A Special Place
A Special Place is a licensed child care center in Santa Rosa, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1990. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #41 of 52 centers in Santa Rosa and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Children exit the classroom into a hallway to go outside. The first door on the left of the hallway is a storage closet and was closed, but did not have a lock or child safety lock on the door, making the cleaners inside accessible to children, which posed a potential health, safety risk to persons in care.
Based on self reported record, C1 left the center without supervision on 10/26/23 and was found by a neighbor and D1 in the unfenced facility driveway/parking lot that leads to the street. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to the children in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does A Special Place take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has A Special Place had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 7, 2023, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does A Special Place compare with other daycares in Santa Rosa?
It is tied for #41 of 52 centers in Santa Rosa by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was A Special Place last inspected?
Feb 27, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does A Special Place cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask A Special Place for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sonoma County, which includes Santa Rosa, was $1,150 a month for preschoolers (about $1,450 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs A Special Place?
The licensee is YWCA Of Sonoma County, and the administrator listed with the state is Erika Araiza.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 490110022 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.