zReports Research Institute · Updated August 2026
California has 1,164 active licensed nursing homes on the state's public file. zReports analyzed CMS Nursing Home Compare data to produce a records layer grade for every one, the government's own verdicts, mapped through one fixed rule. No facility can pay to change a score, and the grade is free.
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Active licensed nursing homes | 1,164 |
| Cities covered | 345 |
| Statewide average records layer score | 74.5 |
| Grade A facilities | 477 (41%) |
| Grade B facilities | 255 (21.9%) |
| Grade C facilities | 198 (17%) |
| Grade D facilities | 177 (15.2%) |
| Grade F facilities | 57 (4.9%) |
| Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file) | 1,164 (100%) |
| Serious (high severity) findings on the record | 0 |
| Moderate findings on the record | 0 |
| Combined licensed capacity | 114,883 |
Average records layer score by city (cities with 10+ facilities), against the statewide average of 74.5.
| City | Facilities | Avg score | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 18 | 91.8 | +17.3 |
| San Bernardino | 11 | 88.5 | +14 |
| Riverside | 18 | 83.8 | +9.3 |
| San Diego | 21 | 82.7 | +8.2 |
| Anaheim | 14 | 82.6 | +8.1 |
| Oakland | 18 | 81.7 | +7.2 |
| San Jose | 19 | 79.4 | +4.9 |
| Fresno | 19 | 78.3 | +3.8 |
| Bakersfield | 10 | 52.5 | -22 |
#1 Fairfield Post Acute Rehabilitation Fairfield · A
#2 Mount San Antonio Gardens Pomona · A
#3 Mary Health Of The Sick Convalescent & Nursing Hos Newbury Park · A
#4 Villa Coronado D/P Snf Coronado · A
#5 Mission View Health Center San Luis Obispo · A
#6 Yuba City Post Acute Yuba City · A
#7 Creekside Healthcare Center San Pablo · A
#8 Linda Mar Care Center Pacifica · A
#9 Grand Terrace Health Care Center Grand Terrace · A
#10 St Paul'S Towers Oakland · A
#11 Jewish Home & Rehab Center D/P Snf San Francisco · A
#12 Folsom Care Center Folsom · A
#13 Lawton Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center San Francisco · A
#14 Brookside Skilled Nursing Hospital San Mateo · A
#15 Marycrest Manor Culver City · A
#16 Oakwood Gardens Care Center Fresno · A
#17 The Terraces At Los Altos Health Facility Los Altos · A
#18 Idylwood Care Center Sunnyvale · A
#19 The Vineyards Healthcare Center Livermore · A
#20 San Jacinto Valley Post Acute Hemet · A
#21 Victoria Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center Costa Mesa · A
#22 Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comprehensive Care Ce Lompoc · A
#23 Community Subacute And Transitional Care Center Fresno · A
#24 Mission Valley Post Acute Fremont · A
#25 Central Gardens Post Acute San Francisco · A
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The free grade on this page contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the state's own published licensing and enforcement verdicts through one fixed rule, applied identically to every nursing home in America. Where the record and public reputation diverge, a highly reviewed facility with serious findings on file, the paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ surfaces it through the composite Consumer Z Score™ and our published ten point methodology. Facilities are never contacted and cannot pay to change a score. Read the full methodology →
Nursing Homes in California are overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), whose certification, inspection, and quality-reporting data is published on the public record. This page is computed from CMS Nursing Home Compare data, the government’s own filings, not reviews or advertising.
California has 1,164 active licensed nursing homes on the state's public file, across 345 cities, with a combined licensed capacity of 114,883. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.
Los Angeles, with 78 licensed nursing homes, followed by Long Beach (25) and Sacramento (23).
The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment. It maps the government's own published verdicts, CMS Nursing Home Compare data, through one fixed rule, applied identically to every nursing home in the country. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™, which audits the record against public reputation through our published ten point methodology.
Reviews and records are different surfaces. Reviews reflect what visitors chose to write, and can be managed by the business. Inspection and enforcement records are filed by the state, are mandatory, and cannot be edited by the facility. When the two diverge, the record is the surface worth checking. That divergence is exactly what zReports was built to surface.
Rankings refresh whenever California republishes its licensing data; facility pages carry the records-verified date for each provider. This page was generated from the current file as of August 2026.
No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. zReports has no business relationship with any facility it grades, independence is the product.
This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.
Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.08 · Built from: CMS Provider Data Catalog · HHS OIG Exclusions List (LEIE) · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: August 2026
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