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City Sprouts Preschool

1466 38th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122 · San Francisco County
Child care center (preschool)

City Sprouts Preschool is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 26 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times and investigated 2 complaints, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #260 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 68% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 68% of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. More citations than most
Tied for #260 of 344 centers in San Francisco
1 Type A citations
3 Type B citations
5 Inspections
0 of 2 Complaints substantiated
4 citations from 9 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Dec 2, 2025

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Dec 2, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Dec 2, 2025 · Inspection · no citation Nov 15, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citation Nov 15, 2024 · Inspection · no citation Dec 7, 2023 · Inspection · citation found Nov 7, 2022 · Inspection · citation found Nov 5, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citation Oct 22, 2021 · Inspection · citation found Oct 22, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety 1
Background checks 1
Records & paperwork 1
Staff ratios 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Dec 7, 2023 Inspection Building & playground safety
Lead testing of drinking water §1597.16(a)(1)
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jan 8, 2024
Type A Nov 7, 2022 Inspection Background checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(1)
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 7, 2022
Type B Oct 22, 2021 Inspection Records & paperwork
Personnel records §101217(d)
Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [count] out of [total count] [(objects) (persons)] [identifiers] which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 5, 2021
Type B Oct 22, 2021 Inspection Staff ratios
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)(1)
Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [count] out of [total count] [(objects) (persons)] [identifiers] which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 5, 2021

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Complaint investigations

Not substantiated Dec 2, 2025 Complaint investigation received Sep 29, 2025
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiated Nov 15, 2024 Complaint investigation received Sep 9, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

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About this center

Licensed capacity 26 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Nov 21, 2019
Licensee City Sprouts Preschool, LLC
Administrator Rebecca Cullinan
Phone (415) 971-1394
State facility # 384003095
Parent reviews Google Maps reviews
Not checked by Daycare Record

Common questions

Does City Sprouts Preschool take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has City Sprouts Preschool had any serious violations?

California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 7, 2022, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about City Sprouts Preschool?

California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does City Sprouts Preschool compare with other daycares in San Francisco?

It is tied for #260 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 68% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was City Sprouts Preschool last inspected?

Dec 2, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does City Sprouts Preschool cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask City Sprouts Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $1,735 a month for preschoolers (about $2,190 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs City Sprouts Preschool?

The licensee is City Sprouts Preschool, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Rebecca Cullinan.

Licensed centers nearby

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 384003095 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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