In this episode of California Underground, Amy Reichert exposes what she calls “ghost daycares” — state-licensed, taxpayer-funded childcare facilities that were reported as having ZERO children present during unannounced state inspections conducted during normal business hours.
Using official inspection reports from the California Department of Social Services, Amy walks through documented cases where:
Daycares licensed for 14, 21, even 28 children had no children onsite
Facilities were cited for missing enrollment records, emergency contacts, infant sleep logs, and vaccination records
Multiple inspections weeks apart still showed zero kids
Owners claimed children were present at other times — despite state inspectors finding empty facilities
This is not speculation and not hearsay. These are public, uneditable PDF reports uploaded by the State of California.
The conversation also connects this pattern to:
A 2024 federal criminal conviction in San Diego County involving daycare subsidy fraud
The role of NGOs and nonprofits acting as middlemen for federal and state childcare funds
Why taxpayers are blocked from seeing where this money actually goes
How this mirrors California’s broader Homeless Industrial Complex and government shell games
📌 All documents discussed are public records and available through California’s childcare licensing database.
👉 If you’re a parent, this episode shows why you should look up your own daycare
👉 If you’re a taxpayer, this raises serious questions about oversight and accountability
Watch. Share. Decide for yourself.
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