Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 0.5
- Local median
- 0
GARCIA FCCH
Santa Maria, CA 93458
- Facility:
- 426216596
- 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
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Latest inspectionSeptember 16, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsSeptember 16, 2025
Summary
This summary covers eight available inspections for GARCIA FCCH from November 20, 2023 through September 16, 2025.
Three inspections recorded violations, with four recorded violations in total.
The most recent higher-concern violation was on February 12, 2025 and involved staff-to-child ratio, with a due date of February 13, 2025.
That higher-concern topic showed up in two inspections.
Three later inspections, from February 26, 2025 through September 16, 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
- 4
- Higher-concern violations
- 4
- Repeated topics
- 1
1 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
8 total inspections vs 3 local median in 93458
Compared to 139 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 38%
- Local median
- 0%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 38%
- Local median
- 0%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 1
- Local average
- 0.05
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Staff-to-child ratio
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
November 6, 2024February 12, 2025Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Staff-to-child ratio
- Report finding
- 102416.5 Staffing Ratio and Capacity (b) For a Small Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children... shall be one of the following: (3) More than six and up to eight children... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Attendance records from Resource and Referral and Santa Barbara County Education Office (SBCEO) show that the facility was operating with more than 8 children twice in December 2024.
- Report comments
- Attendance records from Resource and Referral and Santa Barbara County Education Office (SBCEO) show that the facility was operating with more than 8 children twice in December 2024.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by February 13, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102416.5(b)(3) - 102416.5(b)(3)
- Official code
- 102416.5(b)(3)
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Staff-to-child ratio
- Report finding
- (b) For a Small Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home, shall be one of the following: (3) More than six and up to eight children, without an additional adult attendant, only if the criteria in Section 1597.44 of the Health and Safety Code are met. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: LPA observation, review of children's files, documents obtained during the inspection and interview with licensee revealed FCCH is operating over capacity. This poses an immediate risk to health, safety or personnel rights of persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 7, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102416.5(b)(3) - 102416.5(b)(3)
- Official code
- 102416.5(b)(3)
Higher concern: Hazardous access
- Report finding
- The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not be limited to: Where children less than five years old are in care, stairs shall be fenced or barricaded. This requirement was not met as evidenced by LPA observed the safety gate to the stairs was open, the assistant in the home with seven (7) children At 7:49 AM, LPA observed C1 open the safety gate to the stairs, go upstairs and return back downstairs at 7:51 AM. At 7:53 AM, C1 once again open the safety gate went back upstairs and returned downstairs at 7:55 AM, which poses an immediate Health, Safety or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 7, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417(g)(3) - 102417(g)(3)
- Official code
- 102417(g)(3)
Higher concern: Hazardous access
- Report finding
- The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not be limited to: Poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where they are inaccessible to children, This requirement was not met as evidenced by evidenced by LPA observed in bedroom #1, #2, & #3 the following items; Body power, personal hygiene products (cleaner, toner, lotions, perfumes, pain mediations, deodorants, ect..) which poses an immediate Health, Safety or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 7, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417(g)(4) - 102417(g)(4)
- Official code
- 102417(g)(4)
No recorded violations in this report