Saddleback Valley YMCA-tijeras Creek
Saddleback Valley YMCA-tijeras Creek is a licensed child care center in Rcho Sta Marg, CA, licensed for up to 90 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2001. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #536 of 978 centers in Orange County and has more citations per inspection than 55% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Citations, newest first
Based on interviews, the facility did not comply with the section cited above in that, a staff member withheld snack from a daycare child and spoke inappropriately to children, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that, a staff member withheld snack from a daycare child, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff withheld snack from day care child as a form of discipline
Staff speaks to children inappropriately
About this center
Common questions
Does Saddleback Valley YMCA-tijeras Creek take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Saddleback Valley YMCA-tijeras Creek had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Saddleback Valley YMCA-tijeras Creek?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Saddleback Valley YMCA-tijeras Creek compare with other daycares in Orange County?
It is tied for #536 of 978 centers in Orange County by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 55% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Saddleback Valley YMCA-tijeras Creek last inspected?
Oct 10, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Saddleback Valley YMCA-tijeras Creek cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Saddleback Valley YMCA-tijeras Creek for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Rcho Sta Marg, was $820 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Saddleback Valley YMCA-tijeras Creek?
The licensee is YMCA Of Orange County, and the administrator listed with the state is Mayra Reynoso.
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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 304270708 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.