El Sobrante · Licensed center
Hope Childcare Center & Preschool
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 80 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 8 licensing inspections since May 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Aug 12, 2026Nothing cited
- Aug 11, 2026Nothing cited
- Feb 6, 2026Nothing cited
Jan 28, 20261 citation
CCR 101229(a)(1)Type A
“101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (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...Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when inadequate supervision contributed to a child's injury which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.”
CCR 101229(a)(1)
- Jan 21, 2026Nothing cited
- Jun 17, 2025Nothing cited
- May 8, 2024Nothing cited
- May 18, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 8 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 8 times had more: 73% of 80 had rules cited at 2 or more.
How all 80 Bay Area centers inspected 8 times compare
Of the 80 Bay Area centers the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None5%
- 1 of 823%This center
- 2 of 828%
- 3 of 818%
- 4 of 815%
- 5 of 88%
- 6 of 85%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- August 12, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since May 2023 — 7 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (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...Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when inadequate supervision contributed to a child's injury which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
· January 28, 2026
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.
Jan 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · January 28, 2026
CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type A
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (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...Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when inadequate supervision contributed to a child's injury which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (510) 332-6497
- Address
- 2830 May Road, El Sobrante, 94803
- License
- 073408874
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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, Who runs it ccld.dss.ca.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 76 to 312 children. Small is 8 to 30; medium is 31 to 75.