Cliff Drive Care Center · Preschool, Santa Barbara
Cliff Drive Care Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Barbara, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. 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 48 centers in Santa Barbara and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Cliff Drive Care Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Cliff Drive Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Cliff Drive Care Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Cliff Drive Care Center compare with other daycares in Santa Barbara?
It is tied for #1 of 48 centers in Santa Barbara by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Cliff Drive Care Center last inspected?
Jun 25, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Cliff Drive Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cliff Drive Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Santa Barbara, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Cliff Drive Care Center?
The licensee is Cliff Drive Care Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Jenny Yznaga.
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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 421700073 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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