Sunshine Day Care Center · Preschool, Lynwood
Sunshine Day Care Center is a licensed child care center in Lynwood, CA, licensed for up to 31 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2001. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 4 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for building & playground safety (2 of 4). 2 citations came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #7 of 16 centers in Lynwood and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers.
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Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of the 3 classrooms used by children did not have a functioning smoke alarm or carbon monoxide detector which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that 1 out of the 4 staff present did not have a record of immunization against measles nor pertussis which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on LPAs observation at 10:10 AM, LPAs observed broken fencing in outdoor play yard accessible to children in care at time of inspection. This poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due Staff #1 not taking the Operations and Record Kepping certificate training nor having an LIC 308 on file which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Sunshine Day Care Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Sunshine Day Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 4 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Sunshine Day Care Center compare with other daycares in Lynwood?
It is tied for #7 of 16 centers in Lynwood by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Sunshine Day Care Center last inspected?
Jan 30, 2026. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Sunshine Day Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Sunshine Day Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Lynwood, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Sunshine Day Care Center?
The licensee is Yolanda Lopez, and the administrator listed with the state is Valerie C Lopez.
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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 192004924 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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