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Mount St. Mary's Child Development Center

10 Chester Place, Los Angeles, CA 90007 · Los Angeles County
Child care center (preschool)

Mount St. Mary's Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 74 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. 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 #347 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 79%of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. More citations than most
Tied for #347 of 495 centers in Los Angeles
1Type A citations
1Type B citations
2Inspections
0 of 1Complaints substantiated
2 citations from 5 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Aug 2, 2024

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Aug 2, 2024 · Inspection · citation foundJun 16, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationJun 16, 2022 · Inspection · no citationJun 16, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationMay 23, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety1
Background checks1

Citations, newest first

Type BAug 2, 2024InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Carbon monoxide detectors §1596.954
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Aug 9, 2024
Type AMay 23, 2022Case management visit (other)Background checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(1)
Based on LPA observation at 4:04 p.m. staff 1 does not have a background clearace which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due May 23, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedJun 16, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Apr 7, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

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About this center

Licensed capacity74 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceSep 3, 1994
LicenseeMount Saint Mary's College
AdministratorWendy Galan
Phone(213) 477-2977
State facility #191870874

Common questions

Does Mount St. Mary's Child Development Center take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Mount St. Mary's Child Development Center had any serious violations?

California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on May 23, 2022, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about Mount St. Mary's Child Development Center?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Mount St. Mary's Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?

It is tied for #347 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Mount St. Mary's Child Development Center last inspected?

Aug 2, 2024. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.

How much does Mount St. Mary's Child Development Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Mount St. Mary's Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Mount St. Mary's Child Development Center?

The licensee is Mount Saint Mary's College, and the administrator listed with the state is Wendy Galan.

Licensed centers nearby

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 191870874 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.