Santa Margarita Child Care Center
Day Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since Jan 21, 1993
GoldiCheck · State record
6 Type B violations in the last 3 year(s)
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 A — none in lookback
- Type B6
All violations
6 violations shown
Type B(6)
Reporting Requirements — Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in The Director Arleen Uryu was not present and has not been present at the facility since approximately February 2026 and November 2025 accroding to staff which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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.
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirment was not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the center did not comply with the section cited above. The center did not provide sufficient supervision, which led to the child climbing on the roughly four-foot bookshelf and jumping down. LPAs observed this during the inspection. Failing to provide adequate supervision to meet the needs of children in care poses a potential health and safety risk for them.
Mandated reporter training — Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Staff did not complete Mandated Reporter Training, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Personnel Requirements — Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Staff did not have completed Health Screening Report in their files which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision — Based on investigation by the LPA, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, which poses a potential health and safety risk to children 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 #210111549).