SUMMERFIELD OF ENCINITAS
1350 S. EL CAMINO REAL, Encinitas CA 92024
56 bedsLatest official report May 20, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (760) 479-1818
- Licensee
- SNH CAL TENANT LLC; NORTHSTAR SNR LVG MGT LLC
- Administrator
- MARGRITZ, MERCEDES
- Contact
- MARGRITZ, MERCEDES
- License first date
- Feb 18, 2020
- License effective date
- Feb 18, 2020
- District office
- SAN DIEGO RO · (619) 767-2300
- Regional office
- 08
- Clients served
- 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA
Summary
The available records show 1 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- May 20, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- May 5, 2026
1 later report, on May 20, 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 91 San Diego County facilities licensed for 50 or more beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 23 reports for this facility: 11 inspections, 10 complaint investigations, and 2 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 1 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 11
- Recorded deficiencies
- 6
- Type A deficiencies
- 1
- Type B deficiencies
- 5
- Substantiated complaints
- 2
- Repeated topics
- 0
More than the typical 9
3 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 3
2 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 3
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
0 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.
Incident reportingType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87211(a)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87211(a):Each licensee shall furnish to the licensing agency [...] (1) A written report shall be submitted to the licensing agency and to the person responsible for the resident within seven days of the occurrence of any of the events specified in (A) through (D) below [...]. " This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA file review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in meeting timelines for reporting requirements, which poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to all persons in care.
Official plan of correction
Licensee submitted an incident report to the Department. Licensee will review regulation 87211 and submit to LPA by the POC due date the facility's plan to ensure ongoing compliance with reporting timelines moving forward
Deadline recorded: May 12, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Hazardous items and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87309(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Except as specified in subsection (b), the licensee shall ensure that disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisonous substances, knives, matches, tools, sharp objects, and other similar items which could pose a danger to residents are in locked storage and are not left unattended if outside the locked storage. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in ensuring cleaning/disinfecting chemicals were kept locked and inaccessible to residents, which poses an immediate health, safety and personal rights risk to 40 out of 40 persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 02/26/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee immediately removed the items from accessible areas and placed them in secured storage. Licensee will replace locks on the cabinets they wish the designate as chemical storage and conduct review or retraining of chemical/toxic items storage procedures with staff and submit proof to LPA by POC due date.
Resident rightsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87468.1(a)(11)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
To have their visitors, including ombudspersons and advocacy representatives, permitted to visit privately during reasonable hours and without prior notice, provided that the rights of other residents are not infringed upon.This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Based on LPA observation the licensee did not allow residents to have their visitors...permitted to visit privately during reasonable hours and without prior notice, 1 in 1 of [total numbers] persons in care [R1] which posed a potential Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
Per Resident Services Director Richard Mariona, Facility is allowing visitation even during covid outbreaks, a staff inservice will be conducted and a staff roster of those attended will be sent to LPA by 11/20/22.
Deadline recorded: Nov 30, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
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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