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Avg Monthly Cost: $7,797The average monthly cost across facilities in California. Reflects published or estimated base rates and can vary with care level, room type, and amenities. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: $5,600
Avg Walk Score: 57/ 100The average Walk Score across facilities in California. A third-party neighborhood walkability score (0–100) measuring convenience and context, not healthcare quality. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 50/ 100
Avg No. of Beds: 103The average licensed bed capacity across facilities in California. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 90

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Info below is compiled from the CA Dept. of Social Services (CDSS), senior community websites & trusted data sources such as Walk Score & BBB.

Communities are listed from highest-ranked to lowest-ranked based on our methodology.

Care Types in This Table AL (Assisted Living): Housing with help for daily activities like bathing, dressing, and medication, without 24-hour skilled nursing. NH (Nursing Home): 24/7 skilled nursing care for residents with complex, ongoing medical needs. SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility): Round-the-clock nursing care, often for recovery after surgery, injury, or illness. MC (Memory Care): Secured, specialized care for people living with Alzheimer's or dementia. RC (Respite Care): Short-term temporary care that gives family caregivers a break. RESC (Residential Care): Personal care and daily-living support in a smaller, more intimate residential setting. IL (Independent Living): Community living with dining, activities, and transportation for active seniors who need little personal care. HOS (Hospice Care): Comfort-focused care for those with a terminal illness, prioritizing quality of life over treatment. CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community): A campus with multiple care levels so residents can age in place without moving.
City and state of the facility. Used for mapping and state-average comparisons.
Licensed bed capacity (maximum allowed). Not the same as how many beds are currently filled.
Indicates whether residents are allowed to have pets in the facility.
Third-party neighborhood walkability score (0–100). Convenience/context metric, not a healthcare quality measure.
A 0–100 score of a facility's regulatory inspection record, shown as a letter and compared with other facilities of the same kind in the same state. This is a proprietary Assisted Living Magazine score. It is not a government rating. A dash means we do not publish a grade for that facility: either its public record is too thin to be fair, or we hold nothing for it at all.
Count of regulatory inspections in the reporting window. Higher volume can reflect more oversight visits, complaint-driven surveys, or routine licensure cycles.
Visits or investigations linked to complaints, as counted in the state record (may differ from routine annual surveys).
Count of California state "Type A" citations — the state's most serious citation category (immediate or serious harm to residents), from California state inspection data.
Number of years the company has been in operation.
Reported or derived occupancy for the facility—typically how fully licensed capacity is utilized. Compare across peers in the same market.
Better Business Bureau grade for the operating company. Reflects complaint handling and business practices, not clinical care quality.
Name of the licensed owner, operator, or managing entity as filed with the state. Useful for grouping facilities under the same organization.
Housing or bed configuration options (e.g. studio, shared), often from facility-reported amenities and licensing details.
Piedmont Gardens
AL
IL
MC
NH
SNF
Oakland
321
Facility 321
CA AVG 103
Rank #47 / 1,492
Yes
99
Facility 99
CA AVG 57
