San Francisco Towers: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
San Francisco Towers is a 27-bed nonprofit nursing home in San Francisco, California, part of Front Porch. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.66 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 38% above the California average of 2.65, and 13.0% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
San Francisco Towers
1661 Pine StreetSan Francisco, CA 94109
San Francisco County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At San Francisco Towers, nurse aides logged 3.66 hours per resident per day, 38% above the California average. With about 15 residents a day, that works out to roughly 54 aide hours a day, or about 7 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.66 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.09 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 2.13 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 6.88 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 6.05 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
13.0% of nursing staff at San Francisco Towers left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 14.3%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 4, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. San Francisco Towers holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About San Francisco Towers
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Front Porch, 9 homes
- Legal name: Front Porch Communities and Services
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 28, 1998
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near San Francisco Towers
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| City View Post Acute San Francisco | 0.0 | 180 | 2.49 | 3.92 | 38.2% | 2 | $42,528 |
| Victorian Post Acute San Francisco | 0.6 | 90 | 2.51 | 3.82 | 44.1% | 5 | None |
| Sequoias San Francisco Convalescent Hospital San Francisco | 0.6 | 50 | 2.67 | 4.60 | 32.7% | 4 | None |
| Central Gardens Post Acute San Francisco | 0.7 | 92 | 2.38 | 3.80 | 31.7% | 5 | None |
| Chinese Hospital D/P SNF San Francisco | 0.7 | 23 | 2.53 | 5.30 | — | 4 | None |
| Laurel Heights Community Care San Francisco | 1.1 | 32 | 2.85 | 4.09 | 14.3% | 5 | $8,018 |
| Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center San Francisco | 1.1 | 120 | 2.55 | 4.09 | 42.0% | 5 | $25,490 |
| San Francisco Health Care San Francisco | 1.4 | 168 | 2.59 | 3.79 | 40.2% | 1 | $152,404 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.