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Little Bee Preschool

At a glance

  • Large center, licensed for 96 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 7 licensing inspections since March 2023.

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Licensing inspections

  • Oct 2, 2025Nothing cited
  • Feb 21, 2025Nothing cited
  • Feb 28, 2024Nothing cited
  • Nov 29, 20231 citation
    • 101700.3Type B
      • “101700.3 California Lead Action Level at Child Care Centers (b)(1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on results received from the certified water samplers, the facility exceeded 5.4 ppb of lead in their water source. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

        101700.3

  • Jul 12, 2023Nothing cited
  • Jun 1, 2023Nothing cited
  • Mar 9, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 7 times had more: 55% of 145 had rules cited at 2 or more.

How all 145 Bay Area centers inspected 7 times compare

Of the 145 Bay Area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None19%
  • 1 of 726%This center
  • 2 of 726%
  • 3 of 715%
  • 4 of 710%
  • 5 of 73%
  • 6 of 71%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
October 2, 2025
On file
7 visits since March 2023 — 6 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.

Oct 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Feb 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Feb 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Nov 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · November 29, 2023

101700.3 · Type B

101700.3 California Lead Action Level at Child Care Centers (b)(1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on results received from the certified water samplers, the facility exceeded 5.4 ppb of lead in their water source. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Jul 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jun 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone
(415) 377-0303
Address
8 & 9 Funston Avenue, San Francisco, 94129
License
384004231

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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

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.

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