A hearing was held to identify problems and assess progress in the provision of affordable, high quality child care. Testimony concerned: (1) problems working parents have had in providing care for their young children; (2) day care initiatives and needs in California; (3) ways in which San Mateo County used its housing and community development funds; (4) social programs developed in San Mateo County which addressed major human service problems and provided child care for latchkey children; (5) private and public sector initiatives in providing day care services and recommendations for future efforts; (6) the San Mateo Central Labor Council child care policies; (7) the impact of inadequately funded day care and child development programs on the public schools; (8) the year-long quest for a center site by Apple Computer, Inc.; (9) ways of fostering federal and state cooperation in meeting child care and developmental needs of California's preschoolers; (10) problems and needs of family day care providers; (11) the implementation of a center in a federal workplace; (12) characteristics of California's child care resource and referral network; (13) problems facing day care providers and the implications for program quality; (14) legal issues child care providers face; (15) California's regulatory program for child care services; (16) employment trends and their relation to workers' child care needs; (17) child care issues affecting blacks; and (18) child care initiatives of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. (RH)