Valley View Children's Center
Valley View Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Arroyo Grande, CA, licensed for up to 65 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #4 of 6 centers in Arroyo Grande and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Personal Rights- The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met as evidence by C1 being left unattended in the CCC's classroom. 1 Licensee to outline a plan to eliminate the occurrence of children being left unsupervised/unattended. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risks to persons in care. 8
About this center
Common questions
Does Valley View Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Valley View Children's Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Dec 8, 2021, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Valley View Children's Center compare with other daycares in Arroyo Grande?
It is #4 of 6 centers in Arroyo Grande by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Valley View Children's Center last inspected?
May 6, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Valley View Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Valley View Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Luis Obispo County, which includes Arroyo Grande, was $973 a month for preschoolers (about $1,230 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Valley View Children's Center?
The licensee is Arroyo Grande Seventh-day Adventist, and the administrator listed with the state is Jamie Sanbonmatsu.
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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 401708427 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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