Background checks
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
GRANT SERENITY OF VERDUGO, INC.
3214 W. VERDUGO AVE, Burbank CA 91505
6 bedsLatest official report Aug 29, 2025Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (818) 433-7073
- Licensee
- GRANT SERENITY OF VERDUGO, INC.
- Administrator
- DIANA CASTELLANOS
- Contact
- DIANA CASTELLANOS
- License first date
- Aug 21, 2023
- License effective date
- Aug 21, 2023
- District office
- WOODLAND HILLS S.RO · (818) 596-4334
- Regional office
- 31
- Clients served
- 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA
Summary
The available records show 2 Type A and 1 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Aug 29, 2025
- Most recent deficiency
- Aug 29, 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 1,564 Los Angeles County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 7 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 2 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 2 Type A and 1 Type B deficiencies.
1 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 4
- Recorded deficiencies
- 3
- Type A deficiencies
- 2
- Type B deficiencies
- 1
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 1
About the same as most this size
0 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
0 in the last 12 months
Last 36 months
No inspection in the last 12 months, so a zero above means no record rather than a clean visit.
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
Food serviceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87555(b)(8)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(b) The following food service requirements shall apply: (8) All food shall be of good quality. Food in damaged or expired containers shall not be accepted, used or retained. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. 3 cans of vegetables with expiration date of 05/07/2025 were observed in a locked storage cabinet in the laundry room, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/29/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator immediately removed and trashed the three cans of vegetables. Administrator will ensure that all food supplies are clearly marked and dated and will also ensure that staff will review expiration dates to ensure food health and safety.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Background checksType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87355(b)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1569.17(b) shall prior to working... in a licensed facility: (2)Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 87355(c)... This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interview and review of Guardian Background System staff S1 & S2 are not Criminal Background Clearanced or Transfer & Associated to this facility. No documentation has been submitted to CCLD. This poses a potential risk to residents in care.
Official plan of correction
Administrator has completed Criminal Background Clearance or Transfer & Associated S1 to facility. Administrator provided documentation to LPA dated 12/01/2023. POC has been cleared during today's visit. S2 exit the facility with administrator and will not return.
Deadline recorded: Dec 1, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Official record says corrected or clearedOn or before Dec 1, 2023
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Dec 1, 2023
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportInspection
Background checksType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87355(b)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1569.17(b) shall prior to working... in a licensed facility: (2)Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 87355(c)... This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interview and review of Guardian Background System Check facility Staff S1 and S2 are not criminal background clearanced and association to this facility. No documentation has been submitted to Community Care Licensing. This poses a potential risk to residents in care.
Official plan of correction
Administrator has agreed to email the completed criminal background clearance and associate Staff S1 and S2 to facility by POC due date.
Deadline recorded: Oct 26, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Oct 26, 2023
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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