Office review·June 6, 2025

On 06/06/2025 at 1:00pm, Regional Manager (RM) Loretta Dyson, Licensing Program Manager (LPM) Chandra Charles, and Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Jialing \342\200\234Julianne\342\200\235 Zhu met with Licensees Mahjabin \342\200\234Mali\342\200\235 and Ahmad Chekeni at the Oakland Southeast Regional Office for a Non-Compliance Conference (NCC). The purpose of the NCC is to discuss recent citations and advisory notes issued during the annual inspection on 05/19/2025. On 05/19/2025, LPA issued two (2) Type B citations, four (4) Advisory Notes \342\200\223 Technical Violations, and one (1) Advisory Notes \342\200\223 Technical Assistance. The citations and advisory notes addressed safety precautions and maintenance of physical plant, Infant Safe Sleep regulations, recordkeeping requirements. LPA observations also raised concerns regarding lack of supervision at the facility. During the meeting, RM Dyson and LPM Charles reviewed the citations and advisory notes issued by LPA Zhu on 05/19/2025 based on the observations. RM and LPM also discussed with Licensees supervision requirements in a Family Child Care Home (FCCH). During the 05/19/2025 annual inspection. LPA was informed by Licensee the Fire Inspector recently conducted an inspection and pointed out concerns regarding the exits of the home. On 05/21/2025, LPA made initially contact with the Fire Inspector. Fire Inspector informed he conducted an annual fire inspection in April 2025, and there were a number of violations. On 05/21/2025, Oakland Southeast Regional Office (RO) submitted new fire clearance request to the Palo Alto Fire Department. On 05/23/2025, RO received denied fire clearance for the facility. As a result of the denied fire clearance, which supersedes previous granted fire clearances, Licensees were advised to operate as a small Family Child Care Home in the main house until a fire clearance is granted. Licensee shall comply with the Fire Department until a fire clearance is granted. When RO receives a granted fire clearance, Licensees may still be subjected to limitations in their operation of the Family Child Care Home based on special conditions. Page 1 of 2. See LIC 809C. One (1) Type A citation was issued during today's meeting: \302\267 On 05/19/2025 during the annual inspection, LPA observed the children in care were not under the supervision of any adult in the detached cottage. Both Licensees were observed to be situated in the main house. Licensee stated she had only stepped out of the cottage and into the main house for a short period of time upon LPA's arrival. As a result of today\342\200\231s NCC and Type A citation issued, a copy of this LIC 809 report and LIC 9224 Acknowledgment of Receipt of Licensing Reports must be provided to parents/guardians of currently enrolled children in care and all children to be enrolled following a 12-month period of this report. The LIC 9224 must be signed within the next business day the children are in care and is to be kept in the children\342\200\231s files. Exit interview was conducted, report was reviewed, and Appeal Rights were provided to Licensees Mali and Ahmad Chekeni. Page 2 of 2. End of Report.