Harbor-ucla Children's Development Center
Harbor-ucla Children's Development Center is a licensed child care center in Torrance, CA, licensed for up to 61 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 3 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious). 2 citations came in the last 12 months, including 2 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #36 of 41 centers in Torrance and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision(a)The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1)No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). 1 Director will re-train staff and require staff to watch the supervision in childcare centers video and have staff answer the questions included with video and introduce walkies for more support Due 09/03/2026 Supervision shall include visual observation. The facility did not comply with the section cited above during outdoor play LPA Chavies observed S1 leave playground leaving several children on an apparatus without supervision for about 2 minutes.
101223.2Discipline(a)Any form of discipline or punishment that violates a child's personal rights as specified in Section 101223 shall not be permitted regardless of authorized representative consent or authorization.The facility did not comply with the section cited above 1 Director will re-train staff and require staff to watch the personal rights of the child care centers video and have staff answer the questions included with video and introduce walkies for more support Due 09/03/2026 LPA observed C#1 and C#2 were engaging in a physical altercation and no staff member was watching. S#4 walks over and takes C#1 by the arm and walks him over to a sectioned off part of the classroom and makes C#1 sit there. S#4 stated, " No, you don't do that."
(c) A teacher-child ratio of one teacher supervising 24 napping children is permitted provided that the remaining teachers necessary to meet the overall ratio specified in Section 101216.3(a) are immediately available at the center. This poses an immedate health and 1 Director will retrain staff and explore more options for addtional coverage safety risk to children in care This requirement was not met by evidence: LPA counted 15 children to 1 staff member with 5 awake children in the Preschool classroom, 16 children to 1 staff member with 6 awake children during the allocated nap time. 8
(3) On and after January 1, 2018,a person who becomes an administrator or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training ..... (a)within the first 90 days that he or she 1 Lincensee will ensure thst current mandated reporter training is complete for sll staff and renewed every two years. Licensee provided a copy of the current mandated training certificate. is employed at the facility and shall complete renewal mandated reporter.....Based on record review and interview, the license did not comply with the section cited above. Staff#6 did not have current mandated reporter training certificate which poses a potential Health, safety and Personal Rights 8
Complaint investigations
Qualifications- Licensee does not ensure staff are qualified
About this center
Common questions
Does Harbor-ucla Children's Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Harbor-ucla Children's Development Center had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Sep 3, 2026, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Harbor-ucla Children's Development Center?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Harbor-ucla Children's Development Center compare with other daycares in Torrance?
It is tied for #36 of 41 centers in Torrance by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Harbor-ucla Children's Development Center last inspected?
May 21, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Harbor-ucla Children's Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Harbor-ucla Children's Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Torrance, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Harbor-ucla Children's Development Center?
The licensee is Knowledge Universe Education,llc., and the administrator listed with the state is Amber Bravo.
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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 197405836 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.