More Mesa Children's Center · Preschool, Santa Barbara
More Mesa Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Barbara, CA, licensed for up to 41 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Common questions
Does More Mesa Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has More Mesa Children's Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
When was More Mesa Children's Center last inspected?
Mar 24, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does More Mesa Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask More Mesa Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Santa Barbara, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs More Mesa Children's Center?
The licensee is Taundra Pitchford, and the administrator listed with the state is Taundra Pitchford.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 426216676 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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