What the inspectors found, not what the brochure says.

Every licensed care home in California, with the citations, complaint findings and ownership the state publishes — free, and never for sale.

17,808licensed providers
311,751licensed beds
4,418with citations on record
16,100substantiated complaints
Two older adults sitting by a window in the living room of a small residential care home
For families

The part nobody hands you on a tour

California inspects every licensed care home and publishes what it finds. Almost no family ever sees it, because it lives in a licensing database keyed on a facility number you do not have.

We put it on one page per facility: every visit, every citation and its severity, every complaint investigated and whether the state agreed — alongside what the licence actually permits, which is the thing that decides whether a home can take your parent at all.

Browse all 54 counties
The owner of a small residential care home standing in the doorway of an ordinary house
For operators

A flat fee, and nobody can outbid you for position

The referral sites most families use are paid $3,500 to $12,000 when someone moves in. A six-bed home cannot pay that on one room, so it never gets shown — which is why families never learn the option exists.

Here the page is free and already yours. Claiming it adds what only you know: open beds, languages your staff speak, what you can actually accept. Flat monthly fee by bed count, never a commission, and placement is not for sale at any price.

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Coverage

Every licensed provider we publish, on one map

One marker per county, sized by how many licensed providers are in it. Open a county to see the homes themselves, each positioned from the state’s own coordinates.

17,648 mapped providers · 54 counties · 482 citiesBrowse by place
By place

Start with a county

The twelve with the most licensed providers. All 54 counties.

Los Angeles County

4,150 licensed providers · 66,939 beds

With citations1,120Clean record3,030

Orange County

1,802 licensed providers · 31,025 beds

With citations395Clean record1,407

San Diego County

1,495 licensed providers · 31,084 beds

With citations371Clean record1,124

Riverside County

1,168 licensed providers · 15,521 beds

With citations245Clean record923

Sacramento County

1,146 licensed providers · 15,781 beds

With citations318Clean record828

Alameda County

618 licensed providers · 12,906 beds

With citations144Clean record474

Fresno County

527 licensed providers · 8,943 beds

With citations132Clean record395

San Mateo County

437 licensed providers · 7,044 beds

With citations74Clean record363

Ventura County

422 licensed providers · 8,388 beds

With citations132Clean record290
Before you decide

Five things worth understanding first

Each answered from the same state records, not from general advice.

What is the difference between a Type A and a Type B citation in California?A Type A citation means the state judged a violation an immediate risk to a resident's health, safety or personal rights. A Type B does not create immediate risk. Both are the state's determination, and both stay on the record.Read
How do I check whether a California care home has been inspected or cited?Every licensed care home in California has a public inspection record: visit history, citations by severity, and the outcome of every complaint investigated. It is free to look up, and most families never do because it is buried.Read
What does it mean when a care home is licensed for non-ambulatory or bedridden residents?A California care home may only accept residents its licence covers. Non-ambulatory, bedridden and hospice residents each require specific permission, and the limits are written into the state record facility by facility.Read
What is a board and care home, and how is it different from assisted living?A board and care home is a licensed care home in an ordinary house, usually six beds or fewer. It holds the same California licence as a 140-bed community and is inspected the same way, but it is invisible on the big referral sites.Read
How do I find out who really owns a care home?The name on the sign is often not the entity that holds the licence. California publishes the licensee and the administrator for every facility, and the two are frequently different from the brand a family is shown.Read

Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing. Retrieved 2026-08-20. Methodology · Download the data