The Lucia Rivera Early Learning Center
The Lucia Rivera Early Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2017. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 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 495 centers in Los Angeles and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does The Lucia Rivera Early Learning Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has The Lucia Rivera Early Learning Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does The Lucia Rivera Early Learning Center compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #1 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was The Lucia Rivera Early Learning Center last inspected?
Jan 21, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does The Lucia Rivera Early Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Lucia Rivera Early Learning Center 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 The Lucia Rivera Early Learning Center?
The licensee is California Children's Academy, and the administrator listed with the state is Monica Barahona.
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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 198019116 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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