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Santa Rosa · Licensed family home

Better-Stefanski, Margarita Fcch

At a glance

  • Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 9 licensing inspections since March 2022.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Aug 12, 2026Nothing cited
  • Apr 24, 2025Nothing cited
  • Nov 14, 2024Nothing cited
  • Jul 19, 2024Nothing cited
  • Apr 15, 2024Nothing cited
  • Sep 14, 2023Nothing cited
  • Dec 19, 2022Nothing cited
  • Sep 19, 2022Nothing cited
  • Mar 4, 2022Nothing cited

Fewer than 20 Bay Area family homes have had 9 licensing inspections, so there is no comparison yet.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
August 12, 2026
On file
9 visits since March 2022 — all of them cited nothing · 3 complaint investigations
Most serious
No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.

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.

Aug 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Apr 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Nov 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jul 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2023 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · October 6, 2023

State report

Sep 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Dec 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Feb 2022 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · February 17, 2022

State report

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Details

Phone
(707) 579-5877
Area
Santa Rosa, 95404
License
493005385

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All checked November 2026.

State record

The state’s licensing transparency data reports 4 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 2 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=1, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=7, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=1, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

Details

Full-size means licensed for 14 children, the most any Bay Area family home holds; 442 of Bay Area’s 466 licensed family homes are. Small is 10 to 13.

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