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Grossmont Gardens Senior Living

5480 Marengo Ave, La Mesa, CA 91942 · San Diego County · (619) 463-0281

Residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) · licensed for 425 residents · Licensed since 2023 · Licensee: Vista La Mesa Senior Living, Inc.

81state visits on file
4Type A citations
8Type B citations
8 of 90complaint allegations substantiated
425licensed capacity

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division data as of October 8, 2026 · Facility 374604675 · See the state record

The record in brief

California's licensing agency has 81 visits to Grossmont Gardens Senior Living on file since March 2023: 3 inspections, 52 complaint visits and 26 other visits. The most recent was on September 24, 2026.

Those visits led to 4 Type A citations and 8 Type B citations (the state's two levels of deficiency), 12 cited regulation sections in all.

The state looked into 47 complaints covering 90 allegations: 8 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 79 unsubstantiated and 3 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
Inspections300
Complaint visits5217
Other visits2631
All visits8148

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 cited12 citations
  1. §
    Title 22 section 87468(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 12, 2026
  2. §
    Health and Safety Code section 1569.312
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 11, 2026
  3. §
    Title 22 section 87705(f)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 8, 2025
  4. §
    Title 22 section 87203
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 8, 2025
  5. §
    Title 22 section 87466(a)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 23, 2026
  6. §
    Title 22 section 87625(b)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 23, 2026
  7. §
    Title 22 section 87303
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 28, 2026
  8. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)(D)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 24, 2025
  9. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 2, 2025
  10. §
    Title 22 section 87470(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 10, 2025
  11. §
    Title 22 section 87224(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 2, 2024
  12. §
    Title 22 section 87464(f)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 4, 2024

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 374604675).

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
September 30, 2026001000
September 30, 2026201002
July 8, 2026001000
June 30, 2026001000
June 26, 2026001000
June 9, 2026205011
May 22, 2026001000
May 22, 2026001100
March 9, 2026001000
March 6, 2026001000
February 24, 2026002000
February 6, 2026005000
January 22, 2026001000
January 22, 2026001000
December 30, 2025003000
December 29, 2025004000
December 24, 2025003000
December 23, 2025002000
December 22, 2025001000
December 8, 2025001000
December 5, 2025001000
December 5, 2025003000
November 14, 2025001000
November 7, 2025001000
November 5, 2025003000
November 5, 2025105001
November 4, 2025002000
October 30, 2025001000
October 28, 2025104001
October 20, 2025001000
October 17, 2025004000
August 29, 2025001000
August 29, 2025001000
August 28, 2025001000
August 28, 2025002000
August 27, 2025002000
August 1, 2025000100
August 1, 2025001000
July 17, 2025001000
July 17, 2025002000
April 30, 2025001000
April 30, 2025100001
August 30, 2024001000
January 10, 2024100001
December 28, 2023001000
September 29, 2023000100
September 29, 2023002000

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 Grossmont Gardens Senior Living 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: Vista La Mesa Senior Living, Inc..

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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 Grossmont Gardens Senior Living licensed?
California's Department of Social Services lists it as licensed, facility 374604675, residential care facility for the elderly (rcfe), since May 4, 2023 (state data as of October 8, 2026).
How many residents can Grossmont Gardens Senior Living care for?
Its licence is for 425 residents.
Has Grossmont Gardens Senior Living been cited by the state?
The state file lists 4 Type As and 8 Type Bs citation counts across 81 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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