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Play Factory

9723 Garibaldi Ave., Temple City, CA 91780 · Los Angeles County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 12, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Play Factory was a licensed child care center in Temple City, CA, licensed for up to 74 children. Its license closed around August 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 4 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 7 citations, 4 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

4Type A citations
3Type B citations
4Inspections
1 of 2Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Aug 15, 2025 · Inspection · no citationApr 28, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citationNov 21, 2024 · Inspection · no citationNov 15, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationOct 24, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundSep 26, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationMay 2, 2024 · Inspection · citation foundMay 15, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationMay 15, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundMar 8, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationFeb 3, 2022 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Background checks3
Training & qualifications2
Caregiver conduct1
Health & medication1

Citations, newest first

Type AOct 24, 2024Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
Based on interviews, S11 has been observed by staff to violate personal rights of children in care in three different occassions.This is an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 25, 2024
Type BMay 2, 2024InspectionHealth & medication
Health-related services §101226(e)(3)(A)
Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above 3 of 5 stored medications had expiration dates that had passed, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 3, 2024
Type AMay 15, 2023Case management visit (deficiencies)Background checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(1)
Per Director, a exemption request packet was mailed on March 25, 2020 however, will follow up on 05/16/2023 with the DPSS-Caregiver Background check Bureau to obtain an update regarding exemption approval or denial to ensure Staff #1 is cleared to be at the facility. During LPA's visit at 2:45 pm, staff #1 left the facility. LPA's record review and Director interview disclosure that Staff #1- Alexandra Ragos has criminal record exemption needed since February 21, 2020. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Plan of correction due May 15, 2023
Type AMay 15, 2023Case management visit (deficiencies)Training & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(i)(2)
During LPAs inspection, during records review LPA observed the LIC 9182 & LIC 508 forms complete for Staff #2 & Staff #3, however no proof was provided that documents were submitted to the department for processing. During LPA's inspection LPA called the Regional Office and determined through DSS Guardian Background Check System and Licensing Information System (LIS) that Staff #2 & Staff #3 are both fingerprint cleared; however, they are not associated to the facility. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 LPA was provided assistance via telephone from regional office to associate Staff #2 and #3 during this inspection. Per Director moving forward she will ensure staff are associated to the facility prior to employment.
Plan of correction due May 15, 2023
Type AFeb 3, 2022InspectionBackground checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of nine staff file review which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 4, 2022
Type BFeb 3, 2022InspectionBackground checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(2)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of nine staff file review which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 4, 2022
Type BFeb 3, 2022InspectionTraining & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(2)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in two out of nine staff file review which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 18, 2022

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedOct 24, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Sep 3, 2024
Substantiated allegations:
Staff mishandled the daycare children while in care
Staff behavior poses as a risk to the daycare children
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedMar 8, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Jan 27, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity74 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceSep 7, 1993
ClosedAug 12, 2025
LicenseePlayfactory Pre-school
Last administratorWendy Veas
State facility #191502175

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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 191502175 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.