La Jolla Recovery (San Diego) | Flagship SUD Treatment
La Jolla Recovery — San Diego, San Diego County
La Jolla Recovery at 1446 Diamond Street in San Diego is an 18-bed flagship residential facility CARF-accredited at ASAM Levels 3.5 and 3.7. Meets our four-signal flagship bar: DHCS license, SAMHSA 2025 match, CARF accreditation across two ASAM levels, and multi-LOC framing via the two-level CARF accreditation.
What makes this facility flagship tier
Our flagship tier requires four independent verification signals. La Jolla Recovery clears all four.
DHCS license: active at the time of our most recent review. License number 370159DP, expiration 1/31/2027. Program authorization: residential treatment with detoxification services.
CARF SUD-specific accreditation: see dedicated section below for specific program details.
SAMHSA 2025 National Directory: matched.
Multi-level of care: evaluated against the operator’s program scope, whether across DHCS program codes, CARF-accredited programs, or co-located operator sites.
Clinical program overview
18-bed residential capacity with CARF accreditation at ASAM Level 3.5 (clinically managed high-intensity residential) and Level 3.7 (medically monitored intensive inpatient) provides two-level residential continuity. Patients can step down from 3.7 to 3.5 as clinical need decreases without inter-facility transfer. Clinical programming at this tier includes individual and group therapy, psychiatric consultation, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based SUD counseling.
Who this facility is a good fit for
Private-pay and commercial-insurance orientation. Appropriate for mid-severity SUD presentations requiring residential stabilization with two-level internal continuity. The Pacific Beach location serves SD coastal-metro populations plus patients from across the region.
Location and geography
1446 Diamond Street in Pacific Beach, San Diego — coastal SD, approximately 15 minutes from downtown and 10 minutes from La Jolla. The coastal geography is a clinical feature for patients whose recovery benefits from ocean-adjacent setting.
CARF accreditation
La Jolla Recovery holds current CARF International accreditation for SUD-specific programming — specifically: ASAM Level of Care 3.5, ASAM Level of Care 3.7. CARF accreditation is a voluntary third-party clinical quality review covering program design, clinical outcomes measurement, health and safety, governance, and continuous improvement. It is not a regulatory requirement for California SUD treatment operation but signals operator investment in an independent quality-assurance process that many DHCS-licensed facilities do not pursue.
Families evaluating La Jolla Recovery can confirm current CARF accreditation status and program scope directly at the CARF provider search.
DHCS licensure detail
La Jolla Recovery operates under DHCS certification 370159DP (Licensed), authorized for residential treatment with detoxification services. Treatment capacity per DHCS records: 18 beds. The license is current through 1/31/2027.
DHCS enforcement records should be checked for any specific facility before admission. Our DHCS license verification walkthrough provides the tool-based methodology.
SAMHSA National Directory
La Jolla Recovery appears in the SAMHSA 2025 National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Facilities, providing cross-source verification from a federal registry independent of both CARF and DHCS. SAMHSA directory presence is one of the four independent verification signals our flagship tier requires.
Related coverage
- San Diego County Regional Guide — full county-level treatment landscape
- How to Verify a California Rehab Is Legitimate — verification methodology
- How to Verify a California DHCS License — license verification walkthrough
- Inpatient & Residential Rehab in SoCal — residential SUD treatment overview
- Medical Detox in SoCal — ASAM framework for detox placement
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