Rank #2 / 1,887
-20
4
Facility 4
CA AVG 13
Rank #525 / 1,387
0
Facility 0
CA AVG 3
Rank #1 / 1,433
33
Facility 33
CA AVG 13
Rank #67 / 1,452
77.3%
Facility 77.3%
CA AVG 74.6%
Rank #616 / 1,313
-Humangood & Humangood NorcalStudio / Alcove / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
Regents Point
AL
IL
MC
NH
SNF
Irvine (University Town Center)
399
Facility 399
CA AVG 103
Rank #30 / 1,492
Yes
71
Facility 71
CA AVG 57
Rank #637 / 1,887
-19
7
Facility 7
CA AVG 13
Rank #716 / 1,387
1
Facility 1
CA AVG 3
Rank #478 / 1,433
44
Facility 44
CA AVG 13
Rank #19 / 1,452
82.0%
Facility 82.0%
CA AVG 74.6%
Rank #517 / 1,313
A+Humangood & Humangood SocalStudio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
La Vida Del Mar
AL
IL
MC
Solana Beach (Eden Gardens)
130
Facility 130
CA AVG 103
Rank #441 / 1,492
Yes
61
Facility 61
CA AVG 57
Rank #903 / 1,887
A-13
4
Facility 4
CA AVG 13
Rank #525 / 1,387
1
Facility 1
CA AVG 3
Rank #478 / 1,433
39
Facility 39
CA AVG 13
Rank #30 / 1,452
91.5%
Facility 91.5%
CA AVG 74.6%
Rank #246 / 1,313
-La Vida Del Mar Associates And Srg Servco Management1 Bed / 2 Bed
The Glen at Scripps Ranch
AL
CCRC
IL
MC
NH
SNF
San Diego (Scripps Ranch)
684
Facility 684
CA AVG 103
Rank #7 / 1,492
No
8
Facility 8
CA AVG 57
Rank #1,803 / 1,887
A+5
1
Facility 1
CA AVG 13
Rank #210 / 1,387
0
Facility 0
CA AVG 3
Rank #1 / 1,433
12
Facility 12
CA AVG 13
Rank #566 / 1,452
81.3%
Facility 81.3%
CA AVG 74.6%
Rank #530 / 1,313
A+Glen At Scripps Ranch Ccrc LLC1 Bed / 2 Bed / 3 Bed
Ayres Residential Care Home West Los Angeles
AL
MC
RESC
Los Angeles (Rancho Park)
6
Facility 6
CA AVG 103
Rank #1,166 / 1,492
Yes
79
Facility 79
CA AVG 57
Rank #414 / 1,887
A+5
0
Facility 0
CA AVG 13
Rank #1 / 1,387
0
Facility 0
CA AVG 3
Rank #1 / 1,433
29
Facility 29
CA AVG 13
Rank #121 / 1,452
100.0%
Facility 100.0%
CA AVG 74.6%
Rank #1 / 1,313
-Michael Gabai1 Bed
White Sands La Jolla – Luxury Senior Living
AL
IL
MC
SNF
La Jolla
299
Facility 299
CA AVG 103
Rank #55 / 1,492
Yes
80
Facility 80
CA AVG 57
Rank #383 / 1,887
A+7
1
Facility 1
CA AVG 13
Rank #210 / 1,387
0
Facility 0
CA AVG 3
Rank #1 / 1,433
51
Facility 51
CA AVG 13
Rank #7 / 1,452
61.2%
Facility 61.2%
CA AVG 74.6%
Rank #1,038 / 1,313
-Humangood & Humangood SocalStudio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
St. Paul’s Towers
AL
HOS
IL
MC
NH
SNF
Oakland (Adams Point)
320
Facility 320
CA AVG 103
Rank #48 / 1,492
Yes
96
Facility 96
CA AVG 57
Rank #42 / 1,887
-18
6
Facility 6
CA AVG 13
Rank #651 / 1,387
1
Facility 1
CA AVG 3
Rank #478 / 1,433
41
Facility 41
CA AVG 13
Rank #23 / 1,452
74.7%
Facility 74.7%
CA AVG 74.6%
Rank #694 / 1,313
AFront Porch Communities And ServicesStudio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
The Sequoias San Francisco
AL
CCRC
HOS
MC
NH
RC
SNF
San Francisco (Japantown)
400
Facility 400
CA AVG 103
Rank #28 / 1,492
No
99
Facility 99
CA AVG 57
Rank #2 / 1,887
-15
4
Facility 4
CA AVG 13
Rank #525 / 1,387
1
Facility 1
CA AVG 3
Rank #478 / 1,433
51
Facility 51
CA AVG 13
Rank #7 / 1,452
88.0%
Facility 88.0%
CA AVG 74.6%
Rank #302 / 1,313
-Sequoia Living, IncStudio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
Redwood Terrace
AL
RESC
Escondido (Central Escondido)
210
Facility 210
CA AVG 103
Rank #126 / 1,492
No
69
Facility 69
CA AVG 57
Rank #693 / 1,887
A+10
3
Facility 3
CA AVG 13
Rank #442 / 1,387
0
Facility 0
CA AVG 3
Rank #1 / 1,433
29
Facility 29
CA AVG 13
Rank #133 / 1,452
77.6%
Facility 77.6%
CA AVG 74.6%
Rank #608 / 1,313
-Humangood And Humangood Socal1 Bed / 2 Bed
Avista Senior Living Magnolia
AL
MC
RC
Corona (Corona Spectrum)
180
Facility 180
CA AVG 103
Rank #195 / 1,492
Yes
59
Facility 59
CA AVG 57
Rank #974 / 1,887
A+6
3
Facility 3
CA AVG 13
Rank #442 / 1,387
0
Facility 0
CA AVG 3
Rank #1 / 1,433
28
Facility 28
CA AVG 13
Rank #133 / 1,452
57.2%
Facility 57.2%
CA AVG 74.6%
Rank #1,096 / 1,313
A+Vista Corona Senior Living IncStudio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed

