San Mateo · Licensed center
San Mateo-Foster City Schl Dist - Fiesta Gardens
- Medium center, licensed for 72 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 5 licensing inspections since September 2022.
Of the 98 Bay Area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 40% had rules cited at 1 of them, as this center did. 20% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
May 24, 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 on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in failing to test for lead water before January 1st, 2023, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
HSC 1597.16(a)(1)
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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- March 5, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since September 2022 — 4 cited nothing
- 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.
May 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · May 24, 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 on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in failing to test for lead water before January 1st, 2023, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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A day here
- Hours
- 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Details
- Website
- fiestagardens.smfcsd.net
- Address
- 1001 Bermuda Drive
- License
- 414002925, active
- Established
- 1993
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All checked July 2026.
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 11, 2026.
A day here
- Hours fiestagardens.smfcsd.net
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website, Established fiestagardens.smfcsd.net
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.