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Safari Kid San Mateo

521 E 5th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94402 · San Mateo County (408) 771-8292 License #414004532
19
inspections on file
5
recorded violations
0
health & safety class
Jul 15, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
Inspection history for Safari Kid San Mateo
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Jul 15, 2026Case Management: Deficiencies1 Type B deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
May 8, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Jan 12, 2026POCNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Jan 12, 2026ComplaintUnsubstantiated0Official report · PDF
Dec 23, 2025POCNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Dec 23, 2025ComplaintUnsubstantiated0Official report · PDF
Dec 23, 2025ComplaintUnsubstantiated · 1 deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
Dec 2, 2025ComplaintUnsubstantiated0Official report · PDF
Dec 2, 2025Case Management: Deficiencies1 Type B deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
Oct 10, 2025POCNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Oct 2, 2025ComplaintSubstantiated: Staff handled day care child in a rough manner · 1 deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
Aug 20, 2025ComplaintUnsubstantiated0Official report · PDF
Jul 9, 2025POCNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Jun 23, 2025ComplaintSubstantiated: Staff did not maintain a proper teacher-child ratio · 1 deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
Jan 24, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Nov 16, 2023POCNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Nov 13, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Oct 27, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Oct 15, 2021InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
How 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.

Jul 15, 2026Case Management: Deficiencies · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101212(d)(1)(E) — Reporting Requirements:

“At 11:25AM. Based on information obtained; LPA confirmed facility did not report outbreak of communicable illness to the department. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jul 22, 2026
Dec 23, 2025Complaint · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101223(a)(1) — Personal Rights: (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:

“Based on evidence collected, LPA determined staff spoke appropriately to day care child. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jan 14, 2026
Dec 2, 2025Case Management: Deficiencies · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101238(b)(1) — All children shall be protected against hazards within the center through provision of the following:

“At 10:15AM., Based on observation, LPA confirmed non-griping step stools (4) located in children bathrooms. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Dec 5, 2025
Oct 2, 2025Complaint · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101223(a)(3) — Personal Rights: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat,…

“Based on evidence collected, LPA determined facility staff handled daycare child in a rough manner. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Oct 13, 2025
Jun 23, 2025Complaint · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
HSC 1596.955(a)(5) — (4) The maximum group size, with two teachers, or one fully qualified teacher and one aide, does not exceed toddlers.

“At 11:11AM., Based on observation, record review, and interview, LPA observed toddler classroom operating beyond the maximum group size (16 children), during classroom instruction. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jun 30, 2025

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