Golden Poppy Preschool & Infant Center · Child Care Center, San Diego
Golden Poppy Preschool & Infant Center is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 186 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. All 2 came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
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Based on received review and interviews staff is not consistently documenting safe sleep for infants ages 0-2 years old. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Based on record and file review, S1 & S2 fingerprint were not associated to the facility. S1 has been employed since 9/18/24 & S2 has been employed in 4/14/25.
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Common questions
Has Golden Poppy Preschool & Infant Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Golden Poppy Preschool & Infant Center?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
When was Golden Poppy Preschool & Infant Center last inspected?
Mar 16, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Golden Poppy Preschool & Infant Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Golden Poppy Preschool & Infant Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes San Diego, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today), $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) and $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Golden Poppy Preschool & Infant Center?
The licensee is Bayati Enterprises LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Monique Reycasa.
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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 376105182 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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