GARDENS AT ESCONDIDO

1342 NORTH ESCONDIDO BLVD, Escondido CA 92026

Facility 374604545 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

101 bedsLatest official report Feb 6, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
PACIFICA EL NORTE LP;ESCONDIDO EL NORTE MGR. LLC.
Administrator
MONICA FLORES
Contact
MONICA FLORES
License first date
Feb 28, 2023
License effective date
Feb 28, 2023
District office
RIVERSIDE ASC · (951) 248-2222
Regional office
18
Clients served
983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA, 985 - RCFE / HOSPICE

Summary

The available records show 9 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Feb 6, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Mar 29, 2025

6 later reports, from Mar 30, 2025 through Feb 6, 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 22 reports for this facility: 8 inspections, 12 complaint investigations, and 2 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 0 Type A and 9 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
8

Fewer than the typical 9

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
9

Well above the typical 3

0 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
0

Most this size also have none

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
9

Well above the typical 3

0 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
4

More than the typical 1

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
Food serviceType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87555(b)(8)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(b) The following food service requirements shall apply: (8) All food shall be of good quality. Commercial foods shall be approved by appropriate federal, state and local authorities. Food in damaged containers shall not be accepted, used or retained. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observations, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 10 out of 10 food containers which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 01/24/2025 Plan of Correction A full kitchen audit will be completed by ED and all expired items thrown away. ED will track food delivery dates to confirm if the food delivered was already expired. ED will submit a product rotation plan/procedure to be trained with kitchen staff. Training log will be provided by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
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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