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California · Santa Monica · 90405

First Step

2650 Second Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405 · Los Angeles County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 27, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

First Step was a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 42 children. Its license closed around August 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 2 complaints, 0 substantiated, with no citations. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
0Type B citations
1Inspections
0 of 2Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Aug 28, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationFeb 7, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationAug 11, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedAug 28, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Jun 21, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiatedFeb 7, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Nov 13, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity42 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceOct 30, 1995
ClosedAug 27, 2024
LicenseeIna Sinsheimer
Last administratorIna Sinsheimer
State facility #191601620

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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 191601620 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.