City of El Cerrito Comm. Svcs. - Harding Park
City of El Cerrito Comm. Svcs. - Harding Park is a licensed child care center in El Cerrito, CA, licensed for up to 50 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1988. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, which was not Type A. It came more than 12 months ago. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #7 of 13 centers in El Cerrito and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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Licensee shall maintain a lead value at or below the Action Level of 5 ppb in all outlets subject to the testing requirements of these Written Directives, for the health and safety of children in care. 1 The facility has replaced both sink fountains in classroom A & B. No plan of Correction is needed. Based on record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as there was a sink fountain in classroom B had a lead exceedance, which poses a potential Health and Safety risk to persons in care. 8
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Common questions
Does City of El Cerrito Comm. Svcs. - Harding Park take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has City of El Cerrito Comm. Svcs. - Harding Park had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does City of El Cerrito Comm. Svcs. - Harding Park compare with other daycares in El Cerrito?
It is tied for #7 of 13 centers in El Cerrito by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was City of El Cerrito Comm. Svcs. - Harding Park last inspected?
Mar 10, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does City of El Cerrito Comm. Svcs. - Harding Park cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask City of El Cerrito Comm. Svcs. - Harding Park for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes El Cerrito, was $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs City of El Cerrito Comm. Svcs. - Harding Park?
The licensee is City Of El Cerrito Community Services Department, and the administrator listed with the state is Eden O'Brien Brenner.
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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 070209620 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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