BETTER LIVING AND CARE

734 NORTH LA JOLLA AVENUE, Los Angeles CA 90046

Facility 197601283 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Sep 14, 2025Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
STELLA, EZROS
Administrator
STELLA, EZROS
Contact
STELLA, EZROS
License first date
Jul 10, 1997
License effective date
Jul 10, 1997
District office
WOODLAND HILLS S.RO · (818) 596-4334
Regional office
31
Clients served
983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

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

Most recent inspection
Sep 14, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Sep 14, 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 5 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

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

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

Official inspections
4

About the same as most this size

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
4

More than the typical 1

2 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
3

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
1

Most this size 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)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(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: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 5 Staff members did not have fingerprint clearance prior to working at the facility which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 09/15/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee agreed to complete S2's fingerprints clearance and associate them to the facility. Copy of proof will be submitted by email to LPA by POC date. Civil penalty assessed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87411(f)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(f) All personnel, including the licensee and administrator, shall be in good health, and physically and mentally capable of performing assigned tasks. Good physical health shall be verified by a health screening, including a chest x-ray or an intradermal test, performed by a physician not more than six (6) months prior to or seven (7) days after employment or licensure. A report shall be made of each screening, signed by the examining physician. The report shall indicate whether the person is physically qualified to perform the duties to be assigned, and whether he/she has any health condition that would create a hazard to him/herself, other staff members or residents. A signed statement shall be obtained from each volunteer affirming that he/she is in good health.Personnel with evidence of physical illness or emotional instability that poses a significant threat to the well-being of residents shall be relieved of their duties. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 5 staff member was missing their health screening report with tuberculosis results which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 09/30/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee will email LPA Segovia their completed Health screening report with tuberculosis results by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Not classified in the sourceType A
Official classification
Type A
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 in one out of one carbon monoxide detector, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/20/2023 Plan of Correction The Licensee will agree to purchase and install a carbon monoxide detector. As proof of purchase, licensee will submit photo and invoice.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Medical and dental careType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87465(g)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

The licensee shall immediately telephone 9-1-1 if an injury or other circumstance has resulted in an imminent threat to a resident’s health including, but not limited to, an apparent life-threatening medical crisis except as specified in Sections 87469(c)(2), (c)(3), or (c)(4). This requirement is not as evidenced by: Based on IB Investigator record review and interview, the llicensee did not immediately call 911 after the incident regarding R1 which poses an immediate health risk to the resident in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee agreed to submit a written statement understanding section 87465(g) of the regulation and to formulate a new policy in the facility to abide by this regulation, to be submitted to CCL on or before the POC date.

Deadline recorded: Aug 26, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Aug 26, 2022
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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