License activeChild-care center
Santa Margarita Child Care Center
12
inspections on file
1
recorded violations
0
health & safety class
Jul 24, 2026
last inspection
Inspection history
Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division| Date | Kind | Outcome as recorded | Violations | Official record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | POC | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Complaint | Substantiated: -Staff failed to provide proper accommodation and allowed children to play outside without protective footwear; -Lack of Supervision · 1 deficiency cited | 1 | Official report · PDF |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Case Management: Incident | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Case Management: Deficiencies | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Complaint | Substantiated: - Staff did not provide day care children adequate supervision, resulting in a day care child being bitten; - Staff did not provide day care children adequate supervision, resulting in a day care child being hit | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Case Management: Incident | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Jan 6, 2023 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Complaint | Unsubstantiated | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Aug 27, 2019 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
Violations
Text reproduced verbatim · California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing DivisionHow 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.
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101223(a)(2) — Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:
“Based on observation the center did not comply with the cited above section. On August 5, 2025, LPAs observed several children playing on the outdoor cement pavement during the hot noon without their footwear. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”
Corrective action plan due Sep 30, 2025
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