Hope Street Friends · Infant Center, Los Angeles
Hope Street Friends is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 22 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times. The state issued 2 citations, both of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #263 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 68% of California licensed centers.
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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 states all staff will be retrainined on transitioing children from indoor/outdoor. New procedures will be implemented to make sure no child is left behind. Director will submit to the department a list of teachers signatures and training agendas covered during retraining by the POC date of 10.10.23 Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as Disclosures were made verifying that a child was left unattended by staff on the outdoor play ground. This is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8
Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met as Disclosures were made verifying that children 1 Director states they will put in place a double verfication meaning that 2 differnet staff members will verfy the bottle to the child. A log will be put in place to monitor the bottles being given. Director will submit a written document procedures that are now in place and changes that will occur regarding were given the wrong bottle on two seperate occassions, This is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 verfication of childrens bottles. POC date of 10.10.23
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Common questions
Does Hope Street Friends take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Hope Street Friends had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Oct 5, 2023, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Hope Street Friends compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #263 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 68% 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 $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 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 198020720 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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