Say San Diego Early Childhood Center - Infant
Say San Diego Early Childhood Center - Infant is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 12 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for records & paperwork (2 of 4). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #218 of 307 centers in San Diego and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
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... 1 Director stated she would submit LIC624 Unusual Incident Report for additional covids not reported during month of June 2022 and also will submit a written statement that facility will follow reporting requirement protocols for Licensing for every known case of covid-19 in the facility (staff and enrolled children) until otherwise directed by the Department. Based upon staff interviews and documents received, the licensee did not ensure that all known covid positive cases at the facility, during the month of June 2022, were reported to Licensing which posed a potential risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care. 8 Please send LIC624 report and written statement directly to LPA Lane at: Keturah.Lane@dss.ca.gov by 9/23/22.
Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above and two baby rockers were observed (and in use) in the classroom which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in two children's files which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in logging 15-minute checks of children under the age of 2 years while sleeping which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Does Say San Diego Early Childhood Center - Infant take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Say San Diego Early Childhood Center - Infant had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 9, 2021, for infant fixtures, furniture and equipment. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Say San Diego Early Childhood Center - Infant?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Say San Diego Early Childhood Center - Infant compare with other daycares in San Diego?
It is tied for #218 of 307 centers in San Diego by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Say San Diego Early Childhood Center - Infant last inspected?
Aug 13, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Say San Diego Early Childhood Center - Infant cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Say San Diego Early Childhood Center - Infant for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes San Diego, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Say San Diego Early Childhood Center - Infant?
The licensee is Social Advocates For Youth, San Diego, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Maggie Lovell.
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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 376105005 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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