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Mulberry Tree Preschool

13841 Christine Dr., Whittier, CA 90605 · Los Angeles County (562) 696-5114 License #198020451
5
inspections on file
3
recorded violations
0
health & safety class
Mar 12, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
Inspection history for Mulberry Tree Preschool
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Mar 12, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Mar 25, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Dec 12, 2024Case Management: Deficiencies1 Type B deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
Dec 5, 2024ComplaintSubstantiated: Staff does not ensure facility is free of hazards; Staff does not ensure food is properly labeled; Staff does not ensure food is handled in a sanitary way · 2 deficiencies cited2Official report · PDF
Jan 9, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Dec 12, 2024Case Management: Deficiencies · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101161(a) — Limitations on Capacity (a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the…

“Based on interviews, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as children from the School-Age Classroom are being combined with the Preschool and Private School Classrooms for care, which poses/posed an potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

Corrective action plan due Dec 12, 2024
Dec 5, 2024Complaint · 2 deficiencies citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101238(a) — Buildings and Grounds(a)The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children...

“Based on LPA observations and interviews conducted, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as of children's toilets in the Twigs and Branches Classroom had a broken porcelain toilet tank cover, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jan 3, 2025
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101227(a)(1) — Food Services(a)In child care centers providing meals to children, the following shall apply:

“Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as LPA observed expired and unlabeled food in the facility freezer, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jan 3, 2025

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