Golden City Child Development Center INC. · Infant Center, Carson
Golden City Child Development Center INC. is a licensed child care center in Carson, CA, licensed for up to 10 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2016. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 8 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #17 of 18 centers in Carson and has more citations per inspection than 94% of California licensed centers.
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Upon arrival at 12:20pm, LPA observed an adult in the office that was not fingerprinted. Adult stated they were present 1 Adult left right away and director stated they will get fingerprint. Per director, adult will not return until there fingerprinted. to have lunch and do maintenance. Director stated at 12:40pm, that the adult only comes once a month. his poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. At 11:00am, LPA walked into the infant with director and observe an infant alone on the swing. Photo was taken. While staff was in the nap room with 8 infants/toddlers which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Director stated that infants and toddlers are always together and they share the rooms which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Director stated that infants and toddlers are always together and they share the rooms.
Based on observation and interview the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review and interview the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Nine out of nine children files did not contain an infant sleep log which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Staff #1 and Staff #2 is cleared but not associated to the facility, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in six children missing on sign in and out sheet which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Golden City Child Development Center INC. take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Golden City Child Development Center INC. had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Mar 27, 2025, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Golden City Child Development Center INC. compare with other daycares in Carson?
It is #17 of 18 centers in Carson by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 94% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Golden City Child Development Center INC. last inspected?
Mar 6, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Golden City Child Development Center INC. cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Golden City Child Development Center INC. for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Carson, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Golden City Child Development Center INC.?
The licensee is Golden City Child Development Center INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Angelica Herrera.
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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 198019066 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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