East Center

154 N. Gage, Los Angeles, CA 90063 · Los Angeles County

ClosedSchool-age child care center

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of May 10, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

East Center was a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 29 children. Its license closed around May 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

1Type B citations

1Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety1

Citations, newest first

Type BJan 20, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety

Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the directive above, as one outlet (outlet used for drinking water)out of eight outlets tested with an Action Level Exceedance (ALE). This poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care. 8 The facility will provide a written statement on their plan to continue to ensure that the water sources will not be used as a drinking source by the POC date of 03/20/2023.

Plan of correction due Jan 20, 2023

About this center

Licensed capacity29 children

License typeSchool-age child care center

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceJun 18, 1994

ClosedMay 10, 2023

LicenseeAbilityfirst

Last administratorMonica Alcantar

State facility #191871195

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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 191871195 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.