The Growing Place, Ocean Park
The Growing Place, Ocean Park is a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 100 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 37 centers in Santa Monica and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does The Growing Place, Ocean Park take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has The Growing Place, Ocean Park had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does The Growing Place, Ocean Park compare with other daycares in Santa Monica?
It is tied for #1 of 37 centers in Santa Monica by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was The Growing Place, Ocean Park last inspected?
Apr 29, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does The Growing Place, Ocean Park cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Growing Place, Ocean Park for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Growing Place, Ocean Park?
The licensee is Growing Place-a Child Development Center, The, and the administrator listed with the state is Losmeiya Huang.
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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 191671677 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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