando residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of San Fernando | ZIP’s residents in San Fernando |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91340 | San Fernando, CA | 98% | 68% |
| 91342 | Sylmar, CA | 2% | 1% |
91341 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 San Fernando
Who supplies San Fernando’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 San Fernando?
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 San Fernando?
Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in San Fernando?
91340 (98%), 91342 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is San Fernando in?
Los Angeles Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in San Fernando?
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: San Fernando’s own website (sanfernando.gov), read Oct 23, 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.