Exhibit 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of American Retirement Villas Properties II, a California limited partnership (the “Partnership”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Douglas M. Pasquale, Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner of the Partnership, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

          (1)          The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2)          The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Partnership.

/s/ DOUGLAS M. PASQUALE

Douglas M. Pasquale
Chief Executive Officer
of ARV Assisted Living, Inc.
its General Partner

November 13, 2002