SANTA MONICA HOME & CARE 4

910 10TH ST UNIT A, Santa Monica CA 90403

Facility 197609367 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

4 bedsLatest official report Sep 18, 2025Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
SANTA MONICA HOME & CARE INC
Administrator
GARY STRATHEARN
Contact
GARY STRATHEARN
License first date
Aug 17, 2020
License effective date
Aug 17, 2020
District office
EL SEGUNDO ASC · (424) 544-1075
Regional office
11
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY

Summary

The available records show 2 Type A and 1 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Sep 18, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Dec 20, 2022

5 later reports, from Aug 31, 2023 through Sep 18, 2025, 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 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, 3 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 2 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
3

More than the typical 1

0 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
2

Most this size have none

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
1

Most this size have none

0 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.

Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 3 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · investigated over 2 visits

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Background checksType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87355(e)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87355(e)(2) 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: (2)Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 87355(c) Based on observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The facility did not have approved criminal clearance for S#1 - S#3.This violation poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator will adhere to title 22 and will ensure that all staff are criminal record reviewed and approved. The administrator will remove all staff that are not criminal clearanced approval.

Deadline recorded: Dec 20, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Dec 20, 2022
Correction not verified in available records
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Incident reportingType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87211(a)(B)(D)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87211(a)(B)(D) Reporting Requirements (a) Each licensee shall furnish to the licensing agency such reports as the Department... (B) Any serious injury... occurring while the resident is under facility supervision. (D) Any incident which threatens the welfare, safety or health of any resident... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record reviews and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The facility failed to submit written report positive COVID -19 cases in the facility. This violation poses an potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee/Administrator will review Title 22 Sec. 87211 and agreed to provide training to staff pertaining to CCLD reporting Requirements. Licensee will provide to LPA a sign-in sheet with staff signatures as proof that staff attended training by the POC due date: 01/16/2023.

Deadline recorded: Dec 20, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Dec 20, 2022
Correction not verified in available records
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Background checksType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87355(e)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87355(e)(1) 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... in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California...criminal record exemption as required by the Department Based on observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The facility did not have approved criminal clearance for S#1.This violation poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator will adhere to title 22 and will ensure that all staff are criminal record reviewed and approved. The administrator will remove all staff that are not criminal clearanced approval.

Deadline recorded: Dec 20, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Dec 20, 2022
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Part of the complaint whose outcome is recorded on Jul 23, 2024 · Control 11-AS-20221216140503

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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