Hazardous items and storage
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
SOUTHWOOD SENIOR LIVING, LLC
2073 SOUTHWOOD DRIVE, San Pablo CA 94806
6 bedsLatest official report Sep 2, 2025Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (415) 509-1667
- Licensee
- SOUTHWOOD SENIOR LIVING, LLC
- Administrator
- VILLANUEVA, VELBA
- Contact
- VILLANUEVA, VELBA
- License first date
- Oct 7, 2022
- License effective date
- Oct 7, 2022
- District office
- OAKLAND ASC · (510) 286-4201
- Regional office
- 15
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 2 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Sep 2, 2025
- Most recent deficiency
- Sep 2, 2025
No later report is available, so the records do not show what happened afterward.
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 391 Contra Costa County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 4 reports for this facility: 2 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 2 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 2 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 2
- Recorded deficiencies
- 4
- Type A deficiencies
- 2
- Type B deficiencies
- 2
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 1
Fewer than the typical 5
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 3
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
1 in the last 12 months
About the same as most this size
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
0 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.
Inspection
Hazardous items and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87309(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Except as specified in subsection (b), the licensee shall ensure that disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisonous substances, knives, matches, tools, sharp objects, and other similar items which could pose a danger to residents are in locked storage and are not left unattended if outside the locked storage. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that various chemicals were observed in an unlocked storage shed in the backyard + garage, and scissors + lighters were found unlocked in kitchen which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 09/03/2025 Plan of Correction Deficiencies were fixed on site. Cleaning chemicals were made sure to be locked or moved to a new locked area, and the scissors + matches were moved to locked sharps drawer.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
Hazardous items and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87309(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to clients shall be stored where inaccessible to clients. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in Windex, Ajax, Fabuloso in the bathroom cabinet and Cascade and Ajax in the kitchen cabinet and the knife drawer unlocked which poses an immediate health and safety to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/21/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to read and understand the regulation and conduct an in-service with staff and provide the Department with a photo of cabinets with locks or items removed along with a signing sheet of staff attended by the POC date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87307(d)(4)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(4) Stairways, inclines, ramps and open porches and areas of potential hazard to residents with poor balance or eyesight shall be made inaccessible to residents unless equipped with sturdy hand railings and unless well-lighted. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in having 5 unlocked storage doors unlocked, 3 ladders, paint, large tool box unlocked with tools, electric saw, wood planks, pick hoe garden tool, 3 shovels, wheelbarrow, and 3 scooters, located in the open porche area which poses potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 09/20/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to remove the 3 ladders, paint, large tool box unlocked with tools, electric saw, wood planks, pick hoe garden tool, 3 shovels, wheelbarrow, and 3 scooters, lock all storage doors and submit pictures to the Department by the POC date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Fire safety and emergency preparednessType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87203
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
All facilities shall be maintained in conformity with the regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal for the protection of life and property against fire and panic. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the fire extinguisher has an expired date which posed a potential Health & Safety risk to residents in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/23/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to have Fire extinguisher serviced or purchase another one and submit photos of the new tag or receipt to the Department by POC date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Licensing recordNot an inspection of the operating facility
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Licensing recordNot an inspection of the operating facility
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Source 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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