Restaurant Health Inspection Coverage in California
The Safe Plate publishes restaurant health inspection records for California exactly as the government health department that issued them publishes them. We do not inspect restaurants, and we do not verify, score or endorse the records an agency publishes.
Health departments these records come from
Descriptions of each agency's grading system are written by The Safe Plate to explain the records, and are not statements made by the agency.
- Contra Costa County, CA — Issuing agency: Contra Costa Environmental Health — What these records include: No letter grade. Facilities receive a Green (Pass), Yellow (Conditional Pass, 2+ major violations), or Red (Closed) placard. Violations classified as Major or Minor.
- Fresno County, CA — Issuing agency: Fresno County Department of Public Health and Safety — What these records include: No letter grade. Violations are numbered items found out of compliance during routine inspection. Each violation includes the violation category and inspector comments.
- Los Angeles County, CA — Issuing agency: LA County Dept. of Public Health, Environmental Health — What these records include: Official government score 0โ100: A=90โ100, B=80โ89, C=70โ79
- Marin County, CA — Issuing agency: Marin County Environmental Health Services — What these records include: No letter grade. Facilities receive a Green (Pass), Yellow (Conditional Pass), or Red (Closed) placard. Violations include California Health & Safety Code citations and inspector findings.
- Merced County, CA — Issuing agency: Merced County Environmental Health Division — What these records include: No letter grade. Inspections rated Good (0โ6 pts), Satisfactory (7โ13 pts), or Unsatisfactory, reinspection required (14+ pts). Points deducted per violation found.
- Napa County, CA — Issuing agency: Napa County Dept. of Planning, Building & Environmental Services — What these records include: Letter grade A/B/C/F based on points deducted per violation. A=1โ10 pts, B=11โ20 pts, C=21โ30 pts, F=31+ pts. Major violations carry 6 pts; minor violations carry 2 or fewer pts. Issued by the Napa County Dept. of Planning, Building & Environmental Services.
- Orange County, CA — Issuing agency: Orange County Health Care Agency, Environmental Health Division — What these records include: No letter grade or numeric score. Violations are classified as Out of Compliance (major) or Minor Violation, with California Health & Safety Code citations and inspector observations.
- Placer County, CA — Issuing agency: Placer County Environmental Health Division — What these records include: No letter grade. Violations are numbered items found out of compliance during routine inspections, with California Health & Safety Code citations and inspector comments.
- Sacramento County, CA — Issuing agency: Sacramento County Environmental Management Department
- San Bernardino County, CA — Issuing agency: SB County Dept. of Public Health, Environmental Health Services — What these records include: Official government score 0โ100: A=90โ100, B=80โ89, C=70โ79
- San Diego County, CA — Issuing agency: San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality — What these records include: Letter grade A/B/C with numeric score 0โ100 (higher=better). A=90+, B=80โ89, C=70โ79. Issued by the County of San Diego Environmental Health.
- San Francisco, CA — Issuing agency: San Francisco Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Branch — What these records include: No letter grade or numeric score. Violations are numbered items (1โ100+) from the California Retail Food Code, with the violation title and inspector's observation from the official inspection report PDF.
- San Luis Obispo County, CA — Issuing agency: San Luis Obispo County Health Agency, Environmental Health Services Division — What these records include: No letter grade. Violations are items found OUT OF COMPLIANCE during routine Retail Food Facility inspections. Each violation includes a description and inspector comment.
- Santa Clara County, CA — Issuing agency: Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health — What these records include: Score 0โ100 (higher = better). Below 70 triggers mandatory follow-up. Facilities receive a Green (Pass), Yellow (Conditional, 2+ major violations), or Red (Closed) placard. Violations include K-code category and inspector narrative with corrective action notes.
- Ventura County, CA — Issuing agency: Ventura County Environmental Health — What these records include: No letter grade or numeric score shown
Counties covered
Each county below links to the inspection records we publish for it.
Cities with their own page
Each city below links to the inspection records we publish for it. We cover more cities than these โ a city where only a handful of records have been published is still searchable, it just does not have a page of its own yet.
Counties not covered
These counties either have no public inspection portal we can use, or one we cannot read programmatically. We show nothing for them rather than guessing.
Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Nevada, Plumas, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba
Checking these records yourself
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