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St Johns Child Study Center

1339 20th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 · Los Angeles County
1 Type A citation in last 12 months1 substantiated complaintInfant center

St Johns Child Study Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 22 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for food & feeding (2 of 3). 1 citation came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #35 of 37 centers in Santa Monica and has more citations per inspection than 94% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 94%of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. Among the most cited
#35 of 37 centers in Santa Monica
3Type A citations
0Type B citations
2Inspections
1 of 1Complaints substantiated
3 citations from 5 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 1 in the last 12 months · last inspected Mar 25, 2026

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Apr 27, 2026 · Report/investigation · citation foundMar 25, 2026 · Inspection · no citationSep 10, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundNov 4, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundNov 30, 2023 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Food & feeding2
Supervision1

Citations, newest first

Type AApr 27, 2026Case management visit (incident)Food & feeding
Infant food service §101427(c)
(c) The infant shall be fed in accordance with the individual plan. Director confirmed that all staff has been retrained around feeding procedures, including new steps added. Director agrees to submit via email a statement of discussion points on new procedures by 4/28/2026. This requirement was not met as evidence by Staff 1 admitting to feeding C2 the wrong bottle on 4/15/2026. 8
Plan of correction due Apr 27, 2026
Type ASep 10, 2025Case management visit (incident)Food & feeding
Infant food service §101427(c)
(c) The infant shall be fed in accordance with the individual plan. Director confirmed that all staff has been retrained around feeding procedures. Director provided LPA a copy of what steps have been taken to ensure the incident is not repeated. This requirement was not met as evidence by Staff 1 admitting to feeding C1 the wrong bottle on 8/25/2025. Director agrees to submit via email a statement of discussion points that were covered including who received training by 9/17/2025.
Plan of correction due Sep 10, 2025
Type ANov 4, 2024Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision of infants §101429(a)(1)
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants (a) In addition to Section 101229, the following shall apply: (1) Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. 1 Director met with staff to discuss incident and retrained staff on utilizing the Teacher Child Ratio Log that all teachers utilize. Facility will also implement different check point where staff confirms children in attendance. This requirement is not met as evidence by, per LPA Laureano's investigative interviews, facility left a child unattended for approximately 5-7 minutes in the infant yard near the house area, without visual supervision on an undisclosed day in July of 2024, which poses an immediate health and safety risks to persons in care. 8 Director agrees to train staff on visional and auditory supervision during the use of the preschool yard going over potential scenarios and will submit meeting points to LPA via email.
Plan of correction due Nov 4, 2024

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedNov 4, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Aug 13, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Lack of Supervision: Facility staff left day care child unattended
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity22 children
License typeInfant center
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceDec 30, 1999
LicenseeSt Johns Child Study Center
AdministratorLaura M Osorio
Phone(310) 829-8679
State facility #197407362

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Common questions

Does St Johns Child Study Center take infants?

Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.

Has St Johns Child Study Center had any serious violations?

California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 27, 2026, for infant food service. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about St Johns Child Study Center?

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

How does St Johns Child Study Center compare with other daycares in Santa Monica?

It is #35 of 37 centers in Santa Monica by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 94% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was St Johns Child Study Center last inspected?

Mar 25, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does St Johns Child Study Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask St Johns Child Study Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs St Johns Child Study Center?

The licensee is St Johns Child Study Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Laura M Osorio.

Licensed centers nearby

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 197407362 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.