# Walnut Garden Valley Village License #197608982 · Valley Village, Los Angeles County · Licensed for 6 — Small care home · a licensed care home (RCFE) Walnut Garden Valley Village is a small care home in Valley Village — a licensed residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE), the licence category behind “assisted living” and “board and care.” It is licensed for 6 residents since 2016. Hospice care is not on file. - Care approvals on file: Wheelchair · Dementia · Bedridden — State licensing record · September 27, 2026 - Estimated starting rate: $3,850 a month — Covelight estimate · likely $3,150–$4,750 Full page: A citation does not make a home unsafe, and an empty file does not make a home good. ## Quick answers about Walnut Garden Valley Village ### Is Walnut Garden Valley Village licensed? The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### How many residents is Walnut Garden Valley Village licensed for? 6 residents — a small home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Has Walnut Garden Valley Village been cited? 0 Type A and 0 Type B citations since 2016, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. Those records count 6 state visits over the same years. ### Is Walnut Garden Valley Village still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of September 28, 2026. ### What does Walnut Garden Valley Village cost? $3,850 a month to start is a Covelight estimate, likely $3,150–$4,750. This home’s own rate is not on file. Ask: “What is the all-in monthly rate, and what would push it higher?” Covelight’s estimate starts from the rates 12 small homes and similar homes within 5 miles publish, then adjusts for this home’s size, state care approvals, Medi-Cal waiver participation, years licensed and the area’s prices. In testing, the likely range held the real rate for 6 in 10 homes. This home’s own rate is not on file. Among 228 other homes of a similar licensed size across Los Angeles County that publish a starting rate, the middle half runs $4,000 to $6,300 a month, and the middle figure is $5,000 (n = 228 other homes publishing a starting rate). Each of those is a home’s own published figure, gathered on its own date in September 2026 — not an average of ours, and not a survey. Similar size means small and mid-size homes counted together, and large communities counted on their own, because they are different markets. A home outside the band is not overcharging or underpricing: a starting rate covers different things in different homes, which is the first thing to ask about. The price is made in the phone call. Nothing here is a quote, an offer or a discount. A starting rate is the room and the base care. California homes commonly bill care levels, medication management, supplies, transport and a second person in the room as extras. Many also charge a one-time fee at move-in. Ask for that list in writing before anything is signed. Only prices a home put out itself count here: its own website, a listing it supplied, or a price a listing site says the home confirmed. Prices a site shows without saying where they came from are left out. [What Medi-Cal’s Assisted Living Waiver covers in a care home.]() ### Does Walnut Garden Valley Village take Medi-Cal? On Medi-Cal’s Assisted Living Waiver: this home appears on the DHCS participation list, August 9, 2026. Confirm eligibility and current participation with the program. The waiver pays for care services, not room and board. ### Who holds the license? The license is held by Five Eighteen Inc., per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is there a hospital nearby? Sherman Oaks Hospital is 2.3 miles away in a straight line, per the CDPH licensed-hospital list dated September 16, 2026. [See licensed care homes near it.]() ### Can Walnut Garden Valley Village keep a resident on hospice? Not on file — the state’s record does not list hospice care on this license. Ask: “Can a resident stay here on hospice, and under what conditions?” ## Walnut Garden Valley Village license and inspection record - Name on the license: “WALNUT GARDEN VALLEY VILLAGE”, per the CDSS roster as of May 25, 2025. - License #197608982. The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed for 6 residents — a small home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed to Five Eighteen Inc., per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - First licensed in 2016, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 6 state inspection visits since 2016, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 0 Type A and 0 Type B citations on file since 2016, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. The same records count 6 state visits in that period. - 1 complaint and 0 substantiated allegations on file since 2016, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. One complaint can carry several allegations. - The most recent state visit on file is February 11, 2026, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Type A citation: a violation that poses an immediate risk to health, safety or personal rights if it is not corrected - Type B citation: a violation that could become a risk if not corrected, or one involving records, resources or required services California writes these definitions for every licensed home, not for this one. [CDSS citation definitions (PDF)]() ## Sources - CDSS Community Care Licensing — status, capacity, license holder, the first-license year, citations, complaints and visits, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026: [See the state’s own record]() - CDSS licensing roster — the listing, as of September 28, 2026 - DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list, as of September 23, 2026: - CDPH licensed-hospital list, dated September 16, 2026