Sunny Day Learning Center
8012 Whitaker Street, Buena Park, CA 90621 · Orange County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jun 19, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.
Sunny Day Learning Center was a licensed child care center in Buena Park, CA, licensed for up to 76 children. Its license closed around June 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 8 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
0Type A citations
8Type B citations
2Inspections
1 of 2Complaints substantiated
Every state visit
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits
What inspectors cited most
Building & playground safety6
Caregiver conduct1
Training & qualifications1
Citations, newest first
Type BJan 6, 2025Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
Based on interviews and record reviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that, staff violated a child's personal rights by not providing safe, healthful, and comfortable accommodations, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jan 10, 2025
Type BOct 9, 2023InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)
Based on observation, and interview the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by means of having a broken shed in the playground, sharp edges on structures, rusted swing chains, sharpe edged on a red wooden play structure and not enough wood chips in the playground which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 16, 2023
Type BOct 9, 2023InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Fixtures, furniture, equipment and supplies §101239(q)
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by means of having chains replaced or covered with plastic on outdoor structure which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 19, 2023
Type BOct 9, 2023InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Outdoor activity space §101238.2(d)
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by means of having unsafe outdoor surfaces for children to play in which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 19, 2023
Type BOct 9, 2023InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Outdoor activity space §101238.2(e)
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by means of not having enough wood chips or cushion material in fall zones for children which posesa potential health, safety risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 9, 2023
Type BOct 9, 2023InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Outdoor activity space §101238.2(e)(1)
Based on observation, interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by means of not having enough wood chips or cushion material(mats) to cover fall zones which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 9, 2023
Type BOct 9, 2023InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Fixtures, furniture, equipment and supplies §101239(o)(1)
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by means of having items in the playground that have sharp edges such as the red bus and wooden pallet which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 16, 2023
Type BOct 9, 2023InspectionTraining & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by means of having a staff (S2) member not retaking her Mandated Reporter Training which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 9, 2023
Complaint investigations
SubstantiatedJan 6, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Dec 19, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Staff left daycare child in wet clothing for an extended period of time
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedJan 6, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Dec 19, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
About this center
Licensed capacity76 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceNov 4, 2020
ClosedJun 19, 2025
LicenseeMer Ed II LLC
Last administratorNatalie Hernandez
State facility #304371450
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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 304371450 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.