A calmer way to choose care for someone you love

State inspection records are loaded for 509 of 7,944 assisted living homes so far. The list of homes comes from the state file dated May 25, 2025.

How to choose, in three steps

1. Narrow the list

   Pick a city and the kind of care. Compare Medicare stars and the number of findings.

2. Read what the findings were about

   Severity matters more than the count. We mark the cases where a resident was harmed.

3. Call and visit

   Ask what was fixed after the last inspection, then go and see the home yourself.

Nursing homes

Nursing homes give round-the-clock nursing care. They are inspected for Medicare and Medicaid, and the federal government publishes every finding.

Assisted living homes

Assisted living homes (the state calls them RCFE) help with daily life but are not medical facilities. California's Department of Social Services licenses and inspects them.

Guides

Reports

Cities

Anaheim 112Antioch 56Bakersfield 134Carmichael 89Citrus Heights 79Clovis 85Concord 98Corona 56Elk Grove 100Escondido 93Fresno 192Granada Hills 66Huntington Beach 69Lancaster 64Long Beach 75Los Angeles 219Mission Viejo 155Modesto 76Murrieta 57North Hollywood 57Northridge 74Orange 71Riverside 105Roseville 135Sacramento 227San Diego 194San Francisco 69San Jose 158San Mateo 62Santa Rosa 98Simi Valley 57Stockton 75Thousand Oaks 78Torrance 102Vallejo 65Walnut Creek 78

Counties

Alameda 297Amador 7Butte 37Calaveras 3Colusa 2Contra Costa 467Del Norte 2El Dorado 38Fresno 295Glenn 4Humboldt 18Imperial 10Inyo 2Kern 151Kings 9Lake 7Lassen 2Los Angeles 2,010Madera 11Marin 59Mariposa 1Mendocino 21Merced 31Modoc 2Monterey 56Napa 42Nevada 13Orange 1,126Placer 243Plumas 3Riverside 587Sacramento 668San Benito 4San Bernardino 331San Diego 664San Francisco 69San Joaquin 135San Luis Obispo 105San Mateo 227Santa Barbara 113Santa Clara 297Santa Cruz 33Shasta 53Siskiyou 2Solano 166Sonoma 177Stanislaus 119Sutter 12Tehama 11Trinity 1Tulare 63Tuolumne 4Ventura 266Yolo 28Yuba 5