San Mateo · Licensed center
Building Kidz of North San Mateo
- Medium center, licensed for 60 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 4 licensing inspections since May 2022.
Of the 91 Bay Area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 46% had rules cited at 1 of them, as this center did. 1% had rules cited at all 4, 36% at none.
Licensing inspections
Mar 11, 20241 citation
“(1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based upon record review, the facility did not test for lead until 1/20/2023, which poses / posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the persons in care.”
HSC 1597.16(a)(1)
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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- March 7, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since May 2022 — 3 cited nothing · 2 complaint investigations
- Most serious
- No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
Jun 2024 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · June 3, 2024
Unsubstantiated
ALLEGATION(S): Staff leave day care children unattended. Staff threaten day care children. Staff do not ensure napping equipment used by day care children is adequately spaced. Staff handle day care children in a rough manner. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: Licensing Program Analysts, LPAs conducted a visit to open this complaint. Today we inspected the daycare, observed the facility, and interviewed the staff members. Reporting party was interviewed. The Licensing Department has investigated this complaint and determined the finding to be unsubstantiated. Although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation did or did not occur, therefore the allegation is unsubstantiated. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 11, 2024
HSC 1597.16(a)(1) · Type B
(1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based upon record review, the facility did not test for lead until 1/20/2023, which poses / posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the persons in care.
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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 120 Lindbergh Street
- License
- 414004866, active
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State record
The state’s licensing transparency data reports 2 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 1 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=4, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=4, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=4. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; large is 76 to 312.