City of Carson Community Service Center
City of Carson Community Service Center is a licensed child care center in Carson, CA, licensed for up to 70 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, and it was substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #8 of 18 centers in Carson and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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LPA Calderon received email documentation regarding S1 statement regarding C1 and stated admits to using discipline strategy on C1 pinching child.
(d) Upon...occurrence, during the operation of...center of any of the events specified...below, a report shall be made to the Depart. by telephone or fax within... next working day...during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report containing the information specified in (d)(2)... 1 Director provided LPA with City of Carson In House Incident Report and Staff Statements. In addition, Director will submit to Licensing Via email on 10/8/24, LPA provideded the LIC624 Unusal Incident Report and Regulation on reporting requirement. below shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. The requirement was not met as evidanced by: Director Raquel during itnerviewed confirmed was unaware of Reporting Requirments and stated no written UIR sent to Licesning. Called Licensing caseload LPA on 10/2/24 and incident was reported on Thur. 9/26/24. 8
Complaint investigations
Staff pinched day care child.
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About this center
Common questions
Does City of Carson Community Service Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has City of Carson Community Service Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about City of Carson Community Service Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does City of Carson Community Service Center compare with other daycares in Carson?
It is tied for #8 of 18 centers in Carson by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was City of Carson Community Service Center last inspected?
Jun 9, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does City of Carson Community Service Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask City of Carson Community Service Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Carson, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs City of Carson Community Service Center?
The licensee is City Of Carson, and the administrator listed with the state is Raquel Rivera.
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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 191606870 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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