D.B.

BACKGROUND

Petition, Detention, Jurisdiction, and Disposition According to the San Francisco Human Services Agency’s (Agency) detention/jurisdiction report, D.B. (then just one-month old) and his half- brother (then six years old)2 were placed in protective custody on June 6, 2023. Child protective services received reports that N.H., the children’s mother (mother), had relapsed on drugs and that the family was living in unsanitary and unsafe conditions. Trash covered the family’s apartment unit, and the bathroom walls were smeared with feces. Mother admitted she was “ ‘high out of her mind, lost her shit and went haywire.’ ” Father, who lived with the family, stated, “ ‘it had gotten too volatile’ ” living with mother and he “ ‘nee[ed] help’ ” with her. Father admitted he used speed and methamphetamines. He asked child protective services and the Agency to take D.B. away. The alleged father of D.B.’s brother expressed that “this is the third time” that his son was removed from mother and that she was not able to care for him. On June 6, the Agency filed a petition alleging mother and father failed to protect D.B. (§ 300, subd. (b)(1)), due to among other things the parents’…