Assisted Living
Marbella Chico
1351 E. Lassen Avenue, Chico, CA 95973 · Map
Licensed for 79 residents · CHICO VENTURES LLC; INTEGRAL SENIOR LIV MGMT LLC
Marbella Chico is a state-licensed assisted living community in Chico, California. It is licensed for 79 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Marbella Chico says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Our residents revel in a wealth of inclusive amenities, including delicious chef-prepared meals daily, a lively calendar of events, weekly housekeeping and convenient scheduled transportation.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pet Friendly
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: cottage or villa.
Low-maintenance or Resort-style living offering houses, villas, townhouses, condos or apartments
(page, checked Oct 15, 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, 79 residents
RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY 045000644, 045920288, licensed since Sep 1, 1998. Licensee CHICO VENTURES LLC; INTEGRAL SENIOR LIV MGMT LLC.
Nearest emergency room
2.2 miles
Enloe Health, rated 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marbella Chico this community | 79 | Not published | Active | 2 Type A, 0 Type B | |
| Country House | 0.2 mi | 20 | Not published | Active | 1 Type A, 2 Type B |
| Country Commons | 0.2 mi | 16 | Not published | Active | 1 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Foothill Cottage | 1.3 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 2 Type A, 4 Type B |
| Carmel House | 1.3 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 3 Type A, 2 Type B |
State inspection record2 Type A, 0 Type B
- Last state visit
- September 24, 2026
- State visits since December 12, 2025
- 4 (including 1 complaint investigated)
- Type A citations
- 2 immediate risk
- Type B citations
- 0 potential risk if not corrected
- Complaint allegations investigated
- 1: 1 substantiated, 0 not substantiated
- License active since 1998
Citations (2), newest first
- 87468.2(c)(3) (Type A, plan of correction due October 26, 2026): Additional Personal Rights of Residents in Privately Operated Facilities. Additional rights for residents of privately operated communities, such as privacy, confidential records and help exercising their rights.
- 87705(f)(2) (Type A, plan of correction due September 8, 2026): Care of Persons with Dementia. Communities that lock exterior doors or perimeter gates must get fire clearance approval, make sure staff can unlock them, keep consent documents and give residents space to walk safely.
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)
- August 27, 2026 (No. 59-AS-20260204095910): 1 substantiated, 1 Type A citation
What the state’s reports say
- Facility Evaluation Report, September 24, 2026
- Type A citation, 87468.2(c)(3): Summary (the state’s words, shortened): “Based on LPA document review the licensee failed to ensure that non-conserved residents gave written permission to reside in a locked perimeter and have not provided informed consent to reside in a locked area. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to resident in care.”
- Complaint Investigation Report, August 25, 2026
- Allegation: Staff are locking residents in the facility - SUBSTANTIATED. Finding: substantiated.
- Type A citation, 87705(f)(2): Summary (the state’s words, shortened): “Based on interviews, observation and document review the facility failed to ensure that staff could open the memory care gate from the inside unless a fire alarm was engaged and the fire clearance on file did not include approval for locked exterior gate. In addition, the facility failed to ensure that the current fire clearance includes approval for 6 of 6…”
Read from the state’s reports on October 15, 2026. Summaries quote the report’s first sentences; open the report for the full text.
Every state visit (4)
- September 24, 2026: Other visit
- August 25, 2026: Complaint visit
- January 6, 2026: Other visit
- December 12, 2025: Other visit
Read every report on the state’s site →
Earlier license at this community
- License 045000644, closed January 6, 2026: the state’s records
A new license is issued when a community changes owners or operators. Records under an earlier license may describe a different operator.
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 79 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 CHICO VENTURES LLC; INTEGRAL SENIOR LIV MGMT LLC
- License type
- RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY
- License number
- 045000644, 045920288
- License status
- Active
- Licensed since
- 1998-09-01
- Licensed capacity
- 79
- Licensee
- CHICO VENTURES LLC; INTEGRAL SENIOR LIV MGMT LLC
- County
- Butte County
- Administrator
- Scott Blow
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 2.2 mi, nursing home 1.4 mi, pharmacy 0.8 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Enloe Health, Chico. 2.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Autumn Creek Post Acute, Chico. 1.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Enloe Medical Center Home Health Agency, Chico. 0.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 95973 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Rai-Ceres Ave-Chico, Chico, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Bidwell Dialysis, Chico, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Chico Dialysis Center, Chico, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 95973.
Enloe Medical Center Hospice, office in Chico, 0.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Valley View Hospice & Palliative Care, LLC, office in Chico, 1.7 miles away, straight line
Butte Home Health Hospice, office in Chico, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- All Inclusive Medical Services Inc, Carmichael. 81.2 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 low; 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
- Zone X: 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood area (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, 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.
- The state recorded a finding in September 2026. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- 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 | 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 Marbella Chico provide?
Marbella Chico is licensed by the state of California for assisted living in Chico, California. Its licensed capacity is 79 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Marbella Chico?
No. We publish state licensing details for Marbella Chico 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 Marbella Chico 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. Marbella Chico does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Marbella Chico?
Use Marbella Chico's website, marbellachico.com, or visit at 1351 E. Lassen Avenue, Chico, CA 95973.
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