Assisted Living
Melrose Villas
823 N Poinsettia Place, Los Angeles, CA 90046 · Map
Licensed for 68 residents · MELROSE VILLAS INC
Melrose Villas is a state-licensed assisted living community in Los Angeles, California. It is licensed for 68 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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License
Active, 68 residents
RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY 197609076, licensed since Apr 26, 2018. Licensee MELROSE VILLAS INC.
Nearest emergency room
1.5 miles
Southern California Hospital At Hollywood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melrose Villas this community | 68 | Not published | Active | 3 Type A, 14 Type B | |
| Melrose Chateau | 0.0 mi | 12 | Not published | Active | 2 Type A, 4 Type B |
| Alta Vista Gardens | 0.1 mi | 70 | Not published | Active | 5 Type A, 3 Type B |
| Melrose Gardens, 960 N. Martel Avenue | 0.2 mi | 100 | Not published | Active | 2 Type A, 1 Type B |
| Exclusive Raya's Paradise, 849 N. Gardner Street | 0.3 mi | 5 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
State inspection record3 Type A, 14 Type B
- Last state visit
- August 31, 2026
- State visits since October 9, 2021
- 33 (including 4 inspections, 30 complaints investigated)
- Type A citations
- 3 immediate risk
- Type B citations
- 14 potential risk if not corrected
- Complaint allegations investigated
- 70: 12 substantiated, 58 not substantiated
- License active since 2018
Citations (19), newest first
- 87615(a)(1) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Prohibited Health Conditions. People with certain health conditions, such as stage 3 or 4 pressure injuries, feeding tubes, serious infections or tracheotomies, may not be admitted or kept.
- 87705(j)(k)(8) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Care of Persons with Dementia. Rules for caring for residents with dementia, including staff training, door alarms, and delayed-exit or locked exterior doors.
- 87464(d) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Basic Services. The basic services every community must provide, starting with care and supervision, and its duty to meet the needs of each resident it accepts.
- 87303(a) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Maintenance and Operation. Rules for keeping the building clean, safe and in good repair, including room temperature, lighting, water, waste, laundry, emergency lighting and call signal systems.
- 87224(d) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Eviction Procedures. Rules for evicting a resident: the allowed reasons, written notice, and reporting the eviction to the state.
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- 87507(g)(4) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Admission Agreements. Rules for written admission agreements: what they must include, what they cannot include, signing and giving copies.
- 87463(b) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Reappraisals. Rules for updating each resident's needs appraisal at least once a year or when their condition changes, and acting on those changes.
- 87307(a)(3)(D) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Personal Accommodations and Services. Rules for living space and safety, including common rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, hazards and resident supervision.
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- 87303(a) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Maintenance and Operation. Rules for keeping the building clean, safe and in good repair, including room temperature, lighting, water, waste, laundry, emergency lighting and call signal systems.
- 87468.1(a)(2) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities. Lists the basic rights of every resident, including dignity, safe and comfortable accommodations, and freedom from punishment, humiliation and abuse.
- 80087(a)(1) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Buildings and Grounds. The building and grounds must be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair, with walkways kept clear and hazards guarded.
- 87303(a) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Maintenance and Operation. Rules for keeping the building clean, safe and in good repair, including room temperature, lighting, water, waste, laundry, emergency lighting and call signal systems.
- 87625(b)(3) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Managed Incontinence. Incontinent residents must be helped with regular toileting, checked often including at night, and kept clean and dry.
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- 87219(f) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Planned Activities. Rules for offering a variety of planned activities, with staff, space and supplies to support them.
- 87463(a) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Reappraisals. Rules for updating each resident's needs appraisal at least once a year or when their condition changes, and acting on those changes.
- 87211(a)(1)A (plan-of-correction date not listed): Reporting Requirements. Events the community must report to the state and to the resident's family or representative, such as deaths, injuries, abuse and changes in leadership.
- B&D (plan-of-correction date not listed): Plain meaning not available; see the state’s report.
- 1569.695(f)(1) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Emergency and Disaster Plans. The community must have an emergency and disaster plan, train staff on it, hold drills and keep key resident information ready.
- 87303(a) (plan-of-correction date not listed): Maintenance and Operation. Rules for keeping the building clean, safe and in good repair, including room temperature, lighting, water, waste, laundry, emergency lighting and call signal systems.
