San Mateo · Licensed family home
Laura Lau Family Child Care
A family home in San Mateo, licensed for up to 14 children. Run by the person who holds the license. The state cited something at 1 of 5 routine visits (Bay Area family homes: about 1 in 4). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Full-size home. 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.
Who runs it: from ccld.dss.ca.gov.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 1 of 5 cited something
Across Bay Area family homes, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,008 visits).
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- August 5, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since March 2023 — 4 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
(d) For a Large Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time when there is an assistant provider in the home, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home and the assistant provider's children under age 10, shall be either: (1) Twelve children, no more than four of whom may be infants; or This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having six infants present which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· July 23, 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.
Jul 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · July 23, 2025
CCR 102416.5(d)(1) · Type A
(d) For a Large Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time when there is an assistant provider in the home, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home and the assistant provider's children under age 10, shall be either: (1) Twelve children, no more than four of whom may be infants; or This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having six infants present which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
HSC 1596.871(c)(1)(A) · Type B
Subsequent to initial licensure, a person specified in subdivision (b) who is not exempt from fingerprinting shall obtain either a criminal record clearance or an exemption from disqualification, pursuant to subdivision(f) of this section or Section 1522.7, from the State Department of Social Services prior to employment, residence, or initial presence in the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of four staff members present which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
HSC 1597.622(c) · Type B
(c) The family day care home shall maintain documentation of the required immunizations or exemptions from immunization, as set forth in this section, in the person's personnel record that is maintained by the family day care home. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not having documentation of pertussis immunizations which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Details
- Phone
- (650) 278-9820
- Area
- San Mateo, 94403
- License
- 414004989, active
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Details
- Phone, License — Checked July 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov