Los Altos · Licensed center
Los Altos Chinese School Children's Center
- Small center, licensed for 30 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 3 licensing inspections since July 2022.
Of the 92 Bay Area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 35% had rules cited at 1 of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 3, 54% at none.
Licensing inspections
Jul 28, 20231 citation
“(e) 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: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as one staff member waas found to have no eligible criminal record clearance which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 101170(e)
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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 11, 2024
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2022 — 2 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
(e) 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: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as one staff member waas found to have no eligible criminal record clearance which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· July 28, 2023
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.
Jul 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 28, 2023
CCR 101170(e) · Type A
(e) 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: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as one staff member waas found to have no eligible criminal record clearance which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Details
- Website
- losaltoschinese.school
- Address
- 460 South El Monte Avenue
- License
- 434413444, active
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State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 11, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 losaltoschinese.school
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.