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Overview of Piedmont Gardens

Experience award-winning care and support from Piedmont Gardens, which is ideally located in the charming neighborhood of Oakland, CA, offering a continuum of care services, including independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and short-stay rehabilitation. The community works hard to meet seniors’ needs and preferences with round-the-clock care from a compassionate care team. Piedmont Gardens was awarded the Best Continuing Care Community in 2024 by U.S. News, proving its exceptional quality.

With its dedication to improving seniors’ quality of life, the community conducts a lot of fun activities and exciting events. Piedmont Gardens perfectly fuses the city bustle with its serene campus, ensuring residents can easily access their needs and desires.

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Overview of Regents Point

Beautifully nestled near William R Mason Regional Park in Irvine, CA, Regents Point is an exceptional life plan community that offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing. Residents can keep their peace of mind with a compassionate and highly trained team attending to their needs around the clock. The community also helps with housekeeping and chores, so residents can focus on the things they truly enjoy.

Exciting events and enriching programs are conducted, encouraging residents to live actively and make new friends. Delightful and healthy meals are served to satisfy residents’ dietary needs and preferences. With its comprehensive care and extensive amenities, residents experience a better quality of life in their golden years.

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La Vida Del Mar

850 Del Mar Downs Rd, Solana Beach, CA 92075
Overview of La Vida Del Mar

Explore an idyllic community with La Vida Del Mar located in Solana Beach, CA. The La Vida Del Mar is an inviting senior living community that offers independent living, assisted living, and integrated health care. Known for its coastal setting, this community stands out from the crowd. A variety of resort-style, pet-friendly, and spacious accommodations are available depending on their living terms.

Experience its exceptional amenities and services, including locally-sourced delightful meals fine dining experience on the patio at Calypso Restaurant, three-dimensional approach to wellness, pool activities, and local attraction trips. In addition, philanthropic opportunities, lifelong learning seminars, concerts and social happy hours, and arts and creative writing classes make every moment count in the living experience. Thus, seniors are assured of a reliving retirement with La Vida Del Mar.

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Overview of The Glen at Scripps Ranch

Embrace a luxurious lifestyle in the hotel-style senior living community of The Glen at Scripps Ranch in San Diego, CA. The community strives to provide residents with a vacation-style living experience through its elegant accommodations, attractive amenities, and all-encompassing assisted living, memory care, and long-term care services. Residents can choose from an array of well-designed one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom layouts with convenient access to mainservices, such as telehealth services, physical, occupational, and speech therapies, and a vaccine clinic.

The community also takes care of residents’ apartment maintenance and other chores so they can enjoy more of the things they love to do. With a dedication to maintaining residents’ wellness and overall well-being, the community provides residents with plenty of fulfilling activities, fitness classes, and health lectures. Residents’ cravings and nutritional needs are always met with satisfaction with fresh, made-to-order meals, making their living experience more enjoyable and convenient.

