Joy Picus CDC/Mount Washington Ps & CCC · Preschool, Los Angeles
Joy Picus CDC/Mount Washington Ps & CCC 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 2009. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for building & playground safety (2 of 3). 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 57% of California licensed centers.
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(6) Menus shall be in writing and shall be posted at least one week in advance in an area accessible for review by the child's authorized representative. Copies of the menus as served shall be dated...This 1 Per Director, prior to LPA leaving 4/12/24 a snack menu will be posted and a copy of menu will be sent to LPA via email. A written plan will be submitted to LPA on how they can ensure menus are being posted accordingly by POC date. Based on observation, record review and interviews, LPA did not observe snack menus posted and it was disclosed by S#1-S#3 that snack menus are not posted accordingly, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
LPA observed in the Toddler 2 Room, the area near the doorway that leads outdoors, needs to be cleaned. It is noticeably dirty. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
LPA observed that there are several plastic pipe covers that are cracked and they are accessible to children. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
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Common questions
Does Joy Picus CDC/Mount Washington Ps & CCC take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Joy Picus CDC/Mount Washington Ps & CCC had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Joy Picus CDC/Mount Washington Ps & CCC?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Joy Picus CDC/Mount Washington Ps & CCC 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 57% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Joy Picus CDC/Mount Washington Ps & CCC last inspected?
Jul 16, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Joy Picus CDC/Mount Washington Ps & CCC cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Joy Picus CDC/Mount Washington Ps & CCC 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 Joy Picus CDC/Mount Washington Ps & CCC?
The licensee is Mount Washington Preschool & CCC, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Diane Walker.
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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 198015239 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.