Petaluma · Licensed family home
McElroy, Annette & Anya
At a glance
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since March 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 23, 20251 citation
CCR 102416.5(d)(2)Type B
“(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: (2) More than twelve and up to fourteen children only if the criteria in Section 1597.465 of the Health and Safety Code are met. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the facility had 14 children in care and the 13th and 14th did not meet the criteria in health and safety code which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 102416.5(d)(2)
Feb 20, 20241 citation
HSC 1597.622(a)(1)Type B
“(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a family day care home 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 record review, Staff 3 (S3) did not possess proof of immunization against measles or pertussis which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
HSC 1597.622(a)(1)
- Mar 24, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 3 inspections. Most Bay Area family homes inspected 3 times had fewer: 86% of 798 had rules cited at 1 or none.
How all 798 Bay Area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 798 Bay Area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None57%
- 1 of 329%
- 2 of 311%This home
- All 33%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- April 23, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2022 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type B —
(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: (2) More than twelve and up to fourteen children only if the criteria in Section 1597.465 of the Health and Safety Code are met. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the facility had 14 children in care and the 13th and 14th did not meet the criteria in health and safety code which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· April 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.
Apr 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 23, 2025
CCR 102416.5(d)(2) · Type B
(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: (2) More than twelve and up to fourteen children only if the criteria in Section 1597.465 of the Health and Safety Code are met. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the facility had 14 children in care and the 13th and 14th did not meet the criteria in health and safety code which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Feb 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · February 20, 2024
HSC 1597.622(a)(1) · Type B
(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a family day care home 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 record review, Staff 3 (S3) did not possess proof of immunization against measles or pertussis which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (707) 480-4026
- Area
- Petaluma, 94952
- License
- 490170643
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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, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.