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Chinatown Community Children's Center-North Beach

At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 24 children.
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 5 licensing inspections since June 2023.

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Licensing inspections

  • Apr 7, 2026Nothing cited
  • Apr 3, 2025Nothing cited
  • Apr 26, 2024Nothing cited
  • Mar 15, 20241 citation
    • HSC 1597.16(a)(1)Type B
      • “(1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

        HSC 1597.16(a)(1)

  • Jun 14, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 5 inspections. Bay Area centers inspected 5 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (457 centers).

How all 457 Bay Area centers inspected 5 times compare

Of the 457 Bay Area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None29%
  • 1 of 535%This center
  • 2 of 523%
  • 3 of 59%
  • 4 of 54%
  • All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
April 7, 2026
On file
5 visits since June 2023 — 4 cited nothing
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.

Apr 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Apr 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 15, 2024

HSC 1597.16(a)(1) · Type B

(1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Jun 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone
(415) 986-2528
Address
715 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, 94133
License
384002724

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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

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.

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