Cac - Maggie Espinoza Center
Cac - Maggie Espinoza Center is a licensed child care center in Guadalupe, CA, licensed for up to 25 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1992. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 131 centers in Santa Barbara County and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Cac - Maggie Espinoza Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Cac - Maggie Espinoza Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Cac - Maggie Espinoza Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Cac - Maggie Espinoza Center compare with other daycares in Santa Barbara County?
It is tied for #1 of 131 centers in Santa Barbara County by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Cac - Maggie Espinoza Center last inspected?
Mar 5, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Cac - Maggie Espinoza Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cac - Maggie Espinoza Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Guadalupe, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Cac - Maggie Espinoza Center?
The licensee is Community Action Commission Of Santa Barbara Co., and the administrator listed with the state is Elva Quintanilla.
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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 421702506 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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