Pueblo de Esperanza Child Care Center · Preschool, Los Angeles
Pueblo de Esperanza Child Care Center is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2008. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, none of them Type A. All 3 came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #263 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interviews and evidence reviewed, Staff 1 was involved in an argument in the presence of napping children, posing a potential risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care
no records of incident regarding verbal alercation between Staff and parent was reported to the department posing a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care
Campus Supervisor Maria Aguilar states that they will review the report, and determine how to make the area safe to prevent further injury of the children on or before the plan of correction date, 11/14/2025. Facility did not have cushioning to prevent medical injury of one out eleven day care children which posed a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
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Common questions
Does Pueblo de Esperanza Child Care Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Pueblo de Esperanza Child Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Pueblo de Esperanza Child Care Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Pueblo de Esperanza Child Care Center compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #263 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Pueblo de Esperanza Child Care Center last inspected?
Oct 15, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Pueblo de Esperanza Child Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Pueblo de Esperanza Child Care 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 Pueblo de Esperanza Child Care Center?
The licensee is California Children's Academy, and the administrator listed with the state is Karen Pinedo.
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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 198013939 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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