Oakland · Licensed family home
Bess, Mercedes
At a glance
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at its 1 licensing inspection, in May 2023.
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Licensing inspections
- May 19, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at this home's 1 inspection. Most Bay Area family homes inspected once had the same: 95% of 192.
How all 192 Bay Area family homes inspected once compare
Of the 192 Bay Area family homes the state inspected once, whether that inspection cited a rule:
- No95%This home
- Yes5%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- May 19, 2023
- On file
- 1 visit, May 2023 — it cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- Most serious
- No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
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Details
- Phone
- (510) 753-9125
- Area
- Oakland, 94605
- License
- 013419867
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Sources and dates
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All checked November 2026.
State record
The state’s licensing transparency data reports 4 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 0 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=0, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=4, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
Full-size means licensed for 14 children, the most any Bay Area family home holds; 442 of Bay Area’s 466 licensed family homes are. Small is 10 to 13.