SANS SOUCI

330 EL DIVISADERO AVENUE, Walnut Creek CA 94598

Facility 075601574 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Feb 2, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
K & J SENIOR CARE, LLC
Administrator
KATHERINE GRUTAS
Contact
KATHERINE GRUTAS
License first date
Feb 27, 2013
License effective date
Feb 27, 2013
District office
OAKLAND ASC · (510) 286-4201
Regional office
15
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY

Summary

The available records show 1 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Feb 2, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Aug 25, 2022

4 later reports, from Feb 14, 2023 through Feb 2, 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 391 Contra Costa County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 5 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 1 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies.

0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.

Official inspections
5

About the same as most this size

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
4

More than the typical 3

0 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
1

About the same as most this size

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
3

More than the typical 2

0 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
0

Most this size also have none

0 in the last 12 months

Repeated topics
0

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.

No topic repeats in the last 36 months

No deficiency topic appears in more than one report during that window. This does not establish that nothing repeated earlier in the five-year record, and it is not a statement about current conditions.

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) 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 the hall closet and under the sink cabinets that were accessible to residents that contained Febreze and cleaning products were unlocked, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/26/2022 Plan of Correction During visit, staff removed the dangerous products from the storage areas.

Corrective action observedRecorded in report dated Aug 25, 2022
Plan of correction recorded
View official report
Not classified in the sourceType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.311
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

Every residential care facility for the elderly shall have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the facility that meet the standards established in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 13260) of Part 2 of Division 12. The department shall account for the presence of these detectors during inspections. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above with a non-operable carbon monoxide detector, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 09/01/2022 Plan of Correction Licensee shall replace with operating carbon monoxide detector and send proof to LPA before due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Medical and dental careType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87465(a)(5)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(5) The licensee shall assist residents with self-administered medications as needed. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above because staff members assisting residents in the administration of their medications are not completing the Medication Administration Record (MAR) LIC 622A form nor any other recording of the administration of residents' medications, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 09/01/2022 Plan of Correction Licensee will send proof to LPA that the Plan of Operation has been updated to include the recording of medication administration and that staff are using the LIC 622A by the due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Medication handling and storageType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87465(h)(5)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (5) Each resident's medication shall be stored in its originally received container. No medications shall be transferred between containers. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when Administrator transfers medications from original container into a different container for staff to administer medications at a later date and time, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 09/01/2022 Plan of Correction Licensee will send proof to LPA by the due date that: (1) staff administer medications directly from the original container and that the administration of that medication is being recorded in the Medication Administration Record (MAR) LIC 622A and (2) in accordance with Health and Safety Code section 1569.69 as referenced in TSP 2016-03 (version 08/30/2021), the Plan of Operation has been updated to require training of staff to administer medications.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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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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