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Gardena Retirement Center

14741 S. Vermont Ave., Gardena, CA 90247 · Los Angeles County · (310) 327-4091

Residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) · licensed for 108 residents · Licensed since 2008 · Licensee: Gardena Retirement Center, Inc.

91state visits on file
4Type A citations
22Type B citations
23 of 163complaint allegations substantiated
108licensed capacity

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division data as of October 8, 2026 · Facility 197607366 · See the state record

The record in brief

California's licensing agency has 91 visits to Gardena Retirement Center on file since August 2021: 5 inspections, 79 complaint visits and 7 other visits. The most recent was on July 28, 2026.

Those visits led to 4 Type A citations and 22 Type B citations (the state's two levels of deficiency), 26 cited regulation sections in all.

The state looked into 72 complaints covering 163 allegations: 23 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 140 unsubstantiated and 0 unfounded.

State visits and citations

Each column is one visit by California's Community Care Licensing Division, oldest on the left. The file does not say which visit produced which citation, so the citations are listed below as the file gives them.

InspectionComplaint visitOther visit
Kind of visitVisitsType A citationsType B citations
Inspections500
Complaint visits79320
Other visits712
All visits91422

A Type A deficiency is a violation of the regulations or the Health and Safety Code that, if not corrected, poses a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of people in care.cdss.ca.gov

A Type B deficiency is a violation that, without correction, could become a risk to the health, safety or personal rights of people in care, or a recordkeeping violation that would affect their care or the protection of their resources.cdss.ca.gov

The licensee must be told in writing of every licensing deficiency, and each one can cite the section of law or Title 22 regulation it is based on.cdss.ca.gov

Regulation sections cited26 citations
  1. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(8)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 14, 2024
  2. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 14, 2024
  3. §
    Title 22 section 87705(j)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 5, 2022
  4. §
    Title 22 section 87303(e)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 11, 2022
  5. §
    Title 22 section 80078(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 5, 2026
  6. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 3, 2025
  7. §
    Title 22 section 877224(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 29, 2025
  8. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(1)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 19, 2024
  9. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(16)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 3, 2024
  10. §
    Title 22 section 85072(b)(9)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 2, 2024
  11. §
    Title 22 section 80072(a)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 1, 2024
  12. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 14, 2022
  13. §
    Title 22 section 87224(f)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 16, 2023
  14. §
    Title 22 section 87466
    Plan of correction date in the file: January 3, 2023
  15. §
    Title 22 section 87411(d)(5)
    Plan of correction date in the file: January 3, 2023
  16. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 14, 2022
  17. §
    Title 22 section 87463(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 6, 2022
  18. §
    Title 22 section 87705(b)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 6, 2022
  19. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 26, 2022
  20. §
    Title 22 section 80087
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 25, 2022
  21. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 22, 2022
  22. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 7, 2022
  23. §
    Title 22 section 87113
    Plan of correction date in the file: January 20, 2022
  24. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 2, 2021
  25. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 20, 2023
  26. §
    Title 22 section 87411(c)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: January 21, 2022

Title 22 is California's licensing regulations for these homes; 1569 sections are the state's Health and Safety Code. The state's own facility search shows each visit report in full: CDSS Care Facility Search (facility number 197607366).

Complaint investigations

Each row is one complaint the state investigated, with what it found for each allegation in it.

