Assisted Living
Lantern Crest
800 Lantern Crest Way, Santee, CA 92071 · Map
Licensed for 180 residents · SANTEE SNR RET I LLC(OWNER)/LCM, LLC (MNGT)
Lantern Crest is a state-licensed assisted living community in Santee, California. It is licensed for 180 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 | $5,475 /mo | Nov 6, 2024 |
Area costs
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, 180 residents
RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY 374603253, licensed since May 30, 2012. Licensee SANTEE SNR RET I LLC(OWNER)/LCM, LLC (MNGT).
Nearest emergency room
4.7 miles
Grossmont Hospital, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantern Crest this community | 180 | $5,475/mo | Active | 0 Type A, 1 Type B | |
| Assisted Living at Woodburn | 1.1 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Summer Place | 1.1 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 1 Type A, 9 Type B |
| Epic Assistance Care Home 4 | 1.2 mi | 15 | Not published | Active | 1 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Paradise Elderly Facility Care | 1.2 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
State inspection record0 Type A, 1 Type B
- Last state visit
- August 20, 2026
- State visits since November 2, 2021
- 14 (including 4 inspections, 7 complaints investigated)
- Type A citations
- 0 immediate risk
- Type B citations
- 1 potential risk if not corrected
- Complaint allegations investigated
- 14: 0 substantiated, 14 not substantiated
- License active since 2012
Citations (2), newest first
- 87465(i)(4) (plan of correction due March 17, 2026): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. Unused prescription medicines must be destroyed by the administrator and one other adult, with a signed record kept for three years.
- 87411(a) (plan of correction due September 27, 2025): Personnel Requirements - General. The community must have enough competent staff at all times to meet residents' needs.
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 no substantiated allegation (7)
- August 24, 2026: 4 unsubstantiated
- January 31, 2026: 1 unfounded
- November 30, 2025: 1 unsubstantiated
- November 30, 2025: 2 unsubstantiated
- November 30, 2023: 3 unfounded
- February 23, 2023: 1 unfounded
- July 30, 2022: 2 unsubstantiated
Every state visit (15)
- August 20, 2026: Complaint visit
- April 13, 2026: Inspection
- February 24, 2026: Other visit
- January 30, 2026: Complaint visit
- November 19, 2025: Complaint visit (2)
Show all 14
- May 12, 2025: Inspection
- May 8, 2024: Other visit
- May 2, 2024: Inspection
- November 21, 2023: Complaint visit
- August 28, 2023: Other visit
- February 22, 2023: Complaint visit
- June 24, 2022: Complaint visit
- May 31, 2022: Inspection
- November 2, 2021: Other visit
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 180 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 SANTEE SNR RET I LLC(OWNER)/LCM, LLC (MNGT)
- License type
- RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY
- License number
- 374603253
- License status
- Active
- Licensed since
- 2012-05-30
- Licensed capacity
- 180
- Licensee
- SANTEE SNR RET I LLC(OWNER)/LCM, LLC (MNGT)
- County
- San Diego County
- Administrator
- Liz Najera
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 4.7 mi, nursing home 1.1 mi, pharmacy 1.8 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa. 4.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Bradley Court, El Cajon. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Belle Vie Home Health Inc, El Cajon. 1.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 92071 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Rai - Fletcher Parkway - El Cajon, El Cajon, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Balboa East County, El Cajon, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Balboa La Mesa, La Mesa, 3.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 57 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 92071.
Together Hospice Care LLC, office in La Mesa, 6.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Anc Corporation, office in La Mesa, 6.9 miles away, straight line
Avalon Hospice & Palliative Care, office in San Diego, 9.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Del Sur Healthcare, El Cajon. 2.9 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 moderate; 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Santee, CA, risk to homes is greater than 77% of communities in California and 96% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado very low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively moderate. 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.
- 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?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
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 | See above |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Lantern Crest provide?
Lantern Crest is licensed by the state of California for assisted living in Santee, California. Its licensed capacity is 180 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Lantern Crest?
No. We publish state licensing details for Lantern Crest 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 Lantern Crest cost?
Assisted Living in San Diego County typically starts at $3,500 to $5,400 a month. Based on 23 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 Lantern Crest?
Use Lantern Crest's website, lanterncrestseniorlivingsantee.com, or visit at 800 Lantern Crest Way, Santee, CA 92071.
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