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Lo-Har Senior Living

768 Dorothy St., El Cajon, CA 92019 · San Diego County · (619) 444-8270

Residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) · licensed for 68 residents · Licensed since 2019 · Licensee: Granite Hills Senior Living, Inc.

93state visits on file
5Type A citations
29Type B citations
23 of 137complaint allegations substantiated
68licensed capacity

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division data as of October 8, 2026 · Facility 374604171 · See the state record

The record in brief

California's licensing agency has 93 visits to Lo-Har Senior Living on file since October 2021: 5 inspections, 65 complaint visits and 23 other visits. The most recent was on August 11, 2026.

Those visits led to 5 Type A citations and 29 Type B citations (the state's two levels of deficiency), 34 cited regulation sections in all.

The state looked into 56 complaints covering 137 allegations: 23 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 113 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
Inspections500
Complaint visits65417
Other visits23112
All visits93529

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 cited34 citations
  1. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(a)(8)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 5, 2025
  2. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(a)(8)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 30, 2025
  3. §
    Title 22 section 87611(e)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 29, 2024
  4. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 31, 2023
  5. §
    Title 22 section 87705(l)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 6, 2023
  6. §
    Title 22 section 87307(3)(A)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 31, 2025
  7. §
    Title 22 section 87625(a)(1)(C)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 13, 2025
  8. §
    Title 22 section 87411(c)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 29, 2024
  9. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(9)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 31, 2024
  10. §
    Title 22 section 87411(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 29, 2024
  11. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 29, 2024
  12. §
    Title 22 section 87303(f)(5)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 29, 2024
  13. §
    Title 22 section 87625(b)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 29, 2024
  14. §
    Title 22 section 87464(f)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 29, 2024
  15. §
    Title 22 section 87464(f)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 28, 2024
  16. §
    Title 22 section 87465(c)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 27, 2023
  17. §
    Title 22 section 87219(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 7, 2023
  18. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 13, 2023
  19. §
    Title 22 section 87466
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 9, 2023
  20. §
    Title 22 section 87307(3)(C)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 19, 2023
  21. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 21, 2022
  22. §
    Title 22 section 87625(b)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 21, 2022
  23. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 24, 2025
  24. §
    Title 22 section 87303(e)(6)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 8, 2024
  25. §
    Health and Safety Code section 1569.312
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 10, 2024
  26. §
    Title 22 section 87211(c)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 31, 2024
  27. §
    Title 22 section 87411
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 4, 2023
  28. §
    Title 22 section 87303e5
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 4, 2023
  29. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 13, 2023
  30. §
    Title 22 section 87466
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 4, 2023
  31. §
    Title 22 section 87705(c)(5)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 4, 2023
  32. §
    Title 22 section 87464(d)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 21, 2023
  33. §
    Title 22 section 87207
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 14, 2022
  34. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)(D)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 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 374604171).

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
April 29, 2026001000
January 27, 2026001000
December 31, 2025001000
December 31, 2025102001
September 30, 2025009000
September 30, 2025003000
September 3, 2025100010
August 13, 2025001000
July 23, 2025004000
July 8, 2025104001
June 30, 2025001000
June 27, 2025004000
June 27, 2025003000
June 27, 2025003000
June 27, 2025006000
June 27, 2025001000
June 27, 2025001000
June 27, 2025003000
June 20, 2025202011
May 30, 2025001000
May 30, 2025001000
April 17, 2025001000
October 29, 2024001000
May 22, 2024001000
May 22, 2024102001
May 22, 2024105001
March 31, 2024601015
March 28, 2024002000
March 28, 2024001000
February 22, 2024100001
January 31, 2024001000
January 31, 2024202000
January 30, 2024001000
December 27, 2023004000
November 30, 2023001000
October 31, 2023001000
October 31, 2023103001
September 29, 2023001000
September 28, 2023003000
September 28, 2023002000
September 22, 2023001000
August 31, 2023001000
August 31, 2023001000
August 31, 2023200011
August 30, 2023004000
July 31, 2023003000
July 28, 2023103001
June 27, 2023001000
June 27, 2023002000
June 27, 2023001000
May 31, 2023100101
May 1, 2023006000
April 21, 2023001000
February 28, 2023002000
December 29, 2022200002
November 30, 2022002000

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 Lo-Har 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: Granite Hills 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 Lo-Har Senior Living licensed?
California's Department of Social Services lists it as licensed, facility 374604171, residential care facility for the elderly (rcfe), since October 1, 2019 (state data as of October 8, 2026).
How many residents can Lo-Har Senior Living care for?
Its licence is for 68 residents.
Has Lo-Har Senior Living been cited by the state?
The state file lists 5 Type As and 29 Type Bs citation counts across 93 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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