Richmond · Licensed family home
Buckner, Vernetta
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 3 licensing inspections since June 2023.
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Licensing inspections
- Jul 17, 2026Nothing cited
- Oct 29, 2024Nothing cited
- Jun 12, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this home's 3 inspections. Most Bay Area family homes inspected 3 times had the same: 57% of 798.
How all 798 Bay Area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 798 Bay Area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None57%This home
- 1 of 329%
- 2 of 311%
- All 33%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- July 17, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since June 2023 — all of them cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- Most serious
- Type B —
Personal Rights: (a) Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights that shall not be waived or abridged by the licensee regardless of consent or authorization from the child's authorized representative. (1) To be treated with dignity in his/her personal relationship with staff and other persons. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Interviews indicated the older children get popped on their behinds for mis behaving which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
· April 9, 2025
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.
Mar 2025 Complaint Substantiated
Complaint · March 5, 2025
CCR 102423(a)(1) · Type B
Personal Rights: (a) Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights that shall not be waived or abridged by the licensee regardless of consent or authorization from the child's authorized representative. (1) To be treated with dignity in his/her personal relationship with staff and other persons. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Interviews indicated the older children get popped on their behinds for mis behaving which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (510) 412-0376
- Area
- Richmond, 94804
- License
- 073404566
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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, 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.