Hope Street Friends · Preschool, Los Angeles
Hope Street Friends is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #247 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.
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interviews conducted from staff and children determined that the incident regarding 1 Director state she had an all staff trainnng on 10.9.2023 regarding Mandated Reporting and Positive Child Guidance. Director provided the department wth the training agenda and copies of the staff who attened sign in and out sheets of who attended trainings Child #2, was pulled by the wrist in an inapproperiate way while being transitioned to another classroom, by a staff member. This is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 Staff member involved was terminated from facility.
Based on staff file review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, LPA observed that 1 out of 6 staff members have a current Mandated Reporter certificates on file. which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Hope Street Friends take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Hope Street Friends had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Oct 11, 2023, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Hope Street Friends compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #247 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Hope Street Friends last inspected?
May 29, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Hope Street Friends cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Hope Street Friends for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Hope Street Friends?
The licensee is Kindercare Education At Work LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Ana Martinez.
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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 198020719 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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