# California — Assisted living facility minimum staffing requirements by US state — how many staff must be on duty, and what that guarantees

For California, which rule this is is office, kitchen, housekeeping, laundry and maintenance work — staff who must be employed on top of the care staff; type of staffing rule is counting rule; minimum staffing requirement is Additional staff shall be employed as necessary to perform office work, cooking, house cleaning, laundering, and maintenance of buildings, equipment and grounds; regulatory citation is Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 87411, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** California _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which rule this is:** office, kitchen, housekeeping, laundry and maintenance work — staff who must be employed on top of the care staff _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** counting rule _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** Additional staff shall be employed as necessary to perform office work, cooking, house cleaning, laundering, and maintenance of buildings, equipment and grounds. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 87411 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Additional staff shall be employed as necessary to perform office work, cooking, house cleaning, laundering, and maintenance of buildings, equipment and grounds.

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/22-CCR-87411

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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