Gnomies
Gnomies is a licensed child care center in Sebastopol, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2022. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (2 of 3). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on the Licensee’s own admission on 09/04/2025 child C1 was left without staff supervision on the play yard by the garden gate. This posed an immediate health and safety risk to the child(ren) in care.
Based on interviews with current and former staff conducted between 05/02/23 and 07/25/23, it has been determined that facility staff failed to provide adequate care and supervision to a group of children playing both indoors and outdoors on more than one occasion when a group was let inside or outside without a teacher present, resulting in a lack of supervision which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 L1 stated she will conduct the staff training 08/29/23 after returning from summer break and have staff sign in to verify the training, submitting sign in sheet to LPA's on 08/30/23.
Based on interviews conducted between 05/02/23 and 07/25/23 there were uncovered electrical outlets located in two locations in the middle classroom on more than one occasion, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff do not adequately supervise children in care
Facility electrical outlets are not covered
About this center
Common questions
Does Gnomies take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Gnomies had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Gnomies?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
When was Gnomies last inspected?
Jun 7, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Gnomies cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Gnomies for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sonoma County, which includes Sebastopol, was $1,150 a month for preschoolers (about $1,450 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Gnomies?
The licensee is Animals United Movement, and the administrator listed with the state is Eden Stein.
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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 493010150 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.