Santa Rosa · Licensed center
A Special Place
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 30 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since June 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Oct 28, 20261 citation
CCR 101229(a)(1)Type B
“Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision: (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision....(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time,... This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on the facility's admission of a self-reported Unusual Incident Report (UIR) notification on 10/22/2026, a child (C1) was left unsupervised for 2-3 minutes located in the classroom bathroom, a secured area of the facility, posing a potenial which health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 101229(a)(1)
Feb 27, 20251 citation
CCR 101238(g)Type B
“(g) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons and other items that could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where inaccessible to children. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Children exit the classroom into a hallway to go outside. The first door on the left of the hallway is a storage closet and was closed, but did not have a lock or child safety lock on the door, making the cleaners inside accessible to children, which posed a potential health, safety risk to persons in care.”
CCR 101238(g)
- Jan 25, 2024Nothing cited
Nov 7, 20231 citation
CCR 101229(a)(1)Type A
“(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on self reported record, C1 left the center without supervision on 10/26/23 and was found by a neighbor and D1 in the unfenced facility driveway/parking lot that leads to the street. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to the children in care.”
CCR 101229(a)(1)
- Jun 30, 2023Nothing cited
- Jun 23, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 6 times had fewer: 82% of 252 had rules cited at 2 or fewer.
How all 252 Bay Area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 252 Bay Area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None17%
- 1 of 635%
- 2 of 631%
- 3 of 612%This center
- 4 of 66%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 28, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since June 2022 — 3 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on self reported record, C1 left the center without supervision on 10/26/23 and was found by a neighbor and D1 in the unfenced facility driveway/parking lot that leads to the street. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to the children in care.
· November 7, 2023
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
Oct 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · October 28, 2026
CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type B
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision: (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision....(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time,... This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on the facility's admission of a self-reported Unusual Incident Report (UIR) notification on 10/22/2026, a child (C1) was left unsupervised for 2-3 minutes located in the classroom bathroom, a secured area of the facility, posing a potenial which health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Feb 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · February 27, 2025
CCR 101238(g) · Type B
(g) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons and other items that could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where inaccessible to children. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Children exit the classroom into a hallway to go outside. The first door on the left of the hallway is a storage closet and was closed, but did not have a lock or child safety lock on the door, making the cleaners inside accessible to children, which posed a potential health, safety risk to persons in care.
Nov 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · November 7, 2023
CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type A
(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on self reported record, C1 left the center without supervision on 10/26/23 and was found by a neighbor and D1 in the unfenced facility driveway/parking lot that leads to the street. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to the children in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (707) 523-2337
- Address
- 1128 Edwards Avenue, Santa Rosa, 95401
- License
- 490110022
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Sources and dates
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All checked November 2026.
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.