Admission, assessment, and eviction
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
EL CERRITO ROYALE
6510 GLADYS AVENUE, El Cerrito CA 94530
145 bedsLatest official report Jun 26, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (510) 234-5200
- Licensee
- BERG SENIOR SERVICES, LLC.
- Administrator
- GIVENS, SONJA
- Contact
- GIVENS, SONJA
- License first date
- Jun 4, 2002
- License effective date
- Jun 4, 2002
- District office
- OAKLAND ASC · (510) 286-4201
- Regional office
- 15
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 1 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Jun 26, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Mar 3, 2026
4 later reports, from Mar 12, 2026 through Jun 26, 2026, recorded no deficiencies, though the records do not say whether they were follow-ups.
What Type A and Type B mean
- Type A
- Violations of licensing requirements that, if not corrected, have a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
- Type B
- Violations of licensing requirements that, without correction, could become a risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
Both classifications are published by California CDSS and are shown as published. SeniorLivingFacts does not rename them or add a severity level of its own.
At a glance
Counts cover the five-year public record. Typical figures are the median for the 35 Contra Costa County facilities licensed for 50 or more beds, except where too few exist to state one — those come from facilities with 7 or more beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 16 reports for this facility: 9 inspections, 7 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 1 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 9
- Recorded deficiencies
- 3
- Type A deficiencies
- 1
- Type B deficiencies
- 2
- Substantiated complaints
- 3
- Repeated topics
- 1
About the same as most this size
3 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 7
1 in the last 12 months
About the same as most this size
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 4
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
1 in the last 12 months
Last 36 months
Repeated topics
Topics cited in more than one report during the last 36 months. A repeat may show a pattern worth asking about. Each date opens its report below.
Official report history
All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Resident rightsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87468.1(a)(6)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87468.1 Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities: (a) Residents in all residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights:(6) To leave or depart the facility at any time and to not be locked into any room, building, or on facility premises by day or night.......... -This requirement is not met as evidenced by: -Based on interviews and inspection, the licensee did not comply with the section above in locking the residents rooms with residents inside which posed a potential personal rights risks to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
Executive Director stated she'll in-service the staff. Copy of training topic with attendees signatures to be submitted by 3/17/26.
Deadline recorded: Mar 17, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Mar 17, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations1 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Admission, assessment, and evictionType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87463(j)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
The licensee shall evaluate staffing needs to ensure that there is a sufficient number of direct care staff, as specified in Section 87411, Personnel Requirements – General, to support each resident's physical, social, emotional, safety and health care needs, as identified in their current appraisal. -This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Supervision was not present to prevent R1 from leaving the facility unassisted per R1's physician's report.
Official plan of correction
Licensee (LIC) to establish new admissions protocol to review resident records, LIC602, preappraisal needs and services to ensure sufficient trained staff are available for the care and services of all residents. LIC & staff to certify with signatures that the regulation has been reviewed by POC.
Deadline recorded: Jun 2, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jun 2, 2025
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87224(d)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87224 Eviction Procedures (d) The licensee shall set forth in the notice to quit the reasons relied upon for the eviction with specific facts to permit determination of the date, place, witnesses, and circumstances concerning those reasons.-This requirement is not met as evidenced by: The licensee provided R1 with a sixty (60) days written notice to quit dated 11/15/2025. The notice provided did not set forth a date, place, witnesses, and circumstances concerning the reasons for the notice to quit.
Official plan of correction
Licensee to rescind R1's Notice of Eviction. In-service staff on the required regulations and provide proof of attendees with signatures by POC.
Deadline recorded: Jan 17, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jan 17, 2025
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportSource and limits
California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. Public facility history is described by the source as a five-year window. Older records and previous-licensee history may require a regional-office request. Type 741 RCFE-CCRCs, nursing homes, and other care settings are excluded from this page.
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