YMCA Eastlake Center · Preschool, Oakland
YMCA Eastlake Center is a licensed child care center in Oakland, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 5 complaints, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (3 of 4). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #120 of 142 centers in Oakland and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers.
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a staff member grabbed and pulled the child around the playground. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of the children in care.
the interviews indicating that 1 Director shall develop a plan to ensure staff are recording the administration of medications to children. Submit plan to LPA Loza by 10/5/22 via email indira.loza@dss.ca.gov or by mail. the medication log was not fillied out by staff after administering the medication. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
interviews confirming that inappropriate comments were made in the presence of children. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 1 All staff shall watch the Personal Rights video on the CCLD webpage: ccld.ca.gov, and write a statement of what was learned. Director shall email the statements to: indira.loza@dss.ca.gov.
Teacher was placed on administrative leave, then terminated on 10/05/2021. All staff received training on children's personal rights on 10/04/2021. While attempting to remove slime from day care child's hair, a facility staff cut child's hair without parent's prior consultation or consent. Going forward staff has been advised to notify director and parents prior to making such decisions regarding day care children. This deficiency has therefore been corrected.
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Does YMCA Eastlake Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has YMCA Eastlake Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Oct 7, 2022, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about YMCA Eastlake Center?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does YMCA Eastlake Center compare with other daycares in Oakland?
It is tied for #120 of 142 centers in Oakland by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was YMCA Eastlake Center last inspected?
Dec 11, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does YMCA Eastlake Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask YMCA Eastlake Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Alameda County, which includes Oakland, was $1,547 a month for preschoolers (about $1,950 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs YMCA Eastlake Center?
The licensee is YMCA Of The East Bay, and the administrator listed with the state is Jessica Boatner.
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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 013423040 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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