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High Desert Haven

1240 College Heights Blvd., Ridgecrest, CA 93555 · Kern County · (760) 371-1989

Residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) · licensed for 154 residents · Licensed since 2025 · Licensee: High Desert Haven, LLC

32state visits on file
15Type A citations
21Type B citations
14 of 39complaint allegations substantiated
154licensed capacity

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division data as of October 8, 2026 · Facility 157209516 · See the state record

The record in brief

California's licensing agency has 32 visits to High Desert Haven on file since April 2025: 1 inspection, 16 complaint visits and 15 other visits. The most recent was on August 12, 2026.

Those visits led to 15 Type A citations and 21 Type B citations (the state's two levels of deficiency), 40 cited regulation sections in all.

The state looked into 12 complaints covering 39 allegations: 14 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 24 unsubstantiated and 1 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
Inspections100
Complaint visits1668
Other visits15913
All visits321521

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 cited40 citations
  1. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 24, 2026
  2. §
    Title 22 section 87303(b)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 24, 2026
  3. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 4, 2025
  4. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 7, 2025
  5. §
    Title 22 section 87609(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 7, 2025
  6. §
    Title 22 section 87464(f)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 6, 2025
  7. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 25, 2025
  8. §
    Title 22 section 87265(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 2, 2025
  9. §
    Title 22 section 87309(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 21, 2026
  10. §
    Title 22 section 87465(h)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 21, 2026
  11. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 16, 2026
  12. §
    Title 22 section 87309(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 13, 2026
  13. §
    Title 22 section 87465(h)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 13, 2026
  14. §
    Title 22 section 87309(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 19, 2025
  15. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 16, 2025
  16. §
    Title 22 section 87303(e)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 17, 2025
  17. §
    Title 22 section 87465(h)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 17, 2025
  18. §
    Title 22 section 87307(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 31, 2026
  19. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(12)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 31, 2026
  20. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 29, 2026
  21. §
    Title 22 section 87633(b)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 3, 2026
  22. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 4, 2026
  23. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 13, 2026
  24. §
    Title 22 section 87219(f)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 13, 2026
  25. §
    Title 22 section 87633(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 12, 2025
  26. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 12, 2025
  27. §
    Title 22 section 87464(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 9, 2025
  28. §
    Title 22 section 87202(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 31, 2026
  29. §
    Title 22 section 87307(a)(2(C)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 31, 2026
  30. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(6)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 31, 2026
  31. §
    Title 22 section 87618(b)(3)(B)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 20, 2026
  32. §
    Title 22 section 87465(h)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 26, 2026
  33. §
    Title 22 section 87506(b)(15)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 26, 2026
  34. §
    Title 22 section 87463(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 26, 2026
  35. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(a)(20)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 13, 2026
  36. §
    Title 22 section 87457(c)(1)(A)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 22, 2025
  37. §
    Title 22 section 87506(d)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 22, 2025
  38. §
    Health and Safety Code section 1569.655
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 25, 2025
  39. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 16, 2025
  40. §
    Title 22 section 87633(b)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 30, 2025

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 157209516).

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, 2026202002
May 22, 2026005000
May 19, 2026000100
May 6, 2026102001
February 12, 2026001000
February 12, 2026201002
December 19, 2025001000
November 13, 2025006000
October 27, 2025100010
October 3, 2025504032
September 16, 2025002000
July 22, 2025300021

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 High Desert Haven 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: High Desert Haven, LLC.

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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 High Desert Haven licensed?
California's Department of Social Services lists it as licensed, facility 157209516, residential care facility for the elderly (rcfe), since May 6, 2025 (state data as of October 8, 2026).
How many residents can High Desert Haven care for?
Its licence is for 154 residents.
Has High Desert Haven been cited by the state?
The state file lists 15 Type As and 21 Type Bs citation counts across 32 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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