Smalltrans Bears
111 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612 · Alameda County
ClosedInfant center
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Mar 11, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.
Smalltrans Bears was a licensed child care center in Oakland, CA, licensed for up to 40 children. Its license closed around March 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 3 complaints, 2 substantiated, and issued 11 citations, 5 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
5Type A citations
6Type B citations
1Inspections
2 of 3Complaints substantiated
Every state visit
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits
What inspectors cited most
Building & playground safety3
Records & paperwork3
Background checks1
Training & qualifications1
Caregiver conduct1
Staff ratios1
Supervision1
Citations, newest first
Type AJul 18, 2024Complaint investigationBackground checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(1)
Based on interviews and pictures, Kayla Humphreys worked and provided care to children prior to having a criminal background clearance, which is an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024
Type AJul 18, 2024Complaint investigationTraining & qualifications
Infant care teacher qualifications §101416.2(c)(1)(A)
Based on the provided transcripts two of the three teachers are not qualified as infant teachers, which is an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024
Type AJul 18, 2024Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(3)
Based on interviews, staff members were hitting, pushing, pulling, yelling, intimidating, calling the children inappropriate names while in care, and staff have left children in the director’s office and in the toddler bathroom as punishment for misbehaving or crying, which is an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024
Type AJul 18, 2024Complaint investigationBuilding & playground safety
Infant fixtures, furniture and equipment §101439(b)
Based on interview and a picture licensee failed to provide the cribs to all infants in care, which is an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024
Staff-infant ratio §101416.5(b)
Based on interviews conducted, it was determined that ratios were not being met which is an immediate risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024
Type BJul 18, 2024Complaint investigationRecords & paperwork
Admission procedures and parents' rights §101218.1(b)(1)
Based on interviews parents were not allowed in the center and some parents were denied entry when requested, which is a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024
Type BJul 18, 2024Complaint investigationBuilding & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)
Based on interviews, there was a leak in the center that was not taken care of in timely manner, which is a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024
Type BJun 28, 2024Case management visit (annual continuation)Records & paperwork
Posting of License §101160(a)
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the License is located inside the center which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 12, 2024
Type BJun 28, 2024Case management visit (annual continuation)Building & playground safety
Lead testing of drinking water §1597.16(a)(1)
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the water was not tested for lead which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 12, 2024
Type BJun 28, 2024Case management visit (annual continuation)Supervision
Care and supervision of infants §101429(a)(2)(B)
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as they did not maintain sleep log records up until June 18, 2024, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 5, 2024
Type BJun 28, 2024Case management visit (annual continuation)Records & paperwork
Infant needs and services plan §101419.2(a)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as there were no needs and services plan in any of the infant files reviewed which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 12, 2024
Complaint investigations
SubstantiatedJul 18, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Jun 13, 2024
Substantiated allegations:
Personal Rights: Staff is abusing day care children
Children are being left alone as punishment
5 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedJul 18, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Jun 14, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Staff allow infants to sleep in equipment other than a crib
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedAug 4, 2022Complaint investigationreceived May 11, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
About this center
Licensed capacity40 children
License typeInfant center
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceJan 27, 2022
ClosedMar 11, 2025
LicenseeCynthia Jackson-burns
Last administratorCynthia Jackson-burns
State facility #013423128
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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 013423128 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.