Resource center
San Marcos community resources
Power, gas, water, trash, emergency contacts, city services, schools and transit — all in one place. Every outside link opens in a new tab so you keep your place here.
Emergency & safety
Call 911 for any life-threatening emergency, fire or crime in progress.
Emergency (police, fire, medical)
San Marcos Fire Department
San Diego County Sheriff — San Marcos Station
Non-emergency line
San Diego County Emergency Alerts (AlertSanDiego)
Register your phone for evacuation notices
Ready San Diego — wildfire & disaster prep
CAL FIRE San Diego incidents
Poison Control
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
San Diego County Access & Crisis Line
Utilities — electric, gas, water, trash
Start, stop or troubleshoot service at a San Marcos address.
SDG&E (electric & gas)
Outage map and gas leak reporting
SDG&E outage map
Vallecitos Water District
Water & sewer for most of San Marcos
Vista Irrigation District
Serves parts of north San Marcos
EDCO Disposal (trash & recycling)
Underground utility locating — Call 811
Cox Communications
AT&T
Frontier
City of San Marcos
Permits, code enforcement, potholes, council meetings and city jobs.
City of San Marcos
Report a problem / service request
Building permits & planning
City Council agendas & meetings
City jobs
Parks & Recreation
San Marcos Library (SD County)
County & state services
DMV, voting, permits, records and public assistance.
County of San Diego
DMV — San Marcos field office
Register to vote / check registration
County Assessor / Recorder / Clerk
Property tax payments
Health & Human Services (CalFresh, Medi-Cal)
Animal Services
Jury duty — San Diego Superior Court
Health & urgent care
Nearest hospitals and walk-in care for North County.
Palomar Medical Center Escondido (ER)
Kaiser Permanente San Marcos
Scripps Coastal Medical Center Vista
Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside ER)
County public health services
Schools & education
District offices, enrollment and higher education.
San Marcos Unified School District
Cal State San Marcos (CSUSM)
Palomar College
San Diego County Office of Education
Transit & roads
Getting around North County without guessing.
NCTD SPRINTER & BREEZE
Caltrans QuickMap (live traffic)
SANDAG regional planning
San Diego International Airport
Palomar–McClellan Airport
Community help & nonprofits
Food, housing, veterans and neighbor-to-neighbor support.
211 San Diego (any social service)
Feeding San Diego
North County Food Bank / Interfaith
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Marcos
San Marcos Chamber of Commerce
Veterans Affairs — San Diego
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