Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
WILLIAM J. "PETE" KNIGHT VETERANS HOME-LANCASTER
45221 30TH STREET WEST, Lancaster CA 93536
60 bedsLatest official report Jan 28, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (661) 974-7035
- Licensee
- CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
- Administrator
- EDINA LEMUS
- Contact
- EDINA LEMUS
- License first date
- Jan 7, 2010
- License effective date
- Jan 7, 2010
- District office
- WOODLAND HILLS S.RO · (818) 596-4334
- Regional office
- 31
- Clients served
- 985 - RCFE / HOSPICE
Summary
The available records show 2 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Jan 28, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Aug 13, 2025
2 later reports, from Dec 2, 2025 through Jan 28, 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 212 Los Angeles County facilities licensed for 50 or more beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 18 reports for this facility: 9 inspections, 9 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 0 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies.
1 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 9
- Recorded deficiencies
- 2
- Type A deficiencies
- 0
- Type B deficiencies
- 2
- Substantiated complaints
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 0
More than the typical 7
2 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 8
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 3
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 5
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 3
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.
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
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint
Allegations1 substantiated · 7 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited · investigated over 4 visits
Resident rightsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87468.1(a)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Residents in all residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights: (1) To be accorded dignity in their personal relationships with staff, residents, and other persons. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA's observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not providing privacy and conducting VSO appointments in a cubicle by other staff, which posed a potential Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
The Administrator agreed to conduct an action plan that will be implemented to allow for private meetings in a closed conference room. Plan will be emailed to LPA by the POC due date.
Deadline recorded: Aug 29, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Aug 29, 2025
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint
Part of the complaint whose outcome is recorded on Aug 13, 2025 · Control 31-AS-20241211135010
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Part of the complaint whose outcome is recorded on Aug 13, 2025 · Control 31-AS-20241211135010
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Part of the complaint whose outcome is recorded on Aug 13, 2025 · Control 31-AS-20241211135010
No deficiencies recorded in this reportInspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Records and plan of operationType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87208(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Each facility shall have and maintain a current, written definitive plan of operation. The plan and related materials shall be on file in the facility and shall be submitted to the licensing agency with the license application. Any significant changes in the plan of operation which would affect the services to residents shall be submitted to the licensing agency for approval. The plan and related materials shall contain the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited. The facility uses PolicyTech, which significantly impacts services to residents, but failed to provide a copy and all updated or new policies to CCL, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/16/2024 Plan of Correction Facility provided LPA with a title list of policies on PolicyTech and all policies the facility adheres to on PolicyTech via email today. Deficiency cleared.
Official record says corrected or clearedOn or before Dec 16, 2024
Plan of correction recorded
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportInspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportInspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint
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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