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Licensed daycares in 90040Los Angeles, CA

There are 4 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 90040, with a combined licensed capacity of 235 children. Together they have been cited for 6 violations across 24 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.25 violations per inspection, which is below the Los Angeles average of 0.38.

One provider has a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is caregiver-to-child ratio (3 citations), followed by health and medication (2). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division and links back to the state's own document.

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Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Volunteers Of America, Commerce Head Start

Center · Capacity 23 · 5102 KINSIE STREET · Last inspected Feb 4, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

3 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Ymca Montebello-Commerce Preschool & Child Dev.

Center · Capacity 116 · 2353 S. COMMERCE WAY · Last inspected Jun 22, 2026

1 violationActive
Childtime Childrens's Center

Center · Capacity 24 · 4820 S. EASTERN AVE. SUITE #F · Last inspected Jan 12, 2026

2 violationsActive
Childtime Children's Center

Center · Capacity 72 · 4820 S. EASTERN AVENUE #F · Last inspected Apr 7, 2026

3 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 90040

Caregiver-to-child ratio is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

2

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

3

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

Data synced from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division on Jul 8, 2026. Source records · Report an error