Date in the fileSubstantiatedInconclusiveUnsubstantiatedUnfoundedType AType B
August 26, 2026002000
July 27, 2026001000
April 3, 2026101001
February 4, 2026001000
November 20, 2025001000
September 18, 2025100002
March 20, 2025004000
January 2, 2025200020
December 14, 2024005000
December 3, 2024006000
November 15, 2024101001
June 5, 2024103001
June 5, 2024003000
June 3, 2024101001
May 28, 2024105001
April 3, 2024003000
March 26, 2024001000
March 13, 2024002000
March 13, 2024001000
December 13, 2023001000
November 28, 2023001000
September 13, 2023004000
August 30, 2023001000
May 10, 2023001000
April 3, 2023100002
March 28, 2023001000
March 27, 2023100001
December 20, 2022200002
September 29, 2022002000
September 2, 2022001000
September 2, 2022001000
September 2, 2022001000
August 29, 2022001000
August 25, 2022008000
July 28, 2022001000
July 26, 2022006000
July 25, 2022002000
June 27, 2022001000
June 23, 2022002000
June 22, 2022001000
June 22, 2022002000
June 22, 2022002000
June 21, 2022001000
June 7, 2022001000
June 2, 2022100000
May 25, 2022001000
May 23, 2022203012
April 28, 2022100001
April 28, 2022002000
April 27, 2022001000
April 27, 2022001000
April 22, 2022003000
April 22, 2022105001
April 11, 2022100001
April 8, 2022003000
April 8, 2022002000
March 30, 2022003000
March 29, 2022002000
March 23, 2022001000
March 23, 2022103000
February 17, 2022006000
February 2, 2022001000
February 2, 2022200002
December 22, 2021001000
December 21, 2021101000
December 9, 2021002000
December 2, 2021005000
November 17, 2021002000
November 9, 2021100001
November 2, 2021002000
October 22, 2021001000
October 8, 2021006000

Community Care Licensing decides complaints on a preponderance of the evidence standard: the evidence must show it is more likely than not (more than 50%) that the allegation is true.cdss.ca.gov

A complaint allegation is substantiated when the preponderance of the evidence standard is met.cdss.ca.gov

An allegation is unsubstantiated when the investigation shows there is not enough evidence to prove a violation occurred.cdss.ca.gov

An allegation is unfounded when the evidence shows it could not have happened, is false, or has no reasonable basis.cdss.ca.gov

Memory care

California does not issue a separate memory care licence, and the state's roster does not mark which homes care for residents with dementia. Ask the home how it cares for residents with dementia, and check the citations above.

California's updated dementia care rules for RCFEs took effect January 1, 2025. They aim to support person-centered care and let residents age in place in the least restrictive setting they know as home.cdss.ca.gov

The dementia care standards, once kept in one regulation section, are now spread across several sections so they support care for all residents.cdss.ca.gov

The rules now address resident behaviors whatever the diagnosis, focusing on individual needs, and whether a resident may have items such as cleaning solutions or sharp objects depends on their own needs and appraisal.cdss.ca.gov

Costs

California does not publish what assisted living homes charge, and Gardena Retirement Center has no rate on file with us. Ask the home for its full rate sheet, including care level fees and any one-time community fee, before you sign.

An RCFE must give residents or their representatives at least 90 days' written notice of a rate increase, with the amount and the reasons, including a description of the added costs. Increases due to a change in the resident's level of care are an exception.ahum.assembly.ca.gov

When the rate goes up because a resident's level of care changes, the RCFE must give written notice within two business days after it starts providing the new level of care.ahum.assembly.ca.gov

Who runs it

Licensee in the state file: Gardena Retirement Center, Inc..

Other assisted living nearby

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For care beyond what assisted living provides. Each has a federal inspection record on this site.

If you have a concern

NursingHomeClear cannot take or act on complaints. California's Community Care Licensing Division investigates complaints about licensed homes, and the long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents.

California's long-term care ombudsman programs advocate for residents of skilled nursing facilities and of 8,105 residential care facilities for the elderly.aging.ca.gov

California long-term care facilities must post the local ombudsman's number and the statewide hotline, 1-800-231-4024, which takes calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Ombudsman services are free and complaints are confidential.aging.ca.gov

Common questions

Is Gardena Retirement Center licensed?
California's Department of Social Services lists it as licensed, licence 197607366, residential care facility for the elderly (rcfe), since April 30, 2008 (state file as of October 8, 2026).
How many residents can Gardena Retirement Center care for?
Its licence is for 108 residents.
Has Gardena Retirement Center been cited by the state?
The state file lists 4 Type As and 22 Type Bs citation counts across 91 visits on file.

Sources

  • Licence, capacity, visits, citations and complaint findings: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE), Download Data, downloaded October 8, 2026.
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