Albion Street Early Education Center
A day care center in Los Angeles, California 90031
348 South Ave. 18, Los Angeles, California 90031. (323) 221-1798.
What California’s list coversNo small family homes
Child care centers, and family child care homes licensed for more than eight children: the files California’s Community Care Licensing Division publishes. Smaller family child care homes, for eight children or fewer, aren’t in those files, so they aren’t here yet.
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The short answer
Record last released by California Department of Social Services on Nov 1, 2026.
- 5 citations in the last three years
- 2 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Feb 112026 the latest visit on record
- 115 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
9 visits in the last three years, 2 of them inspections.
5 citations in the last three years, from California’s reports of each visit.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
California Department of Social Services, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
When those citations happened
5 citations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Type A. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each citation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
California Department of Social Services, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 11, 2026: case Management - Incident UNANNOUNCED1 citation
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1012239a)(1) Personal Rights To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons.
Jan 8, 2026: case Management - Incident UNANNOUNCED1 citation
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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, Supervision shall include visual observation.
May 19, 2025: case Management - Incident UNANNOUNCED1 citation
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101223 Personal Rights: (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:(2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs.
Jun 27, 2024: required - 3 Year UNANNOUNCED2 citations
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Reporting Requirements (b) The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director’s absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s).
“Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that facility did not inform the department of the Principal change within 10 days, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
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Food Service (19) All food shall be protected against contamination. Contaminated food shall be discarded immediately.
“Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that LPA’s observed a box of expired milk and a box of expired yougurt which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2026 | Inspection | No citations in its report |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Other visit | 1 citation: 0 Type A, 1 Type B |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Other visit | 1 citation: 0 Type A, 1 Type B |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Other visit | 1 citation: 1 Type A, 0 Type B |
| May 22, 2025 | Other visit | No citations in its report |
| May 19, 2025 | Other visit | 1 citation: 1 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Other visit | No citations in its report |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Inspection | 2 citations: 0 Type A, 2 Type B |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Other visit | No citations in its report |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, first licensed Mar 21, 1994.
- Licensed for 115 children.
- Licence 191890273.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has California acted against it?
- No complaints in the last three years.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who does the caring?
- California doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Who owns it?
- Licensed to Lausd/Early Childhood Education.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
How is it rated?
- California’s file has no quality rating.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 6295 child care providers in Los Angeles County, the middle value for citations in the last three years was 0; this one had 5.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Citations in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Jardin De Ninos Infant Care Center | 2 |
| Albion Street Early Education Center This child care provider | 5 |
| Gates Street Early Education Center | 5 |
| Jardin De Ninos Child Care Center | 3 |
| Placita De Ninos | 7 |
| Gates Street Elementary School Cspp Room 5 | 0 |
| Amistad Preschool | 0 |
| Talamantes Family Child Care | 0 |
| Mendoza Family Child Care | 9 |
| Latona El Cspp | 1 |
| Griffin Avenue Head Start/Preschool | 0 |
| Dorris Place Elementary Cspp | 2 |
What the record doesn’t say
- California grades citations Type A (an immediate risk to health, safety or personal rights) or Type B (a potential risk).
- This page shows California’s records from the last three years.
- California doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Sources
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California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Child care centers (ChildCareCenters11012026.csv).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly. Considered in the public domain (California Department of Social Services).
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California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports.
Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Considered in the public domain (California Department of Social Services).
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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