LA VIDA DEL MAR

850 DEL MAR DOWNS RD, Solana Beach CA 92075

Facility 374602832 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

130 bedsLatest official report Mar 19, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
LA VIDA DEL MAR ASSOCIATES; SRG SERVCO MANAGEMENT
Administrator
GENO, SCOTTIE
Contact
GENO, SCOTTIE
License first date
Feb 11, 2009
License effective date
Feb 11, 2009
District office
SAN DIEGO RO · (619) 767-2300
Regional office
08
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY

Summary

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

Most recent inspection
Mar 19, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Mar 6, 2026

1 later report, on Mar 19, 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 14 reports for this facility: 9 inspections, 5 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 2 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
9

About the same as most this size

4 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
4

More than the typical 3

2 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
2

Most this size have none

1 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
2

Fewer than the typical 3

1 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
1

About the same as most this size

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
Background checksType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87355(e)(3)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87355(e)(3) " All individuals subject to a criminal record review [...] shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (3) Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 87355(c) " This requirment is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA file review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in ensuring that a staff member had their clearance transfered prior to working at the facility, which poses an immediate health, safety, and personal rights risk to 121 out of 121 persons in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee associated the staff member during LPA's visit. Licensee will generate a plan for routine review of their association roster and submit to LPA by POC due date.

Deadline recorded: Mar 13, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Mar 13, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited · investigated over 2 visits

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint

Part of the complaint whose outcome is recorded on Jan 15, 2026 · Control 08-AS-20260107082712

Incident reportingType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87211(a)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87211(a)(1) Reporting Requirements (a) Each licensee...shall furnish to the licensing agency reports as required by the department... (1) A written report shall be submitted to the licensing agency... within seven days of the occurrence... " Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in ensuring reports were filled and sent to licensing which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to 122 of 122 persons in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee will provide proof of training of all facility staff to take mandatory reporting and incident reporting training provided by a third party instructor by 02/12/2026.. Licensee will send all unsent incident reports to Licensing Offices for the months of November 2025 through January 2026 by 02/12/2026.

Deadline recorded: Feb 12, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 12, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint
Dementia careType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87705(c)(4)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

Care of Persons with Dementia There is an adequate number of direct care staff to support each resident’s physical, social, emotional, safety and health care needs as identified in his/her current appraisal. This requirement is not met based on evidence by: Interviews and records revealed that staff failed to ensure that R1 had adequate staff to support their needs as noted in their care plan. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to 1 out of 112 residents in care.

Official plan of correction

The facility revamped the communication protocols between private caregivers and facility staff soon after the incident took place. Proof of this training will be submitted to CCL on 10/08/2021.

Deadline recorded: Oct 2, 2021. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Oct 2, 2021
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Licensing and administrationType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.58(a)(2)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

Persons prohibited from … employment … (a) The department may prohibit any person from … continuing the employment of, … any employee, …who has done any of the following: (2) Engaged in conduct that is inimical to the health, morals, welfare, or safety of either an individual in or receiving services from the facility, or the people of the State of California. Based on records and interviews, S1 engaged in conduct that is inimical to the financial welfare of four of the 97 residents at the facility. This posed an immediate financial risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Executive Director disassociated staff has been terminated since July 2018 and the Personnel Roster no longer reflects a current association. Executive Director agreed to conduct in-service training regarding theft and loss policy. Executive Director agreed to submit training roster to LPA by POC.

Deadline recorded: Oct 14, 2021. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Oct 14, 2021
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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