Sinai Temple Akiba Pre-school

10400 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024 · Los Angeles County

Child care center (preschool)

Sinai Temple Akiba Pre-school is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 259 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough history California has inspected this center once since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

1 Type A citations

1 Type B citations

1 Inspections

0 of 1 Complaints substantiated

2 citations from 7 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · none in the last 12 months · last inspected Jan 11, 2023

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision 1

Building & playground safety 1

Citations, newest first

Type A Feb 7, 2025 Case management visit (incident) Supervision

Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)

(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary... (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the...Supervision shall include visual observation. This Requirement has not been met as evidence by Director will have a staff meeting and discuss the supervsison expectations. Facility will submit to LPA via email a copy of the staff meetings agenda and what was discussed. Based on interviews with staff there was no supervison provided, to the child that was injured. This poses a potential health, saftey, or personal rights risk to the children in care.

Plan of correction due Feb 21, 2025

Type B May 3, 2023 Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance) Building & playground safety

Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)

Based on observation, interview and record review, facility has seven water outlets (OO), (RR), (KK), (VV), (J), (F), and (XX) with lead exceedances, which poses a potential Health or Safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 5 water fountains OO, RR, KK, J, and F have been replaced, are not in use, and are pending retesting. Facility agrees to have outlets retested by 05/31/23.

Plan of correction due May 31, 2023

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Complaint investigations

Not substantiated Feb 9, 2026 Complaint investigation received Nov 10, 2025

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

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About this center

Licensed capacity 259 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Licensed

Licensed since Feb 18, 1994

Licensee Sinai Temple

Administrator Sarah Klinger

Phone (310) 481-3270

State facility # 191690081

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Common questions

Does Sinai Temple Akiba Pre-school take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Sinai Temple Akiba Pre-school had any serious violations?

California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Feb 7, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about Sinai Temple Akiba Pre-school?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

When was Sinai Temple Akiba Pre-school last inspected?

Jan 11, 2023. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Sinai Temple Akiba Pre-school cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Sinai Temple Akiba Pre-school 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 Sinai Temple Akiba Pre-school?

The licensee is Sinai Temple, and the administrator listed with the state is Sarah Klinger.

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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 191690081 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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