Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 0.86
- Local median
- 0.42
GOLDEN BAY PRESCHOOL
2226 PACIFIC AVENUE, Alameda, CA 94501
- Facility:
- 013423098
- Type:
- DAY CARE CENTER
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 17, 2026
Additional info
- Source:
- California Community Care Licensing Division
- District office:
- Not listed
- License effective:
- Not found
- Capacity:
- 70
Inspection snapshot
Recent higher-concern violation
At least one higher-concern violation appears in the last 12 months.
Next: Read reports, examine repeated topics below, look at the broader history, and ask what changed afterward.
Latest inspectionJuly 9, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsNovember 6, 2025
Summary
This summary covers seven available inspections for GOLDEN BAY PRESCHOOL from July 20, 2021 through July 9, 2026.
Four inspections recorded violations, with six recorded violations in total.
The most recent higher-concern violation was on July 9, 2026 and involved background screening, with a due date of July 10, 2026.
That higher-concern topic showed up in two inspections.
The available reports do not include a later inspection with no recorded violations after that violation.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 7
- Recorded violations
- 6
- Higher-concern violations
- 5
- Repeated topics
- 3
4 in last 12 months
4 in last 12 months
3 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
7 total inspections vs 4 local median in 94501
Compared to 23 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 43%
- Local median
- 13%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 57%
- Local median
- 33%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 3
- Local average
- 0.22
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Background screening
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
April 23, 2025July 9, 2026Child guidance
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
November 6, 2025July 9, 2026Staff-to-child ratio
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
April 23, 2025July 9, 2026Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
Higher concern: Staff-to-child ratio
- Report finding
- (a) There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than 12 children in attendance (…). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, and record review, two aides were supervising a group of 15 children without a qualified teacher present, which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by July 10, 2026
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101216.3(a) - 101216.3(a)
- Official code
- 101216.3(a)
Higher concern: Child guidance
- Report finding
- The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (1) To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. (…) (3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, a child in care (C1) was ridiculed by a staff member (S1) based on their identity and thrown on a sleeping cot as a form of discipline, which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by July 13, 2026
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101223(a) - 101223(a)
- Official code
- 101223(a)
Higher concern: Background screening
- Report finding
- (c) Conduct which is inimical to the health, morals, welfare, or safety of either an individual in or receiving services from the facility or the people of this state. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Director and Assistant Director of the facility were untruthful to LPAs, which poses a potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by July 10, 2026
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1596.885(c) - 1596.885(c)
- Official code
- 1596.885(c)
Medium concern: Child guidance
- Report finding
- 101223 Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (1) To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when S1 was yelling at preschool children which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
- Report comments
- Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when S1 was yelling at preschool children which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 14, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101223(a)(3) - 101223(a)(3)
- Official code
- 101223(a)(3)
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Background screening
- Report finding
- Administration of Child Day Care Licensing Subsequent to initial licensure, a person specified in subdivision (b) who is not exempt from fingerprinting shall obtain either a criminal record clearance or an exemption from disqualification, pursuant to subdivision(f) of this section or Section 1522.7, from the State Department of Social Services prior to employment, residence, or initial presence in the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 4 staff did not have a eligible fingerprint clearance which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by April 24, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1596.871(c)(1)(A) - 1596.871(c)(1)(A)
- Official code
- 1596.871(c)(1)(A)
Higher concern: Staff-to-child ratio
- Report finding
- Teacher-Child Ratio (a) There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than 12 children in attendance, except as specified in (b) and (c) below. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that LPA observed 2 aides supervising 24 children and 1 teacher and 1 aide supervising 20 children during today's inspection which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by April 24, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101216.3(a) - 101216.3(a)
- Official code
- 101216.3(a)
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report