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Harbor Terrace Retirement Community is a 202-bed assisted living facility at 435 W 8th St, San Pedro, CA 90731, in Los Angeles County. Licensed as a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE License 198200855, active) by the California Department of Social Services, with 30 years of operation (licensed April 1996). Operator: Harbor Terrace Retirement Center Of San Pedro, LLC. Administrator: Holly Rice.
Studio and one-bedroom units are housed in a mid-rise building. Walk score of 94 reflects a walker’s paradise; most errands are accessible on foot. Torrance Memorial Medical Center is 6.07 miles away.
Services include 24-hour staffing, restaurant-style dining, educational and recreational programs, daily housekeeping, fitness programs, library, salon, massage therapy, and wellness programming covering physical, mental, social, and spiritual health. The facility has received Best of South Bay recognition for 11 consecutive years and Senior Advisor Best awards.
Current occupancy is 35 percent (70 of 202 beds occupied), substantially below California average occupancy of 72.8 percent. This occupancy gap warrants family attention regarding operational stability and staffing continuity.
Inspection history since 2021 reflects strong compliance.
The most recent three annual inspections (April 2024 through June 2025) recorded zero deficiencies. A complaint investigation on March 7, 2025, found allegations regarding staff treatment, feeding, privacy, medication management, and personal item safeguarding to be unsubstantiated. One substantiated complaint investigation on May 28, 2021, documented that a staff member financially abused a resident by managing finances without power of attorney and issuing undocumented cash payments. This resulted in one deficiency for failing to protect personal rights.
The facility recorded 0.2 deficiencies per year (95 percent better than California average of 4 per year). No serious (Type A) citations have been recorded. One technical violation (LIC 9102) regarding hospice resident placement on a non-approved fire clearance floor occurred in August 2022.
Families should inquire about the low occupancy rate, staffing tenure and training, and protocols implemented following the 2021 financial abuse incident before placement.
Lower than the California average: 72.8%Harbor Terrace Retirement Community is legally operated by Harbor Terrace Retirement Center Of San Pedro, Llc, and administrated by Holly Rice.
In California, the Department of Social Services (for assisted living facilities) and the Department of Public Health (for nursing homes) conduct inspections to ensure resident safety and regulatory compliance.
This scorecard compares key inspection, citation, and complaint metrics at this facility against the California state average. Metrics rated ≥15% worse than average are highlighted in red; those ≥15% better are highlighted in green.
Citations
| This Facility | CA Average | vs. CA Avg |
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Total citations
Formal regulatory issues recorded by inspectors across all inspection types.
| 1 | 10 | This facility has 90% fewer total citations than a typical California assisted living residence (1 vs. CA avg 10).↓ 90% better |
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Serious citations (Type A)
Violations that pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Type A citations are the most serious and typically require prompt corrective action.
| 0 | 3 | This facility has 100% fewer serious citations (type a) than a typical California assisted living residence (0 vs. CA avg 3).↓ 100% better |
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Moderate citations (Type B)
Violations that do not pose an immediate risk but still represent a departure from required care or operational standards.
| 1 | 4 | This facility has 75% fewer moderate citations (type b) than a typical California assisted living residence (1 vs. CA avg 4).↓ 75% better |
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Citations per year
Average citations per year since 2021.
| 0.2 | 2 | This facility has 90% fewer citations per year than a typical California assisted living residence (0.2 vs. CA avg 2).↓ 90% better |
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Citations per inspection
Average citations per inspection.
| 0.2 | 3.3 | This facility has 94% fewer citations per inspection than a typical California assisted living residence (0.2 vs. CA avg 3.3).↓ 94% better |
Inspections & Visits
| This Facility | CA Average | vs. CA Avg |
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Total visits
Combined count of complaint visits, other regulatory visits, and official scheduled inspections.
| 6 | 16 | This facility has 63% fewer total visits than a typical California assisted living residence (6 vs. CA avg 16).↓ 63% better |
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Complaint visits
On-site visits triggered by formal complaints filed by residents, families, or staff.
| 2 | 13 | This facility has 85% fewer complaint visits than a typical California assisted living residence (2 vs. CA avg 13).↓ 85% better |
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Other visits
Regulatory visits that are neither routine inspections nor complaint investigations — administrative check-ins, follow-up reviews, licensing-related visits.
| 0 | 7 | This facility has 100% fewer other visits than a typical California assisted living residence (0 vs. CA avg 7).↓ 100% better |
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Official inspections
Routine, scheduled inspections conducted by state regulators to evaluate whether the facility meets federal and state standards.
| 4 | 4 | This facility has official inspections in line with the California average (4 vs. CA avg 4).— At avg |
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Complaint investigations
On-site investigations triggered by complaints filed with California regulators.
| 2 | 10 | This facility has 80% fewer complaint investigations than a typical California assisted living residence (2 vs. CA avg 10).↓ 80% better |
An editor-reviewed summary of the themes and findings across this facility's recent inspection reports.
This facility’s inspection record is mostly clean, showing consistent compliance and no deficiencies in the last three annual inspections from April 23, 2024, to June 6, 2025. The only substantiated complaint was in May 28, 2021, when staff financially abused a resident, resulting in one deficiency for failing to protect personal rights. Complaint investigations since then, including one on March 7, 2025, found no substantiated issues with resident care, medication management, or privacy.
Read the full inspection reports for this facility, including detailed findings and corrective actions.
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Housing Options: Studio / 1 Bed
Building Type: Mid-rise
Fitness and Recreation
24.2 miles from city center
Estimated distance in miles from San Pedro's city center to Harbor Terrace Retirement Community's address, calculated via Google Maps.
— 6.07 miles to nearest hospital (Torrance Memorial Medical Center)
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Harbor Terrace Retirement Community is located in San Pedro, California.
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| Harbor Terrace Retirement Community |
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Harbor Terrace Retirement Community is in the San Pedro neighborhood of San Pedro.
The legal owner and operator of Harbor Terrace Retirement Community is Harbor Terrace Retirement Center Of San Pedro, Llc.
Harbor Terrace Retirement Community has a walk score of 94. Walker's paradise. Daily errands do not require a car, with many shops and services nearby.
Harbor Terrace Retirement Community's occupancy is 35%.
Holly Rice is the administrator of Harbor Terrace Retirement Community.
Harbor Terrace Retirement Community has 202 beds.
Harbor Terrace Retirement Community has had 1 recently reported deficiency.
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