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Overview of Ayres Residential Care Home West Los Angeles

Located in the neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA, Ayres Residential Care Home West Los Angeles is an intimate senior living community, offering excellent assisted living services. Here, residents are empowered to continue living the lifestyle they want while benefiting from personalized care and a high caregiver-to-resident ratio for focused and attentive support. The community offers cozy living spaces designed to foster a home-like environment that gives residents utmost comfort and safety.

Dedicated to helping its residents live a vibrant and active lifestyle, the community regularly conducts various activities and offers stimulating and educational programs that nurture residents’ overall well-being. A culinary team carefully prepares delicious, home-style meals that are curated based on individual dietary requirements, giving residents a delightful experience. Here, residents are guaranteed the lifestyle they want and deserve with all the support, care, and opportunities they need to thrive.

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Overview of White Sands La Jolla – Luxury Senior Living

Sitting as the only beachfront retirement community in Olivetas Avenue, La Jolla, CA, White Sands La Jolla – Luxury Senior Living is a blissful senior living community that offers a variety of living options including assisted living, memory support, residential living, and skilled nursing. Boasting a wonderful community from the team to its residents, White Sands La Jolla ensures a joyful and worry-free residency within its grounds. Featuring a variety of floor plans including a studio suite, one-bedroom apartment, and two-bedroom apartments, that seniors may choose from.

White Sands La Jolla is a luxury senior living that promotes an unforgettable connection among its residents, providing fitness programs, scheduled outings, weekly lectures and discussions. The community serves different chef-prepared meals daily ensuring that its residents have contributed and satisfy their cravings and allergies. With beach access, White Sands La Jolla provides water’s edge dining, a Sand bistro, and a full-service beauty salon and barber Shop.

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Overview of St. Paul’s Towers

Enjoy a worry-free retirement at St. Paul’s Towers, a dedicated life-plan community in Oaklanc, CA, offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, rehabilitation, and skilled nursing. Featuring beautifully designed and spacious studio to two-bedroom floor plans, the community ensures residents are comfortable and safe. Residents can keep their peace of mind with the community’s weekly housekeeping, linen services, and round-the-clock security.

With a variety of engaging activities and enriching programs, residents are encouraged to live actively and make new friends. Delightful and well-balanced meals are also served in different dining venues to foster comfort and satisfy dietary needs and preferences. The community is equipped with libraries, an art studio, a game room, a hair salon, a community store, and a rooftop garden, creating the ideal setting for residents’ recreation and wellness.

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Overview of The Sequoias San Francisco

Age gracefully with The Sequoias San Francisco, a dedicated community in San Francisco, CA, that offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing. Residents here receive the highest quality of care from a compassionate and highly trained team attending to their needs 24/7. Purposely designed and spacious studio and two-bedroom floor plans are available in a cozy and nurturing environment for residents to feel a sense of belonging.

From fun games to engaging exercises, residents are encouraged to live actively and remain socially engaged with the community’s unending array of recreational activities and engaging programs. To satisfy residents’ dietary needs and preferences, delicious and healthy dining options are served for a delightful dining experience. The community is ideal for those seeking a place to spend their golden years, especially with its state-of-the-art amenities and exceptional services.

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Overview of Redwood Terrace

Redwood Terrace offers assisted living and residential care in Central Escondido and opened in 1997. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while the resident keeps their own apartment. The community has 210 beds, so residents live among a larger population with more staff and usually more programming. It is a sizable community.

Housing includes one bed and two bed residences. A two bed arrangement can suit a couple moving together or someone who wants a companion. Redwood Terrace may be a good fit for someone who needs help with daily tasks and prefers one of these housing arrangements. The patio gives residents an outdoor place to spend time.

A Walk Score of 69 places the area in the somewhat walkable band, meaning some errands can be done on foot. A resident who no longer drives may be able to handle some errands independently. Leif Cameron serves as the administrator, and Humangood and Humangood Socal operate the community.

