Contact Us

General Information

(858) 505-6700 or (800) 253-9933

Office Location and Hours

        Permit Center & Department Headquarters:

        County Operations Center 5500 Overland Avenue, San Diego, CA 92123

        Vector Control Program and Vector Disease Diagnostic Laboratory:

        County Operations Center  5570 Overland Avenue, San Diego, CA  92123

        Public Counter Hours: Public Counter hours are Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, 8:00 a.m. to         4:00 p.m. with a Lunch Break closure from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Mailing Address

County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health and Quality
P.O. Box 129261
San Diego, CA  92112-9261

• Beach & Bay Advisory Hotline (619) 338-2073 (Land and Water Quality Division)
• Billing Inquiries (858) 505-6930
• Food & Housing Programs
  • For technical questions (858) 505-6900 or e-mail Food & Housing (FHD) Duty Specialist
  • For food-borne illness (food poisoning) reports (858) 505-6814 or e-mail the FHD Epi Liaison
  • For complaints (858) 505-6903 or e-mail the FHD Complaints
  • Got plan check questions? Please email FHD Plan Check.
• Hazardous Materials Division
  • E-mail the Hazardous Materials Division Duty Specialist
  • For technical questions (858) 505-6880
  • For Emergency Response Program
  • For Complaints, please call: (858) 505-6657
  • Report an unpermitted business or other concerns involving hazardous materials
• Household Hazardous Waste Hotline (Toll-free) (877) 713-2784 or (877) R-1-EARTH
• Local Enforcement Agency, (858) 694-2888 or E-mail
• Medical Waste Management
• Occupational Health Program (858) 694-2888
• Public Records Review  (Contaminated property / Site Assessment & Mitigation, Hazardous Materials / Underground Storage Tanks, Food Housing or Swimming Pools)
• Radiological Health (858) 694-3621
• Recycled Water (Land and Water Quality Program)
  • For technical questions (619) 607-8351
• Septic Systems (Land and Water Quality Program)
  • For general questions, contact Land and Water Quality offices at (858) 565-5173  
• Site Assessment and Mitigation (SAM)  
  • E-mail DEHQ SAM Customer Service Desk or call (858)505-6700
  • For SAM technical questions (858) 505-6808
  • For Monitoring Wells inquiries (858) 505-6688
• Small Drinking Water Systems (Land and Water Quality Program)
  • For technical questions (858) 694-3113
• Solid Waste & Composting, (858) 694-2888 or E-mail
• Unified Program Facility Permitting
• Vector Control Program, (858) 694-2888 or E-mail
  • Dead Bird Reporting
  • Complaints (Rats, Mosquitoes)
  • West Nile virus Information 
• Water Wells (Land and Water Quality Program)
  • For general questions, contact Land and Water Quality Program offices at (858) 565-5173