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The Yorba Linda handbook

Living in Yorba Linda, CA: what to set up and who to call

The closest public drop-off to Yorba Linda is Olinda Alpha Landfill, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Most homes in Yorba Linda have two wired internet choices, Spectrum and AT&T.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Yorba Linda, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Yorba Linda.

Electricity

Power comes from Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Yorba Linda. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Yorba Linda Water District

Yorba Linda Water District supplies Yorba Linda: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 5% 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 Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and City of Anaheim and City of Brea and Golden State Wc - Yorba Linda as sellers) and serves 84,292 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, 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. CA3010037.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Yorba Linda

99% of 20,511 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 8% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber99%1,000/35
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber95%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless70%300/20
Cosmo Network SolutionsFixed wireless64%250/100
T-MobileFixed wireless63%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Yorba Linda depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Yorba Linda, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerThe town’s contract hauler picks up at the curb for every homeyorbalindaca.gov
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Paper
  • Cardboard
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsSingle-family homes get three bulky item pickups per calendar year, up to 10 items per pickup; additional pickups cost $59.82 (up to 2 items)
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pageyorbalindaca.gov →

From yorbalindaca.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated July 1, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Yorba Linda kids go to
K–57 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Yorba Linda HighPlacentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District

Most of Yorba Linda (95%) is in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District; parts are in Orange Unified School District (5%).

A−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Yorba Linda spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Yorba Linda residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Yorba LindaZIP’s residents in Yorba Linda
92886Yorba Linda, CA70%95%
92887Yorba Linda, CA30%100%

A few homes fall in 92870. 92885 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.

Everyday places

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 Yorba Linda

Who supplies Yorba Linda’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Yorba Linda Water District (EPA ID CA3010037). 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 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Yorba Linda?

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 Yorba Linda?

Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, Cosmo Network Solutions, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Yorba Linda?

92886 (70%), 92887 (30%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Yorba Linda in?

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. Parts of the city are in Orange Unified School District.

How do I register to vote in Yorba Linda?

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: Yorba Linda’s own website (yorbalindaca.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.