Source: http://childcarelaw.org/resource/6-things-california-homeowners-associations-know-family-child-care-home/
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 03:14:58+00:00

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[ii] Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1597.40(b)-(c).
[iii] Cid; Barrett v. Dawson, 61 Cal. App. 4th 1048, 1051–52, 01 (1998).
[iv] See Sisemore v. Master Fin., Inc., 151 Cal. App. 4th 1386, 1393, 1410–11, 1426 (2007)(Licensed family day care provider established viable discrimination claims against a mortgage lender that refused the family day care provider’s loan application to purchase a home under the Unruh Act, Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), and Unfair Competition Law (UCL). This case clarified that a family day care home provider bringing a Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) claim for discrimination based on “source of income” is not limited to only renters, but also to applicants who apply to purchase a home.).
The California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division (“Licensing”) is the state agency that regulates and monitors the licensing of all child care.[i] The law gives Licensing exclusive responsibility for: inspecting and deciding whether a family child care home meets all the state health and safety state requirements to be licensed; regulating the number of children that can be cared for in a home; certifying the hours of child care operation; and conducting ongoing inspections.
[i] Cal. Dep’t of Soc. Serv., Community Care Licensing Division, http://www.ccld.ca.gov/res/pdf/CCFacilityCategoriesFactSheet.pdf (last visited Oct. 24, 2017).
Under state law, HOAs cannot regulate the use of family child care homes, either in writing or by actions. For example, HOAs cannot require that a family child care home operate only from 9am to 5pm, or only care for 5 children.
HOAs also cannot make special rules that apply only to family child care homes. HOA rules that apply to family child care homes must apply equally to all other residences. For example, if an HOA has a rule about where children are allowed to play in the common areas, the same rule must apply to all residents, not only to family child care homes.
[i] Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1597.531.
[i] Cal. Ins. Code § 676.1(c).
[i] Cal. Ins. Code § 676.

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