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Santa Barbara Memory Care

325 W Islay St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 · Santa Barbara County · (805) 845-7218

Residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) · licensed for 36 residents · Licensed since 2019 · Licensee: Pac Coast Inc.;pacifica Coast Lp;santa Barbara Mgr

44state visits on file
26Type A citations
21Type B citations
26 of 52complaint allegations substantiated
36licensed capacity

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division data as of October 8, 2026 · Facility 425802116 · See the state record

The record in brief

California's licensing agency has 44 visits to Santa Barbara Memory Care on file since February 2022: 5 inspections, 23 complaint visits and 16 other visits. The most recent was on September 15, 2026.

Those visits led to 26 Type A citations and 21 Type B citations (the state's two levels of deficiency), 49 cited regulation sections in all.

The state looked into 19 complaints covering 52 allegations: 26 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 26 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 visits23913
Other visits16178
All visits442621

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 cited49 citations
  1. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 9, 2026
  2. §
    Title 22 section 87217(i)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 26, 2025
  3. §
    Health and Safety Code section 1569.312(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 12, 2024
  4. §
    Title 22 section 87470(b)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 7, 2024
  5. §
    Title 22 section 87307(a)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 7, 2024
  6. §
    Title 22 section 87405(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 7, 2024
  7. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 7, 2024
  8. §
    Title 22 section 87411(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: January 25, 2024
  9. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(d)
    Plan of correction date in the file: January 25, 2024
  10. §
    Health and Safety Code section 1569.312(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 11, 2022
  11. §
    Title 22 section 87411(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 11, 2022
  12. §
    Title 22 section 87202(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 17, 2026
  13. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 23, 2026
  14. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(11)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 9, 2026
  15. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(6)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 9, 2026
  16. §
    Title 22 section 87355(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 22, 2025
  17. §
    Title 22 section 87705(f)(4)(B)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 18, 2025
  18. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)A
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 20, 2025
  19. §
    Title 22 section 87355(e)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 25, 2025
  20. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: January 30, 2024
  21. §
    Title 22 section 87203
    Plan of correction date in the file: January 31, 2024
  22. §
    Title 22 section 87632(d)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 23, 2023
  23. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)(A)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 23, 2023
  24. §
    Title 22 section 87368.1
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 23, 2023
  25. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)(D)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 6, 2022
  26. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 16, 2022
  27. §
    Title 22 section 87468.19(a)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 19, 2022
  28. §
    Title 22 section 87355(e)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 26, 2022
  29. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: January 29, 2026
  30. §
    Title 22 section 87507(g)(3)(B)2
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 10, 2025
  31. §
    Title 22 section 87508(b)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 4, 2025
  32. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 18, 2024
  33. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(11)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 18, 2024
  34. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(a)(19)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 13, 2024
  35. §
    Title 22 section 87507(g)(5)(E)(1)(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 11, 2024
  36. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 13, 2024
  37. §
    Health and Safety Code section 1569.652(c)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 15, 2023
  38. §
    Title 22 section 87507(g)(5)(E)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 2, 2023
  39. §
    Title 22 section 87507(f)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 16, 2022
  40. §
    Health and Safety Code section 1569.652(c)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 17, 2022
  41. §
    Title 22 section 87507(e)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 17, 2022
  42. §
    Title 22 section 87625(b)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 21, 2026
  43. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 21, 2026
  44. §
    Title 22 section 87508(b)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 4, 2025
  45. §
    Title 22 section 87632(d)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 28, 2025
  46. §
    Title 22 section 87355(b)(9)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 28, 2025
  47. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)(D)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 19, 2022
  48. §
    Health and Safety Code section 1569.618
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 19, 2022
  49. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: July 7, 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 425802116).

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 28, 2026200010
February 26, 2026201001
September 25, 2025100002
July 29, 2025100010
June 24, 2024004000
June 20, 2024003000
June 20, 2024100001
June 20, 2024304001
June 20, 2024207002
June 20, 2024105010
May 21, 2024200020
May 21, 2024400021
May 21, 2024001000
March 29, 2024001000
February 29, 2024200020
October 11, 2023100001
July 5, 2023100001
September 16, 2022100001
March 11, 2022200002

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 Santa Barbara Memory Care 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: Pac Coast Inc.;pacifica Coast Lp;santa Barbara Mgr.

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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 Santa Barbara Memory Care licensed?
California's Department of Social Services lists it as licensed, facility 425802116, residential care facility for the elderly (rcfe), since February 11, 2019 (state data as of October 8, 2026).
How many residents can Santa Barbara Memory Care care for?
Its licence is for 36 residents.
Has Santa Barbara Memory Care been cited by the state?
The state file lists 26 Type As and 21 Type Bs citation counts across 44 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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