Moraga · Licensed center
Lamorinda Montessori LLC
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 70 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 5 licensing inspections since March 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Dec 3, 2025Nothing cited
- Aug 15, 2024Nothing cited
- Oct 6, 2023Nothing cited
Sep 19, 20234 citations in 2 reports
CCR 101170(e)Type A
“(e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring all staff have eligible fingerprint clearance prior to working in the facility, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 101170(e)
HSC 1596.7995(a)(1)Type B
“(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring all staff have proof of immunity for measles and pertussis in file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
HSC 1596.7995(a)(1)
CCR 101161(a)Type B
“(a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on [(observation) the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring infants under the age of 18 months are not in the Infant/Toddler class,vwhich poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed 1 infant (DOB 06/15/2022) in the Infant/Toddler class. The director was advised commingling is not acceptable.”
CCR 101161(a)
A second state report dated the same day: 1 citation
HSC 1696.16(a)(1)Type B
“(1) A licensed child day care center... 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 evidence by: Based on interview and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring the day care center water was tested for lead.”
HSC 1696.16(a)(1)
Mar 14, 20231 citation
CCR 101161(a)Type A
“101161 Limitations on Capacity (a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidence by: The facility is providing care for children in areas not approved on the license, which poses an immediate risk to the health safety, and personal rights of children in care.”
CCR 101161(a)
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 5 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 5 times had fewer: 64% of 457 had rules cited at 1 or none.
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%
- 2 of 523%This center
- 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
- December 3, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since March 2023 — 3 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
(e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring all staff have eligible fingerprint clearance prior to working in the facility, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· September 19, 2023
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.
Sep 2023 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · September 19, 2023
CCR 101170(e) · Type A
(e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring all staff have eligible fingerprint clearance prior to working in the facility, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
HSC 1596.7995(a)(1) · Type B
(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring all staff have proof of immunity for measles and pertussis in file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
CCR 101161(a) · Type B
(a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on [(observation) the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring infants under the age of 18 months are not in the Infant/Toddler class,vwhich poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed 1 infant (DOB 06/15/2022) in the Infant/Toddler class. The director was advised commingling is not acceptable.
Sep 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 19, 2023
HSC 1696.16(a)(1) · Type B
(1) A licensed child day care center... 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 evidence by: Based on interview and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring the day care center water was tested for lead.
Mar 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 14, 2023
CCR 101161(a) · Type A
101161 Limitations on Capacity (a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidence by: The facility is providing care for children in areas not approved on the license, which poses an immediate risk to the health safety, and personal rights of children in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (925) 377-0407
- Address
- 1450 Moraga Road, Moraga, 94556
- License
- 073408252
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
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
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.