My First Place - Preschool
My First Place - Preschool is a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 20 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Common questions
Does My First Place - Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has My First Place - Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
When was My First Place - Preschool last inspected?
Jan 24, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does My First Place - Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask My First Place - Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs My First Place - Preschool?
The licensee is Activity Place, LLC, The, and the administrator listed with the state is Gabriela Ruiz.
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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 197494097 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.