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Sojourner Truth Center

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 45 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 7 licensing inspections since March 2022.

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Licensing inspections

  • Sep 15, 2026Nothing cited
  • Aug 14, 2025Nothing cited
  • Oct 28, 2024Nothing cited
  • Nov 16, 2023Nothing cited
  • Sep 27, 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. Once received, the facility took immediate and proper actions to remediate the fixtures. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

        101700.3

  • Aug 30, 2022Nothing cited
  • Mar 11, 2022Nothing 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
September 15, 2026
On file
7 visits since March 2022 — 6 cited nothing · 2 complaint investigations
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.

Sep 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Feb 2026 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · February 10, 2026

ALLEGATION(S): Staff are not meeting day care infant's diapering needs Staff are not meeting day care infant's hygiene needs Staff are not changing day care infant out of wet clothes in cold weather Staff allowed day care infants to play in dirty water INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On March 25, 2026, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), S.L. conducted a subsequent complaint inspection and met with Director J.R. to discuss the above allegation. Purpose of the inspection was explained. Present were Director, 13 staff with 27 children in care. During the course of the investigation, interviews were conducted with Director, parents, and relevant documents were gathered. Based on the interviews and relevant documents, there was no sufficient evidence to prove the facility staff are not meeting infant's diapering and hygiene needs. Although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is no preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation did or did not occur. Therefore, the allegation is Unsubstantiated. LPA conducted exit interview with Director. Report and Notice of Site Visit was provided. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

State report

Aug 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Nov 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 27, 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. Once received, the facility took immediate and proper actions to remediate the fixtures. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Aug 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone
(415) 401-1379
Address
1 Cashmere Street, San Francisco, 94124
License
384002728

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All checked November 2026.

State record

The state’s licensing transparency data reports 1 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 1 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=0, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=4, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.

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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