Genesis Rcfe is a residential care home for the elderly (RCFE) in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California — state license #496804020, 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 10 dated inspection and complaint documents on file for this home going back to 2021, the most recent dated February 24, 2026 — published below in full, verbatim and unscored.

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Residential care home for the elderly (RCFE) · Small home, 6 residents · Petaluma, CA · Sonoma County
LicensedWheelchairMemory careHospiceBedridden not on file
No openings reportedBeds change hands in days ·
License #496804020, held since 2022 · read from the California state record on August 2, 2026 ·See on State Site →
1004 S Mcdowell Blvd · Petaluma, Sonoma County
Phone
(707) 559-5782
from the state licensing roster · August 2, 2026
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Wheelchair / non-ambulatoryApproved for 6 residents
Dementia / memory careVerified in record
Hospice careApproved for 3 residents
Bedridden careNot on file — ask the home

“Not on file” is not a no — approvals can be bed- or room-specific, so confirm current scope with the home on a tour. Where a number is shown it is the state’s own wording for how many residents the approval covers, not how many places are open today; where none is shown, the record simply does not state one.

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What the state record says, word for word
AGE RANGE 60 AND OVER. 6 NON-AMBULATORY. HOSPICE WAIVER FOR 3.State service designation983 - RCFE / DEMENTIAthe CDSS license record, verbatim · checked August 2, 2026

“RCFE / Dementia” is the state’s designation for a home with an approved Dementia Care Plan of Operation — it’s recorded separately from the comments above, which is why the memory-care approval may not appear in that text.

Since 2021, the state has visited this home 10 times and filed 10 documents. The most recent is a facility evaluation report, dated February 24, 2026.

Most recent state visit
July 9, 2026
Occupancy at the July 17, 2025 visit
4 of 6 beds

The state's published file for this home includes 2 documents with transcribed findings, dated September 4, 2024 to July 17, 2025. 2 of the 2 carry the state's recorded outcome word: “Substantiated” (1), “Unsubstantiated” (1). 2 include the transcribed allegation the state investigated, word for word.

Summary composed by computer from the 2 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
Substantiatedthe state found the allegation more likely true than notUnsubstantiatedinvestigated, but couldn’t be confirmed either way — not a finding of wrongdoingUnfoundedthe state concluded it was false or couldn’t have happenedType A citationthe most serious: an immediate health-or-safety risk, usually fixed on the spot or on a short deadlineType B citationless serious, with a deadline to fix
The last 36 months — 5 of 10 documentsFull record on the state’s site →
20261 state visit · 1 document
Feb 24, 2026Facility evaluation reportReport 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.

20252 state visits · 2 documents
Jul 17, 2025Complaint investigation reportUnsubstantiated

Allegation investigated: Staff are not permitting resident to leave the facility Staff are not permitting resident to have visitors Staff are not permitting resident to receive phone calls Staff did not assist resident with obtaining medical care

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Hansen arrived unannounced to deliver complaint investigation findings regarding the above allegations. LPA was greeted by staff Marita Socito who contacted Licensee who was out of the area. LPA spoke with Licensee, disused purpose of visit and authorized staff to sign for today’s visit. During investigation LPA conducted facility visit on 4/8/2025 & 4/22/2025 and made observations, conducted interviews with staff and outside individuals, and obtained and reviewed medical and legal documents to complete this investigation. Staff are not permitting resident to leave the facility – Complainant alleges staff are not allowing resident (R1) to leave the facility. Interviews conducted and documents obtained revealed on (12/24-shopping to Ross, 2/11/25-shopping TJ Max, 3/25 walking around neighborhood, 4/1/25 -Salon-(see pics), 4/8/25 Costco grocery shopping/Hearing aid fix, 4/23/25 Costco grocery shopping/again hearing aid fix, R1 was taken to these appointmenthe state’s words, verbatim · CDSS document, Jul 17, 2025 · control 21-AS-20250404112532
Feb 6, 2025Facility evaluation reportReport 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.

20242 state visits · 2 documents
Sep 4, 2024Complaint investigation reportSubstantiated

Allegation investigated: Staff did not issue a pre-admissions refund to responsible party

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Shannan Hansen arrived unannounced to deliver complaint findings regarding the allegation listed above and met with Licensee/Administrator Darwin Galicia. Staff did not issue a pre-admission refund to responsible party – Complainant alleges Licensee requested and obtained a “move-in-deposit” for perspective individual (I1) to move in to facility, although when I1 suddenly took a turn for the worse and was in the process of dying, facility was informed I1 would not be moving in and sent 3 requests for return of refund that was never responded to by Licensee. The investigation revealed: the department obtained a copy of the document indicating a deposit in the amount of $1,000. was received on 5/14/2024, indicating expected move in date was 5/23/2024. Interviews conducted revealed responsible party notified on 5/21/2024 that I1 would not be moving to the facility due to actively passing. I1 passed away 5/23/2024 and responsible party requested two times inthe state’s words, verbatim · CDSS document, Sep 4, 2024 · control 21-AS-20240709125043
Jan 24, 2024Facility evaluation reportReport 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.

