CDPH issues ten California facility citations and penalties totaling $73,750, including two class A citations

What happened

Ten records in CDPH’s State Enforcement Actions export identify August 26 or 27 penalty issue dates and initial assessments totaling $73,750 across eight facilities. Professional Post Acute Center received two class A citations at $25,000 each. Seven class B citations account for $19,000: Northgate PostAcute Care, The Gardens of El Monte, two Long Beach Healthcare Center records, Astoria Healthcare Center, West Covina Healthcare Center and Able. Sierra Vista Hospital’s non-immediate-jeopardy administrative penalty is $4,750. These amounts describe the recorded initial assessments, not money collected, and the penalty issue dates are distinct from the earlier dates associated with the cited conduct.

The export records Patient Care for the two Professional Post Acute Center citations, Abuse/Facility Not Self Reported for the two Long Beach records, and other categories including Patient Rights, Physical Environment and Medication. Able’s facility type is an intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities; that classification does not by itself prove a habilitation-services violation. The rows provide associated legal citations and identifiers, but not the complete incident narratives. A later export’s Open disposition also cannot establish whether appeal periods had run as of this edition. The practical use is to locate the actual facility records for review while keeping assessment amounts, incident findings and procedural status separate.

Why it matters

The state licensing record covers different facility types and enforcement pathways. Its dates, categories and initial amounts can guide a targeted review, but a summary CSV is not a substitute for the underlying citation or evidence of final procedural status.

Case details

agencies

California Department of Public Health

entities

Professional Post Acute Center, Sierra Vista Hospital, Inc., Long Beach Healthcare Center, Northgate PostAcute Care, The Gardens of El Monte, Astoria Healthcare Center, West Covina Healthcare Center, Able

action Type

Civil monetary penalty

event Date

2026-08-26

alleged Conduct

The official rows identify Patient Care, Abuse/Facility Not Self Reported, Patient Rights, Physical Environment, Medication and other categories with associated citations. They do not provide a complete incident narrative or establish a habilitation-services violation from facility type alone.

resolution

Ten penalty issue records dated August 26–27, 2026 across eight facilities; initial amounts total $73,750: two class A $25,000 assessments, seven class B assessments totaling $19,000 and a $4,750 administrative penalty. Collections, final appeal outcomes and historical appeal deadlines are not established.

Operational lessons

• Separate penalty issue dates from earlier conduct dates.
• Review the underlying citation before translating a category into a detailed incident finding.
• Do not equate an initial assessment or later Open status with collection or an expired/unexpired appeal period.

Related coverage

The abuse reporting citations turn on Health and Safety Code section 1418.91, which is a standing licensure obligation rather than a new one, so the compliance product carries no separate treatment this week. Compliance Sweep →

Sources

• CDPH State Enforcement Actions dashboard, citations and administrative penalties issued August 26 and 27, 2026Official · California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality · 2026-08-27 · Source review 2026-09-04
• CDPH State Enforcement Actions, Details data export carrying a Penalty Issue Date for every citation and administrative penaltyOfficial · California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality · 2026-08-27 · Source review 2026-09-04