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)
- May 21, 2026: 1 substantiated, 1 unsubstantiated, 1 Type B citation
- May 20, 2026: 1 substantiated, 5 unsubstantiated, 1 Type B citation
- April 29, 2026: 1 substantiated, 1 Type B citation
- April 12, 2026: 1 substantiated, 1 Type B citation
- April 8, 2026: 1 substantiated, 1 Type B citation
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- March 13, 2026: 3 substantiated, 2 Type B citations
- October 31, 2023: 1 substantiated, 1 Type B citation
- June 22, 2023: 1 substantiated, 6 unsubstantiated, 1 Type B citation
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- February 18, 2022: 1 substantiated, 1 unsubstantiated, 1 Type A citation
- November 10, 2021: 1 substantiated, 1 unsubstantiated
Complaints with no substantiated allegation (20)
- September 8, 2026: 4 unsubstantiated
- August 28, 2026: 3 unsubstantiated
- July 30, 2026: 1 unsubstantiated
- June 10, 2026: 1 unsubstantiated
- May 21, 2026: 1 unsubstantiated
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- May 13, 2026: 2 unsubstantiated
- December 17, 2025: 1 unsubstantiated
- July 1, 2025: 1 unsubstantiated
- October 10, 2024: 1 unsubstantiated
- November 20, 2023: 3 unsubstantiated
- October 31, 2023: 2 unsubstantiated
- July 18, 2023: 1 unsubstantiated
- June 23, 2023: 5 unsubstantiated
- June 22, 2023: 1 unsubstantiated
- June 22, 2023: 1 unsubstantiated, 1 unfounded
- June 19, 2023: 2 unsubstantiated
- April 14, 2023: 2 unfounded
- May 5, 2022: 1 unsubstantiated
- December 13, 2021: 2 unsubstantiated
- December 13, 2021: 8 unsubstantiated
Every state visit (46)
- August 19, 2026: Complaint visit
- July 15, 2026: Complaint visit
- June 4, 2026: Complaint visit
- May 11, 2026: Inspection
- May 11, 2026: Complaint visit
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- May 4, 2026: Complaint visit (2)
- April 27, 2026: Complaint visit (2)
- April 20, 2026: Complaint visit
- April 2, 2026: Complaint visit
- January 28, 2026: Complaint visit
- January 23, 2026: Other visit
- January 15, 2026: Complaint visit
- December 22, 2025: Other visit
- November 18, 2025: Complaint visit
- July 21, 2025: Complaint visit
- June 20, 2025: Complaint visit (2)
- May 30, 2025: Other visit
- May 29, 2025: Inspection
- April 14, 2025: Other visit
- December 10, 2024: Complaint visit
- June 21, 2024: Other visit
- June 20, 2024: Inspection
- January 30, 2024: Complaint visit
- November 15, 2023: Complaint visit
- October 17, 2023: Complaint visit (2)
- May 17, 2023: Complaint visit (5)
- April 5, 2023: Complaint visit
- December 28, 2022: Complaint visit
- August 5, 2022: Other visit
- August 5, 2022: Complaint visit
- April 18, 2022: Inspection
- April 18, 2022: Complaint visit
- February 17, 2022: Complaint visit (2)
- December 27, 2021: Other visit
- December 3, 2021: Complaint visit
- October 9, 2021: Complaint visit (2)
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 68 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 MELROSE VILLAS INC
- License type
- RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY
- License number
- 197609076
- License status
- Active
- Licensed since
- 2018-04-26
- Licensed capacity
- 68
- Licensee
- MELROSE VILLAS INC
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Administrator
- Candis Allen
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 programsOn the California list of Medicaid providers (2026)
On the California list of Medicaid providers. Listed as MELROSE VILLAS under Assisted Living Waiver (ALW). (state list, as of Mar 3, 2026)
Being on the list means the community has taken part in the program. Ask whether it has a Medicaid opening now, and how many residents it serves on Medicaid.
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)
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.5 mi, nursing home 0.6 mi, pharmacy 0.9 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Southern California Hospital At Hollywood, Hollywood. 1.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- La Brea Rehabilitation Center, Los Angeles. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Perfect Touch Home Health Care, Inc, Los Angeles. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Sunshine Pharmacy. 0.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 90046 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Crescent Heights Dialysis Center, Los Angeles, 1.3 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Tower Dialysis, Los Angeles, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Usrc Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 173 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 90046.
La Hospice Services, Inc, office in Los Angeles, 1.3 miles away, straight line
Miracle Mile Hospice Care, Inc, office in Los Angeles, 1.6 miles away, straight line
Universal Hospice, Inc, office in Beverly Hills, 1.9 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Guita Balakhane, MD, Los Angeles. 2.0 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, tornado very low, heat wave very low, 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 May 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 checked14 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 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Only cases that look tied to an earlier operator (not shown) |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 | No plain statements of services found |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Melrose Villas provide?
Melrose Villas is licensed by the state of California for assisted living in Los Angeles, California. Its licensed capacity is 68 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Melrose Villas?
No. We publish state licensing details for Melrose Villas 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 Melrose Villas cost?
Assisted Living in Los Angeles County typically starts at $3,750 to $7,300 a month. Based on 42 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Melrose Villas does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Melrose Villas?
Use Melrose Villas's website, villa-poinsettia.com, or visit at 823 N Poinsettia Place, Los Angeles, CA 90046.
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