Ucsd Early Childhood Education - Main Site-infant
Ucsd Early Childhood Education - Main Site-infant is a licensed child care center in La Jolla, CA, licensed for up to 138 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 1996. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice 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. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #14 of 15 centers in La Jolla and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
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... 1 Correction has already been addressed. Infant staff has been retrained and Director provided the new bottle handing procedures to ensure that staff feed each child the correct bottle. Based upon facility documents, interviews with multiple parties, Child #1 was given Child #2's bottle to drink. This posed a potential risk to the health and safety of the child.
Based on interviews and observations, the licensee did not meet the above requirement in that one (1) infant in care wandered out of an unlocked gate without being noticed by staff. This poses an immediate health & safety risk to children in care.
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Common questions
Does Ucsd Early Childhood Education - Main Site-infant take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Ucsd Early Childhood Education - Main Site-infant had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 10, 2023, for care and supervision of infants. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Ucsd Early Childhood Education - Main Site-infant?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Ucsd Early Childhood Education - Main Site-infant compare with other daycares in La Jolla?
It is #14 of 15 centers in La Jolla by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Ucsd Early Childhood Education - Main Site-infant last inspected?
Dec 11, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Ucsd Early Childhood Education - Main Site-infant cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Ucsd Early Childhood Education - Main Site-infant for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes La Jolla, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Ucsd Early Childhood Education - Main Site-infant?
The licensee is Ucsd Early Childhood Education Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Lucia Santa Maria.
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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 372006399 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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