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Kai Ming Head Start-North Beach Center

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 40 children.
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 5 licensing inspections since June 2023.

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Licensing inspections

  • Aug 28, 2026Nothing cited
  • Apr 3, 2025Nothing cited
  • Apr 26, 2024Nothing cited
  • Sep 20, 2023Nothing cited
  • Jun 13, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 5 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 5 times had at least one: 71% of 457.

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%This center
  • 1 of 535%
  • 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
August 28, 2026
On file
5 visits since June 2023 — all of them cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

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
Apr 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jun 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

Details

Phone
(415) 931-1088
Address
1170 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 94133
License
384001489

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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

Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; large is 76 to 312.

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