Who Handles What
Trash is one agency, water another, fire a third. Start from your problem, call the right desk.
Westminster splits everyday services across more agencies than most cities: trash is a sanitary district, water is City Hall, fire is a county authority, and four school districts share the map. Start from your problem and call the right desk first.
Live in Midway City?
Emergencies are always 911
My trash wasn't picked up / sewer trouble
Midway City Sanitary District
Residential trash carts, bulky-item pickup, and sewer for Westminster and Midway City. A separate district — not City Hall.
- Phone
- (714) 893-3553
- Address
- 14451 Cedarwood Street, Westminster, CA 92683
My water bill, or a leak
City of Westminster Water Division
Drinking water and water billing come from the city itself — separate from the trash bill. Phone numbers are on the division's page.
Police, not an emergency
Westminster Police Department
Westminster has its own police department (not the OC Sheriff). Non-emergency and records numbers are on the department's contact page.
Fire and medical (business line)
Orange County Fire Authority
Fire and emergency medical service is provided under contract by OCFA, not a city fire department.
- Phone
- (714) 573-6000
- Website
- www.ocfa.org/
My child's school — four districts share the city
Westminster School District (TK–8)
Most of the city's elementary and middle schools. Use its "Find My Child's School" boundary tool to confirm your school.
- Phone
- (714) 894-7311
- Address
- 14121 Cedarwood Street, Westminster, CA 92683
- Website
- www.wsdk8.us/
Huntington Beach Union High School District
High schools, including Westminster High.
- Phone
- (714) 903-7000
- Address
- 5832 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92649
- Website
- www.hbuhsd.edu/
Garden Grove Unified School District
Serves portions of Westminster along the north and east edges, all grades.
- Phone
- (714) 663-6000
- Website
- ggusd.us/
Ocean View School District
K–8 near the Huntington Beach border — if you're close to that edge and unsure, ask the district.
- Phone
- (714) 847-2551
- Website
Street food vendors and food safety
OC Health Care Agency — Environmental Health
Health permits for food trucks and sidewalk food carts countywide; permit questions and food-safety complaints.
- Phone
- (714) 433-6416
A flooded street or storm drain
City of Westminster Public Works
City streets and local storm drains.
OC Public Works — Flood Programs
The big regional flood channels, including the East Garden Grove–Wintersburg Channel, are county facilities.
Everything else at City Hall
City of Westminster
Permits, code enforcement, parks, council business — start at the city's contact directory.