WILLIAM J. "PETE" KNIGHT VETERANS HOME-LANCASTER

45221 30TH STREET WEST, Lancaster CA 93536

Facility 197607726 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

60 bedsLatest official report Jan 28, 2026Licensed

Additional info
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

More than the typical 7

2 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
2

Fewer than the typical 8

0 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
0

Fewer than the typical 3

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
2

Fewer than the typical 5

0 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
1

Fewer than the typical 3

1 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
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
View official 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.

Read the data methodology