Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
ARK, THE
1320 VALOTA RD, Redwood City CA 94061
6 bedsLatest official report Oct 23, 2025Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (650) 995-7552
- Licensee
- CARING HEARTS SENIOR LIVING LLC
- Administrator
- APANDE, CAROL
- Contact
- APANDE, CAROL
- License first date
- Oct 19, 2023
- License effective date
- Oct 19, 2023
- District office
- SAN BRUNO RO · (650) 266-8800
- Regional office
- 14
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 3 Type A deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Oct 23, 2025
- Most recent deficiency
- Oct 14, 2025
2 later reports, from Oct 23, 2025 through Oct 23, 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 150 San Mateo County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 6 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 2 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 3 Type A and 0 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 4
- Recorded deficiencies
- 3
- Type A deficiencies
- 3
- Type B deficiencies
- 0
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 0
About the same as most this size
3 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 4
2 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
2 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 2
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
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.
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
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 observation, the licensee did not have sharp objects(knives) locked and in-accessible to persons in care, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 10/15/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee shall ensure that all sharp objects are locked and in-accessible to persons in care and provide proof of correction(POC) to the Department by the POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Dementia careType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87705(f)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(f) Licensees that lock exterior doors or perimeter fence gates shall meet the following initial and continuing requirements: (2) The licensee shall ensure that the fire clearance includes approval of locked exterior doors or perimeter fence gates and that facility staff on all shifts have access to, and know how to use, equipment needed to unlock exterior doors or perimeter fence gates. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and observation, the licensee did not ensure that fire clearance includes approval of locked perimeter fence gate, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 10/15/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee will remove the lock and send proof of correction to the Department by the POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
Food serviceType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87555(b)(26)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(b) The following food service requirements shall apply: (26) Supplies of nonperishable foods for a minimum of one week and perishable foods for a minimum of two days shall be maintained on the premises. 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 1 out 1 instances in which there was not enough supply of canned goods/7-days worth of non-perishable foods in the facility, which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 10/04/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator/Licensee to submit proof of correction and a written plan outlining how this violation will be avoided in the future to licensing office by due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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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