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Overview of Avista Senior Living Magnolia

Avista Senior Living Magnolia is ranked as the exceptional assisted living home in Corona, offering services that are best in its class, brought by the premier level of care entrusted to residents. The resort-style living offers a warm and welcoming atmosphere where residents and staff are encouraged to create friendships and build a mutual level of trust with each other.

The lifestyle at Avista is focused on ensuring that each cultivates their growth by immersing themselves in fun, social, purposeful, and stress-free living. Accommodations include well-thought-of amenities, including walk-in closets, an elegant dining room,  common areas, walking paths, and kitchens; services include meals, activities, cultural events, and scheduled transportation.

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Weighting overview

  • 35%
    Resident Experience
  • 25%
    Regulatory
  • 15%
    Visual Media
  • 10%
    Website
  • 10%
    Stability
  • 5%
    Environment
01

Resident & Family Experience 35%

The single largest share of every ranking. Aggregated review sentiment and volume from major platforms — the closest signal to real resident experience.

  • Includes
  • Review Sentiment
  • Review Volume
02

Regulatory & Safety Record 25%

State inspection records, citations, and complaint visits. We weight per-inspection rates more heavily than raw counts.

  • Includes
  • State Inspections
  • Citations/Inspection
  • % Inspections w/ Citations
  • Complaint Visits
  • Accreditations
  • BBB Rating
03

Visual Media & Transparency 15%

Communities that publish high-quality visuals give families a real preview. No photos or tours = a negative transparency signal.

  • Includes
  • Video Tours
  • Virtual Walkthroughs
  • Photo Quantity
  • Photo Quality
04

Website & Operator Transparency 10%

Site quality and whether the operator publishes basic accountability information — staff names, contact details, ownership.

  • Includes
  • Website Content
  • Mobile Usability
  • Staff Info Available
  • Owner Info Available
05

Community Stability 10%

Operational signals indicating whether a community is well-run and meeting demand.

  • Includes
  • Occupancy Rate
  • Bed Options
06

Environment & Pricing 5%

Walkability and pricing transparency. Walk Score is weighted higher for Independent Living than for Memory Care, where most residents do not leave unaccompanied.

  • Includes
  • Walk Score
  • Pricing Transparency
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Frequently Asked Questions about Assisted Living in California

What's the difference between assisted living and memory care in California?

Assisted living in California supports residents with daily activities (bathing, dressing, medication management) while preserving independence. Memory care is a specialized form of assisted living for residents living with Alzheimer's or dementia, and adds 24/7 secured environments, dementia-trained staff, and structured routines designed to reduce confusion and wandering.

What's the difference between assisted living and a nursing home in California?

Assisted living in California is a residential model focused on housing, hospitality, and help with daily activities. Nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities) provide 24/7 medical care from licensed nurses for residents with significant health needs, and are regulated more strictly under both state and federal CMS rules.

Does California Medicaid cover assisted living?

California Medicaid does not directly pay room-and-board for assisted living, but most states (including California) offer Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers that can offset the cost of care services delivered inside a licensed community. Eligibility, waitlists, and covered services vary — check directly with the state Medicaid agency.

What is assisted living?

Assisted living combines private or semi-private apartments with help on activities of daily living (meals, bathing, dressing, medication management) and a social calendar — for residents who need some support but do not need 24/7 medical care.

How many assisted living facilities are listed on this page?

This page features 1435 assisted living facilities in California. Use the filters and comparison tools above to compare ratings, amenities, and pricing.

How do I choose the right assisted living facility in California?

Start by matching the level of care offered to the resident's current and anticipated needs, then compare licensing status, staff-to-resident ratios, recent inspection results, and pricing. Tour at least two or three communities in California, talk to current residents and families, and confirm what is included in the base rate versus billed as add-on services.

What should I look for when visiting assisted living facilities in California?

Pay attention to staff interactions with residents, cleanliness and odor, food quality at meal times, the activity calendar, and how questions about pricing and care plans are answered. Ask to see the most recent state inspection report, the move-out / level-of-care-change policy, and a sample monthly bill that lists every fee.