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Pine Tree Preschool

311 S. Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90020 · Los Angeles County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Apr 15, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Pine Tree Preschool was a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 63 children. Its license closed around April 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 substantiated, and issued 4 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
4Type B citations
2Inspections
0 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Oct 23, 2024 · Inspection · no citationOct 11, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundMay 23, 2023 · Inspection · citation foundFeb 10, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety3
Health & medication1

Citations, newest first

Type BOct 11, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)
Per Director, she will replace the faucet that had the Lead exceedance and will schedule a retest. Assistant director covered the outlet to make it inacessible to children and placed a do not use sign. LPA took pictures. Director will submit proof of retest and replacement of faucet to LPA by
Plan of correction due Nov 9, 2023
Type BOct 11, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Lead testing of drinking water §1597.16(a)(1)
Per Director, facility will not use the kitchen faucet to rinse off fruits and will schedule a lead test. Assistant director covered the kitchen faucet to make it inacessible and to avoid using it to rinse off fruit and placed a do not use sign. LPA took pictures. Director will submit proof of lead test to LPA by
Plan of correction due Nov 9, 2023
Type BMay 23, 2023InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Lead testing of drinking water §1597.16(a)(1)
Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in facility has not tested for LEAD which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 23, 2023
Type BMay 23, 2023InspectionHealth & medication
Staff immunizations §1596.7995(a)(1)
Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in S2 is missing proof of MMR, Tdap and influenza vaccine or declination letter, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 23, 2023

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedFeb 10, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Nov 7, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity63 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceMay 19, 2016
ClosedApr 15, 2025
LicenseeZhhl Corp.
Last administratorYeni Portillo-lemus
State facility #198018831

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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 198018831 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.