Home California Santa Cruz ZIP 95065

Licensed daycares in 95065Santa Cruz, CA

There are 10 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 95065 — 6 licensed centers and 4 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 16 violations across 32 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.50 violations per inspection, which is below the Santa Cruz average of 0.60.

4 providers have 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 supervision (7 citations), followed by health and medication (5). 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.

Compare all 10 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

4 providers.

Bonilla, Irene

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jun 11, 2026

0 violationsActive
Ckc Santa Cruz Gardens

Center · Capacity 65 · 8005 WINKLE AVENUE · Last inspected Nov 19, 2025

0 violationsActive
Rinaldi, Tammy Loree

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected May 11, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Coughlin, Wendi

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Apr 25, 2025

1 violationActive
De La Veaga Ckc Inc.

Center · Capacity 250 · 1145 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD · Last inspected May 11, 2026

2 violationsActive
L'academy Preschool Santa Cruz

Center · Capacity 38 · 3205 SALISBURY DRIVE · Last inspected Mar 16, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

2 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Ckc Children's Center

Center · Capacity 42 · 8005 WINKLE AVENUE · Last inspected Nov 19, 2025

5 violationsActive
L'academy Preschool Santa Cruz

Center · Capacity 13 · 3205 SALISBURY DRIVE · Last inspected Mar 16, 2026

4 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 95065

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

1

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

2

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

3

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

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