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Redwood Senior Living Bakersfield

810 S Union Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93307 · Kern County · (661) 633-2263

Residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) · licensed for 41 residents · Licensed since 2021 · Licensee: Redwood Bakersfield LLC

58state visits on file
6Type A citations
8Type B citations
9 of 83complaint allegations substantiated
41licensed capacity

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division data as of October 8, 2026 · Facility 157209136 · See the state record

The record in brief

California's licensing agency has 58 visits to Redwood Senior Living Bakersfield on file since October 2021: 5 inspections, 41 complaint visits and 12 other visits. The most recent was on August 24, 2026.

Those visits led to 6 Type A citations and 8 Type B citations (the state's two levels of deficiency), 14 cited regulation sections in all.

The state looked into 35 complaints covering 83 allegations: 9 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 54 unsubstantiated and 20 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 visits4143
Other visits1225
All visits5868

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 cited14 citations
  1. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(a)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 18, 2026
  2. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 2, 2024
  3. §
    Title 22 section 87411(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 31, 2022
  4. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 22, 2021
  5. §
    Title 22 section 87465(c)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 21, 2023
  6. §
    Title 22 section 80078(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 25, 2022
  7. §
    Title 22 section 87506(c)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 23, 2024
  8. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 11, 2021
  9. §
    Title 22 section 87507(c)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 29, 2021
  10. §
    Health and Safety Code section 1569.625(b)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 5, 2024
  11. §
    Title 22 section 87459(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 15, 2022
  12. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 17, 2021
  13. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 3, 2021
  14. §
    Title 22 section 87615(a)(5)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 8, 2021

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 157209136).

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 19, 2026100010
July 10, 2026003000
May 6, 2026004000
May 4, 2026001000
April 21, 2026002000
February 27, 2026000200
December 31, 2025002000
February 5, 2025001000
December 30, 2024002000
December 30, 2024002000
November 22, 2024000300
July 16, 2024100000
July 1, 2024000100
April 30, 2024100001
April 24, 2024000100
March 5, 2024100210
December 12, 2023002000
July 25, 2023002000
January 4, 2023001000
January 4, 2023100010
December 5, 2022001100
November 23, 2022001000
October 4, 2022001100
August 3, 2022001000
August 3, 2022000100
May 6, 2022003000
April 12, 2022000100
March 15, 2022003200
March 3, 2022003200
December 8, 2021007000
December 2, 2021003000
November 12, 2021107001
November 2, 2021202111
October 26, 2021100000
October 25, 2021000200

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 Redwood Senior Living Bakersfield 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: Redwood Bakersfield LLC.

Other assisted living nearby

Nursing homes nearby

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 Redwood Senior Living Bakersfield licensed?
California's Department of Social Services lists it as licensed, facility 157209136, residential care facility for the elderly (rcfe), since May 18, 2021 (state data as of October 8, 2026).
How many residents can Redwood Senior Living Bakersfield care for?
Its licence is for 41 residents.
Has Redwood Senior Living Bakersfield been cited by the state?
The state file lists 6 Type As and 8 Type Bs citation counts across 58 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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