Sebastopol · Licensed center
Tree House Hollow-Redwood Campus
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 15 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since March 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jun 26, 2025Nothing cited
Mar 2, 20231 citation
101700.3(b)(1)Type B
“101700.3(b)(1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. Based on a record review, the facility had one faucet (Site “A”) that exceeded the allowable levels of lead in the water. Site A had a reading of 12ppb. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”
101700.3(b)(1)
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 2 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected twice had fewer: 64% of 362 had none cited.
How all 362 Bay Area centers inspected twice compare
Of the 362 Bay Area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None64%
- 1 of 232%This center
- Both4%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- June 26, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since March 2023 — 1 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- 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.
May 2023 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · May 30, 2023
ALLEGATION(S): Staff hit child in care INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: Licensing Program Analysts (LPAs), A.S. and S.M. made a subsequent complaint investigation inspection, for the purpose of delivering complaint findings, and met with Director, A.D., (D1). It has been alleged that staff hit a child in care, specifically that staff 1(S1) hit child (C1) on the top of their head when not following S1’s directions in the bathroom. During the investigation LPAs S. and M. interviewed one adult (A1), the Director (D1), two staff, Staff 1 – Staff 2 (S1-S2) and three children, Child 1 – Child 3 (C1-C3) from 06/05/23 through 06/14/23. The facility was toured, and documents obtained on 06/07/23. On 05/30/23 an Unusual Incident Report (UIR) was received in the Regional Office from the facility informing Licensing that a parent had informed the facility that their child (C1) had alleged that a staff person (S1) hit them on the head in the bathroom when C1 did not want to rinse the soap off their hands. Continue on LIC9099-C Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
Mar 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 2, 2023
101700.3(b)(1) · Type B
101700.3(b)(1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. Based on a record review, the facility had one faucet (Site “A”) that exceeded the allowable levels of lead in the water. Site A had a reading of 12ppb. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (707) 787-8026
- Address
- 565 Watertrough Road, Sebastopol, 95472
- License
- 493009022
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Sources and dates
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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, Address, License, Who runs it ccld.dss.ca.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.