Beside homes the same size
Type A citations0typical 0
Type B citations1typical 0
Substantiated complaints1typical 0
Total complaints2typical 0
State visits on file10typical 6
“Typical” is the statewide median across the 5,773 licensed small board-and-care homes (6 or fewer beds) in the state record — larger, longer-licensed homes accumulate more visits and reports, so compare like with like. One complaint can contain several allegations. Counts cover this license since 2022.
Year-by-year trend
YearVisitsDocumentsSubstantiated202611020252202024221202322020222202021110
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$5,000$8,000 /mo
our estimate — Sonoma County band, market research June 2026; not this home’s quoted price
$3,000 · statewide low$8,000 · statewide high
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Ways families pay here
Private pay — ask what the base rate includes and what’s billed separately.SSI/SSP — California’s board-and-care payment standard is $1,626.07/mo (2026): $1,444.07 to the home, $182 stays with the resident.Medi-Cal ALW — this home isn’t on the DHCS waiver list (checked August 9, 2026). Details →

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What dementia training does staff have, and is the area secured?
Non-ambulatory approval — whole home or specific rooms, and is a spot open?
How is medication handled and logged day to day?
What’s in the base monthly rate, and what’s billed separately?
Staff-to-resident ratio on day and night shifts?
How are medical emergencies handled after hours?

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Is Genesis Rcfe licensed?

Yes — Genesis Rcfe is a licensed residential care home for the elderly (RCFE) in Petaluma (Sonoma County): California license #496804020, shown as licensed in the CDSS state record checked August 2, 2026, licensed for 6 residents. State records list 10 inspection and complaint documents since 2021; the most recent, a facility evaluation report dated February 24, 2026, appears in the inspection record on this page.

Can Genesis Rcfe 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 Genesis Rcfe with clearances for wheelchair / non-ambulatory, dementia / memory care, and hospice care; it does not list bedridden. 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.

Wheelchair / non-ambulatoryDementia / memory careHospice careBedridden

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 recordAGE RANGE 60 AND OVER. 6 NON-AMBULATORY. HOSPICE WAIVER FOR 3.

How much does Genesis Rcfe cost?

California's public licensing record does not include Genesis Rcfe's monthly price, so we never show or estimate one for a specific home. As county-level context only, assisted living in Sonoma 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 Genesis Rcfe accept Medi-Cal or the Assisted Living Waiver?

Genesis Rcfe 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.

Assisted living on Medi-Cal in California →See the DHCS list →

How full it was at the last state visit

4 of 6 beds occupied (67%) when the state visited on July 17, 2025. Availability changes constantly — confirm a current opening with the home.

What do state inspections show for Genesis Rcfe?

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 10 dated documents since 2021 for Genesis Rcfe; 2 complaint-investigation narratives are transcribed verbatim below. The most recent, dated July 17, 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.

2 transcribed reports on file

2025

Complaint investigationAllegation reviewed · Unsubstantiated
Allegation the state reviewedStaff are not permitting resident to leave the facility Staff are not permitting resident to have visitors Staff are not permitting resident to receive phone calls Staff did not assist resident with obtaining medical care
State's findingUnsubstantiatedThe state investigated but could not confirm the allegation. This is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Hansen arrived unannounced to deliver complaint investigation findings regarding the above allegations. LPA was greeted by staff Marita Socito who contacted Licensee who was out of the area. LPA spoke with Licensee, disused purpose of visit and authorized staff to sign for today’s visit. During investigation LPA conducted facility visit on 4/8/2025 & 4/22/2025 and made observations, conducted interviews with staff and outside individuals, and obtained and reviewed medical and legal documents to complete this investigation. Staff are not permitting resident to leave the facility – Complainant alleges staff are not allowing resident (R1) to leave the facility. Interviews conducted and documents obtained revealed on (12/24-shopping to Ross, 2/11/25-shopping TJ Max, 3/25 walking around neighborhood, 4/1/25 -Salon-(see pics), 4/8/25 Costco grocery shopping/Hearing aid fix, 4/23/25 Costco grocery shopping/again hearing aid fix, R1 was taken to these appointmenCDSS inspection report, July 17, 2025 · control 21-AS-20250404112532

2024

Complaint investigationAllegation reviewed · Substantiated
Allegation the state reviewedStaff did not issue a pre-admissions refund to responsible party
State's findingSubstantiatedThe state investigated and found this allegation more likely than not true.
Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Shannan Hansen arrived unannounced to deliver complaint findings regarding the allegation listed above and met with Licensee/Administrator Darwin Galicia. Staff did not issue a pre-admission refund to responsible party – Complainant alleges Licensee requested and obtained a “move-in-deposit” for perspective individual (I1) to move in to facility, although when I1 suddenly took a turn for the worse and was in the process of dying, facility was informed I1 would not be moving in and sent 3 requests for return of refund that was never responded to by Licensee. The investigation revealed: the department obtained a copy of the document indicating a deposit in the amount of $1,000. was received on 5/14/2024, indicating expected move in date was 5/23/2024. Interviews conducted revealed responsible party notified on 5/21/2024 that I1 would not be moving to the facility due to actively passing. I1 passed away 5/23/2024 and responsible party requested two times inCDSS inspection report, September 4, 2024 · control 21-AS-20240709125043

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.

Type A citations
0
typical for this size: 0
Type B citations
1
typical for this size: 0
Substantiated complaints
1
typical for this size: 0
Total complaints
2
typical for this size: 0
State visits on file
10
typical for this size: 6
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