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Type A finding — CCLD's most serious violation grade: CCR 101223(a)(2) (Personal Rights — Based on interview and document reviewed, a 3-year old child was taken to emergency and received stitches. A fish tank that was placed on top of play refrigerator fell on top of child. It was noted that the refrigerator was not safely braced to the wall. LPAs also observed several shelves and aquariums that were not anchored to the wall.) from 2025-03-17

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Type A citations mean an immediate risk to health, safety, or personal rights; Type B citations mean a violation that could become one if not corrected. This grading is assigned by CCLD, not GoldiCheck.

  • Type A1
  • Type B3

All visits

Total 8 visits
  • 1 Annual inspection
  • 4 Complaint investigations
  • 3 Other visits
2 with citationsmost recent Jul 27, 2026

All violations

4 violations shown (3 outside lookback window)

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Type A(1)
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CCR 101223(a)(2)Other visit

Personal Rights — Based on interview and document reviewed, a 3-year old child was taken to emergency and received stitches. A fish tank that was placed on top of play refrigerator fell on top of child. It was noted that the refrigerator was not safely braced to the wall. LPAs also observed several shelves and aquariums that were not anchored to the wall.

Mar 17, 2025
Type B(3)
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CCR 101174(d)Annual inspection

Disaster and Mass Casualty Plan — Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above they have not done a drill since 10/25 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Jul 27, 2026
CCR 101212Other visit

Reporting Requirements — Based on interview, Site Director Amber Guttierez was promoted to a Director position sometime in 2024. Licensee failed to report this changed to the department.

Mar 17, 2025
CCR 101170Other visit

Criminal Record Clearance — Based on record review, licensee failed to associate a staff to the facility. It is noted that this staff is a volunteer who works more than 16 hours per week.

Mar 17, 2025
How we rate this daycareCalifornia CCLD records›

California pre-grades every violation itself: Type A means an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights; Type B means a violation that, if not corrected, could become that same immediate risk. We never escalate above the state's own grade.

🟢 No recent citation

Actively licensed, with no violations in your lookback window.

🟡 Citation — any of:

  • A Type B violation is on record — CCLD's own lesser-risk grade, meaning a violation that, if not corrected, could become an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights

🔴 Serious citation — any of:

  • A Type A violation is on record — CCLD's own most serious grade, meaning an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights

⚫ Adverse license status — any of:

  • The license is on probation — CCLD requires the facility to comply with specific terms and conditions to prevent revocation of its license

⚪ Not rated by the record

  • Inactive license: The license is not in active standing.
  • No visits on record: Actively licensed, but CCLD has published no visit report for this facility.

Worth knowing: California's public records don't always say whether a specific violation was later fixed, so we don't discount a Type A's severity by guessing at correction status — CCLD's own definition notes a Type A citation "will always be issued, even if the violation is corrected on the spot." A single Type A marks a facility Serious citation, matching CCLD's own grading directly.

Data sourced from California CCLD (CCLD Facility Search). Last updated: Sep 14, 2026. GoldiCheck is not affiliated with CCLD. Always verify with the CCLD Facility Search record (search Facility #376701228).

Children's Choice Academy — inspection record · Lakeside, CA