Amalia's Residence is a residential care home for the elderly (RCFE) in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California — state license #425801497, licensed for 6 residents, listed as licensed in the CDSS record we retrieved August 2, 2026. It does not appear on the DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list checked August 9, 2026 — that list covers the state waiver only, not a home's own payment arrangements. California has 9 dated inspection and complaint documents on file for this home going back to 2022, the most recent dated October 7, 2025 — published below in full, verbatim and unscored.
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Since 2022, the state has visited this home 10 times and filed 9 documents. The most recent is a facility evaluation report, dated October 7, 2025.
The state's published file for this home includes 5 documents with transcribed findings, dated March 10, 2022 to May 13, 2025. 5 of the 5 carry the state's recorded outcome word: “Substantiated” (1), “Unsubstantiated” (4). 5 include the transcribed allegation the state investigated, word for word.
Summary composed by computer from the 5 documents below — every count derives from them, and the documents themselves are the state's records, verbatim. We never grade, score, or color a record.
What the state’s words mean
Oct 7, 2025Report on file
Report on file with the state — no findings text was published for this visit. The complete document is on the state’s site.
May 13, 2025Unsubstantiated
Allegation investigated: Facility staff did not meet resident's needs Facility staff violated resident's personal rights
On 5/13/25 at 10:25 a.m. Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Melisa Rankin conducted a subsequent complaint visit to the facility above to issue final findings. LPA met with Dexter Price and explained the purpose of the visit. During the initial visit on 4/1/25 LPA Rankin toured the facility interviewed administrators, interviewed residents and obtained relevant documents. On the allegations: Facility staff did not meet resident's needs and Facility staff violated resident's personal rights. Complaint states reporting party spoke with Resident 1 (R1) and that R1 did not want to return to the facility. Per Reporting Party, R1 was upset and alleged the facility was neglectful and abusive. LPA Rankin contacted credible witness (W1) on 4/3/25. W1 visits facility monthly, or more if needed. W1 stated R1 is "very difficult, makes up stories, doesn't work with plan of care." W1 explained that R1 does requests service and then cancels same day as appointments and refuses assistance with Adult Dailthe state’s words, verbatim · CDSS document, May 13, 2025 · control 29-AS-20250327143338
Oct 1, 2024Report on file
Report on file with the state — no findings text was published for this visit. The complete document is on the state’s site.
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Is Amalia's Residence licensed?
Yes — Amalia's Residence is a licensed residential care home for the elderly (RCFE) in Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County): California license #425801497, shown as licensed in the CDSS state record checked August 2, 2026, licensed for 6 residents. State records list 9 inspection and complaint documents since 2022; the most recent, a facility evaluation report dated October 7, 2025, appears in the inspection record on this page.
Can Amalia's Residence care for dementia, hospice, bedridden, or non-ambulatory residents?
From the CDSS license record, checked August 2, 2026.
The CDSS license record checked August 2, 2026 lists Amalia's Residence with clearances for wheelchair / non-ambulatory, hospice care, and bedridden; it does not list dementia / memory care. A clearance that is not on file is not a “no” — it may simply be unrecorded, so if your family needs one of these, ask the home directly and confirm its current scope on a tour.
From the California state record. Some approvals are bed- or room-specific — always confirm current scope with the facility.
What the state record says, word for word
Verbatim, from the CDSS license record6 NON-AMBULATORY, OF WHICH 1 MAY BE BEDRIDDEN. HOSPICE WAIVER FOR 4.
How much does Amalia's Residence cost?
California's public licensing record does not include Amalia's Residence's monthly price, so we never show or estimate one for a specific home. As county-level context only, assisted living in Santa Barbara County typically runs $6,000–$9,000/mo and small board-and-care homes $5,000–$8,000/mo (market research compiled June 2026 — ranges, not quotes; California's 2026 SSI/SSP board-and-care payment standard is $1,626.07/month, of which $1,444.07 is the room-and-board portion paid to the home). Ask the home for its own rate sheet and what the base rate includes — or use the cost section at the top of this page.
Does Amalia's Residence accept Medi-Cal or the Assisted Living Waiver?
Amalia's Residence is not in the DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant record we checked August 9, 2026 — that list covers only the state's ALW program, not a home's own payment policies, so ask the home directly about private Medi-Cal arrangements. The waiver pays for assisted-living care services (not room and board) at participating homes; every DHCS-listed home appears on our statewide Medi-Cal page.
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6 of 6 beds occupied (100%) when the state visited on May 13, 2025. Availability changes constantly — confirm a current opening with the home.
What do state inspections show for Amalia's Residence?
Verbatim from CDSS complaint-investigation reports — the state's own words, never summarized by us. Record checked August 2, 2026.
The CDSS state record checked August 2, 2026 lists 10 state visits and 9 dated documents since 2022 for Amalia's Residence; 5 complaint-investigation narratives are transcribed verbatim below. The most recent, dated May 13, 2025, records an allegation the state marked “Unsubstantiated”. Open any entry to read the state's full finding, word for word.
Most licensed homes receive some findings over 36 months; what matters is what was found and whether it was corrected. Counts here are shown compared with homes of similar size, and the state's own words appear in full below.
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Transcribed from CDSS complaint-investigation reports · record checked August 2, 2026.
What the state has logged
California has logged 10 state visits for this home as of August 2, 2026. These are the home's own counts, straight from that record — shown beside the statewide median for small board-and-care homes (6 or fewer beds), computed across all 5,773 licensed homes of that size, because larger and longer-licensed homes naturally accumulate more visits and reports. They are facts, not a grade — a citation may be minor and since corrected, and an “unsubstantiated” complaint is not a finding of wrongdoing.
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