Is Tessa's Place 1 licensed?

Yes. Tessa's Place 1 holds California licence 306005907 for 6 residents, and is currently listed as Licensed by the Department of Social Services.

Does Tessa's Place 1 accept Medi-Cal?

Yes — this home participates in Medi-Cal's Assisted Living Waiver.

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Tessa's Place 1

26075 Arcada Drive, Mission Viejo, CA 92691

Google Street View · imagery from 2018-03. This is the house, from the street.

Board & care home · 6 beds · Accepts Medi-Cal · Hospice waiver

Tessa's Place 1 is a state-licensed board-and-care home in Mission Viejo, California, licensed for 6 residents and operating since 2020. The state has approved it to care for 6 residents who cannot walk unaided. It is approved to care for residents with dementia. It holds a hospice waiver for 4, which means a resident who goes on hospice can stay here rather than being moved somewhere unfamiliar at the end of her life. It accepts Medi-Cal through the Assisted Living Waiver — one of the few homes in the county that does. It is a house, on an ordinary street, with six residents or fewer.

The facts, from the state

Type	Board & care home (licensed RCFE)
Licensed capacity	6 residents
State license number	306005907
License status	Licensed — verified 2026-07-13
Licensee	Tessa's Place Inc.
Talk to someone	(949) 440-1669 We know which homes have a room this week, what they really charge, and which ones take Medi‑Cal. Free — and we will call this home for you. We call you back the same day.
Open beds	We call these homes every week. Call us and we will tell you.
Monthly rate	We ask the home directly. We do not publish an estimate and call it a price.
State inspection record	Published in full below.

What the state says about this home

The state has recorded 1 substantiated complaint at this home in the last 24 months.

The state has inspected this home 9 times, most recently on 7/7/2026. There have been 5 complaint investigations, and 1 allegation was substantiated.

Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division — facility record 306005907 , licensed since 2020. Retrieved 2026-07-13. You can verify any home yourself at the state's Care Facility Search.
We report what the record says. We do not score it, rank it, or interpret it. If this home believes anything here is wrong or incomplete, tell us and we will publish your response on this page, free and unedited.

What this home is approved to do

Dementia care

Licensed by the state to care for residents with dementia or Alzheimer's.

Wheelchair — 6 approved

Approved for residents who cannot walk unaided. Many homes are not, and families only find out after the tour.

Hospice waiver for 4

Your mother can stay here when she goes on hospice, instead of being moved somewhere unfamiliar at the very end. No other directory shows this.

Accepts Medi-Cal (ALW)

Through the Assisted Living Waiver. The big referral services are paid a commission by the home — a Medi-Cal rate cannot fund it, so their model cannot send you here.

This is a small residential board-and-care home — six residents or fewer, in a house, on an ordinary street. For many families it is calmer, cheaper, and far better staffed per resident than a large community.