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.
Oct 2023 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · October 6, 2023
Feb 2022 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · February 17, 2022
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Details
- Phone
- (707) 579-5877
- Area
- Santa Rosa, 95404
- License
- 493005385
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Sources and dates
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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
- Phone, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.