Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 1
- Local median
- 0.17
CARDENAS, EDELMIRA
Atherton, CA 94027
- Facility:
- 414004584
- Type:
- FAMILY DAY CARE HOME
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 17, 2026
Additional info
- Source:
- California Community Care Licensing Division
- District office:
- Not listed
- License effective:
- Not found
- Capacity:
- 14
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 inspectionDecember 3, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsDecember 3, 2025
Summary
This summary covers eight available inspections for CARDENAS, EDELMIRA from July 12, 2022 through December 3, 2025.
Four inspections recorded violations, with eight recorded violations in total.
The most recent higher-concern violation was on November 6, 2025 and involved background screening, with a due date of November 6, 2025.
Sleep safety was a higher-concern topic that showed up in two inspections.
Two later inspections, from November 18, 2025 through December 3, 2025, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 8
- Recorded violations
- 8
- Higher-concern violations
- 4
- Repeated topics
- 1
6 in last 12 months
8 in last 12 months
4 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
8 total inspections vs 5 local median in 94027
Compared to 15 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 50%
- Local median
- 0%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 50%
- Local median
- 17%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 1
- Local average
- 0.13
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Sleep safety
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
September 30, 2025November 6, 2025Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Sleep safety
- Report finding
- Infant Safe Sleep (b) Cribs or play yards shall be free from all loose articles and objects. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as LPAs observed assistant remove bottles of two children who were already inside the crib, and in which one child was already sleeping. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 6, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102425(b) - 102425(b)
- Official code
- 102425(b)
Medium concern: Equipment or readiness
- Report finding
- Operation of A Family Child Care Home (d) The home shall provide safe toys, play equipment and materials. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as LPAs observed there are pack and plays/play yard that were soiled and a toy that was broken in outdoor play area, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 7, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417(d) - 102417(d)
- Official code
- 102417(d)
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- 102417 Operation of a Family Child Care Home (g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not be limited to: (8) Each family child care home shall have a current roster of children as specified in Health and Safety Code Section 1596.841. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews conducted and record review gathered during complaint investigation, the licensee did not comply with section cited above, as LPA determined the LIC9040-Children’s Roster did not include information of children previously enrolled and no longer attending. LIC9040 states children's roster must be retained for 3 years, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Report comments
- Based on interviews conducted and record review gathered during complaint investigation, the licensee did not comply with section cited above, as LPA determined the LIC9040-Children’s Roster did not include information of children previously enrolled and no longer attending. LIC9040 states children's roster must be retained for 3 years, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 6, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417(g)(8) - 102417(g)(8)
- Official code
- 102417(g)(8)
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- 102416.1 Personnel Records (c)All personnel records shall be kept for at least three years following termination of employment/volunteer work. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews conducted and record review gathered during complaint investigation, the licensee did not comply with section cited above, as LPA determined personnel records for former staff were not maintained and were not kept for the required three years, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Report comments
- Based on interviews conducted and record review gathered during complaint investigation, the licensee did not comply with section cited above, as LPA determined personnel records for former staff were not maintained and were not kept for the required three years, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 6, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102416.1(c) - 102416.1(c)
- Official code
- 102416.1(c)
Higher concern: Background screening
- Report finding
- 102370(d) Criminal Record Clearance (d) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing, or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1)Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department or This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews conducted and record review gathered during complaint investigation, the licensee did not comply with section cited above, as LPA received information and determined there was an unfingerprinted adult working with children in the home, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Report comments
- Based on interviews conducted and record review gathered during complaint investigation, the licensee did not comply with section cited above, as LPA received information and determined there was an unfingerprinted adult working with children in the home, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 6, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102370(d)(1) - 102370(d)(1)
- Official code
- 102370(d)(1)
Higher concern: Child guidance
- Report finding
- 102423 Personal Rights(a) Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights that shall not be waived or abridged by the licensee... These rights include, but are not limited to, the following: (4) 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... This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review gathered during complaint investigation, the licensee did not comply with section cited above, as LPA received evidence that licensee restrained day care children, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Report comments
- Based on observation and record review gathered during complaint investigation, the licensee did not comply with section cited above, as LPA received evidence that licensee restrained day care children, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 6, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102423(a)(4) - 102423(a)(4)
- Official code
- 102423(a)(4)
Medium concern: Licensing compliance
- Report finding
- 102416.3 Alterations to Existing Buildings or Grounds (a) Prior to making alterations or additions to a family child care home or grounds, the licensee shall notify the Department of the proposed changed, including, but not limited to, the following: (6)Any change from an area of the family child care home previously identified as "off limits" to an area where care and supervision will be provided to children in care. This requirement has not been met as is evident: Based on observation on August 14, 2025, LPA observed cribs and children sleeping in the off limits master bedroom, which poses a potential health and safety hazards to person(s) in care.
- Inspector notes
- Based on observation on August 14, 2025, LPA observed cribs and children sleeping in the off limits master bedroom, which poses a potential health and safety hazards to person(s) in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by September 30, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102416.3(a)(6) - 102416.3(a)(6)
- Official code
- 102416.3(a)(6)
Higher concern: Sleep safety
- Report finding
- 102425 Infant Safe Sleep (b) Cribs or play yards shall be free from all loose articles and objects. This requirement has not been met as is evident Based on observation during today's inspection, LPA observed a bottle inside crib next to sleeping infant.
- Inspector notes
- Based on observation during today's inspection, LPA observed a bottle inside crib next to sleeping infant.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by October 1, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102425 - 102425
- Official code
- 102425
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report