Assisted Living
Carmelo Park
966 Carmelo Street, Monterey, CA 93940 · Map
Licensed for 40 residents · SONGBIRD CARE HOMES SALINAS LLC
Carmelo Park is a state-licensed assisted living community in Monterey, California. It is licensed for 40 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $5,000 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Carmelo Park says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Semi-private rooms range from $5,000 - $7,000 per month and private rooms range from $8,500 - $10,500 per month.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
License
Active, 40 residents
RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY 275202480, licensed since May 29, 2015. Licensee SONGBIRD CARE HOMES SALINAS LLC.
Nearest emergency room
1.3 miles
Community Hospital Of The Monterey Peninsula, rated 4 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Park this community | 40 | $5,000/mo | Active | 4 Type A, 1 Type B | |
| Ivy Park at Monterey | 0.1 mi | 112 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 4 Type B |
| Merrill Gardens at Monterey | 0.6 mi | 150 | $5,500/mo | Active | 2 Type A, 7 Type B |
| The Park Lane | 0.6 mi | 160 | Not published | Active | 5 Type A, 16 Type B |
| Drake House | 1.3 mi | 55 | Not published | Active | 1 Type A, 2 Type B |
State inspection record4 Type A, 1 Type B
- Last state visit
- April 23, 2026
- State visits since May 27, 2022
- 7 (including 4 inspections, 3 complaints investigated)
- Type A citations
- 4 immediate risk
- Type B citations
- 1 potential risk if not corrected
- Complaint allegations investigated
- 4: 2 substantiated, 2 not substantiated
- No citations at the last inspection (April 2026)
- License active since 2015
Citations (5), newest first
- 87411(a) (plan of correction due October 31, 2025): Personnel Requirements - General. The community must have enough competent staff at all times to meet residents' needs.
- 87411(d)(5) (plan of correction due October 31, 2025): Personnel Requirements - General. All staff must have on-the-job training or related experience for their duties, such as nutrition, sanitation, resident care and medication help.
- 87705(c)(5) (plan of correction due June 3, 2022): Care of Persons with Dementia. Rules for caring for residents with dementia, including staff training, door alarms, and delayed-exit or locked exterior doors.
- 87203 (plan of correction due May 28, 2022): Fire Safety. The community must meet the State Fire Marshal's fire safety rules.
- 80088(e)(1) (plan of correction due May 28, 2022): Fixtures, Furniture, Equipment and Supplies. Rules for comfortable temperature, lighting, hot water, window screens, waste and supplies such as linens.
Plain meanings are our short reading of the rule cited, from the state’s regulation text. The state’s report says what happened.
Complaints with substantiated allegations (date the finding was approved)
- November 3, 2025: 2 substantiated, 2 Type A citations
Complaints with no substantiated allegation (2)
- February 19, 2026: 1 unsubstantiated
- February 11, 2026: 1 unfounded
Every state visit (7)
- April 23, 2026: Inspection
- February 11, 2026: Complaint visit
- January 16, 2026: Complaint visit
- October 30, 2025: Complaint visit
- May 9, 2025: Inspection
- May 7, 2024: Inspection
- May 27, 2022: Inspection
Read every report on the state’s site →
What these terms mean
Type A citations are for “the most serious type of violations in which there is an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of those in care,” and are issued “even if the violation is corrected on the spot.”
Type B citations are for “a violation that, if not corrected, may [pose] an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of clients,” such as faulty medical record keeping or staff training.
CCLD: “There is no difference between an inconclusive and an unsubstantiated complaint allegation. Both terms mean that there was no preponderance of evidence to prove that an alleged violation occurred.” Allegations CCLD finds unfounded are also not substantiated.
This community is licensed for 40 residents; larger communities are visited and complained about more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing, data as of September 28, 2026, covering the five years of records the state publishes. The state’s advice: “Never rely on this information alone to make a decision about a facility. Always visit facilities in person.”
License and ownershipActive license, licensee SONGBIRD CARE HOMES SALINAS LLC
- License type
- RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY
- License number
- 275202480
- License status
- Active
- Licensed since
- 2015-05-29
- Licensed capacity
- 40
- Licensee
- SONGBIRD CARE HOMES SALINAS LLC
- County
- Monterey County
- Administrator
- Matthew Mazerik
Source: California state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the California licensing record, as of Sep 9, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in California, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in California
- Assisted Living Waiver (ALW). Medi-Cal can pay for assisted living care services through the Assisted Living Waiver, but only in 15 counties, only for people who need nursing home level care, and there is a waitlist. The resident still pays room and board. (state page)
- Waitlist. The Assisted Living Waiver has a waitlist. DHCS reported 18,365 people on it in December 2025. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.3 mi, nursing home 0.8 mi, pharmacy 0.6 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Community Hospital Of The Monterey Peninsula, Monterey. 1.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Westland House, Monterey. 0.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Careone Home Health LLC, Monterey. 1.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 93940 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Usrc Monterey Dialysis, Monterey, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Marina Dialysis, Marina, 8.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Laurel Meadows Dialysis, Salinas, 14.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 93940.
Universal Health Net Monterey, Inc, office in Monterey, 0.3 miles away, straight line
Hospice Of The Central Coast, office in Monterey, 5.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Central Coast Vna & Hospice, Inc, office in Salinas, 14.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Shehab Saddy, MD, Monterey. 4.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively high; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in November 2025. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
What we checked13 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing inspection records | Sep 28, 2026 | See above |
| California Medicaid provider list | Mar 3, 2026 | Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete. |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Carmelo Park provide?
Carmelo Park is licensed by the state of California for assisted living in Monterey, California. Its licensed capacity is 40 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Carmelo Park?
No. We publish state licensing details for Carmelo Park but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Carmelo Park cost?
Assisted Living in California typically starts at $3,800 to $6,100 a month. Based on 267 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Carmelo Park?
Use Carmelo Park's website, carmelopark.com, or visit at 966 Carmelo Street, Monterey, CA 93940.
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