Garden Pathways Downtown Education Center
Infant Center · Licensed · Licensed since Aug 9, 2012
GoldiCheck · State record
Type A finding — CCLD's most serious violation grade: CCR 101229(a)(1) +1 more (Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision — 2 infants left the multipurpose room for approximately 5-10 minutes without staff knowing the infants had left and did not know how the infants got out. This poses an immediate health and safety risk in that the licensee shall ensure that children are afforded adequate supervision while in care 89) from 2024-12-12
Changes which findings count toward the tier.
Violations by severity
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 A2
- Type B2
All violations
4 violations shown
Type A(2)
Personal Rights — Interviewees reported that Staff #1 used a toy bell to strike an infant in the face and pushed a table while an infant was behind it, causing the infant’s head to hit the wall. Additionally, during classroom observations, LPAs Xona Xayavong and Valentin Hernandez observed Staff #1 (S1) grab Child #1’s (C1) left forearm and pull C1 into a seated position in a chair in a rough manner. LPAs then observed S1 sit next to C1 and physically prevent C1 from standing up. Furthermore, interviewees revealed that S1 would grab infants by the triceps and squeeze when they tried to run away during transitions between different areas of the facility. Interviewees also reported that S1 pinches infants on the forearm when they attempt to get up during lunch. This poses a risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision — 2 infants left the multipurpose room for approximately 5-10 minutes without staff knowing the infants had left and did not know how the infants got out. This poses an immediate health and safety risk in that the licensee shall ensure that children are afforded adequate supervision while in care 89
Type B(2)
Criminal background check — During file review Staff #5 and #1 were fingerprinted but was not transferred to the facility. This poses a potential threat to the health and safety or personal rights to persons in care.
Sign In and Sign Out — Based on record review, six out of the 15 children in care were not signed in. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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.
🔴 Serious concerns — any of:
- The license is on probation — CCLD requires the facility to comply with specific terms and conditions to prevent revocation of its license
- 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
🟡 Watch carefully — 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
🟢 Clean
Actively licensed, with no violations in your lookback window.
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 moves a facility to Serious concerns, 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 #153808748).