Mr. Rob's Place
Mr. Rob's Place is a licensed child care center in Santa Barbara, CA, licensed for up to 49 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2016. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 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 48 centers in Santa Barbara and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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About this center
Common questions
Does Mr. Rob's Place take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Mr. Rob's Place had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Mr. Rob's Place compare with other daycares in Santa Barbara?
It is tied for #1 of 48 centers in Santa Barbara by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Mr. Rob's Place last inspected?
Aug 19, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Mr. Rob's Place cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Mr. Rob's Place for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Santa Barbara, was $861 a month for school-age children (about $1,090 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Mr. Rob's Place?
The licensee is Lauderdale,robert, and the administrator listed with the state is Robert Lauderdale.
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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 426215280 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.