SERENITY LIVING BOARD & CARE

16817 MINNEHAHA ST, Granada Hills CA 91344

Facility 197611028 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Jul 17, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
SERENITY LIVING BOARD & CARE
Administrator
SHERWOOD, DUSTINA
Contact
SHERWOOD, DUSTINA
License first date
Jun 4, 2026
License effective date
Jun 4, 2026
District office
WOODLAND HILLS S.RO · (818) 596-4334
Regional office
31
Clients served
983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

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

Most recent inspection
Jul 17, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Jul 17, 2026

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 3 reports for this facility: 1 inspection, 0 complaint investigations, and 2 licensing or administrative records.

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

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

Official inspections
1

Fewer than the typical 4

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
2

More than the typical 1

2 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
1

Most this size have none

1 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
1

Most this size have none

1 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
Background checksType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87355(e)(3)(c)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87355 Criminal Record Clearance. (e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1569.17(b) shall prior to working, residing, or volunteering in a licensed facility: (3) Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 87355(c). This requirement is not met as evidenced by staff #1 working in the facility since 11/10/25 and had no criminal record/ association to the facility. This poses an immediate hazard to the health and safety to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Assistant Administrator agreed that Staff #1 (S1) will not return until they have approved Criminal Background Clearance and Association to this facility. S1 immidiatelty left the facility and POA was cleared during today's visit.

Deadline recorded: Jul 18, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jul 18, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87458(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87458 Medical Assessment (a) Prior to a person's acceptance as a resident, the licensee shall obtain documentation of a medical assessment, signed by a licensed medical professional acting within the scope of their practice and made within the last year, to be kept in the resident's record. This requirement was not meet as evidenced by. R1’s physician report was not signed by the doctor. This poses potential risk to health, safety and personal rights to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Assistant Administrator agreed to obtain Medical Assessment signed by their physician and person prior to acceptance as a resident. R1 no longer resides in the faciltiy and POA was cleared during today's visit

Deadline recorded: Jul 24, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jul 24, 2026
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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