Harbor Terrace Retirement Community is a 202-bed assisted living facility at 435 W 8th St, San Pedro, CA, in Los Angeles County. Licensed as a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly by the California Department of Social Services, with 30 years of operation. 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.
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