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I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The children came to the attention of the Sonoma County Human Services Department (the Department) in April 2012 when the de facto parents requested legal guardianship of R.A. During the guardianship investigation process, the Department

1 discovered that G.A. had a significant child abuse history and that P.A. had been involved in several incidents including assault, domestic violence, battery and public intoxication. The Department also learned that mother had a significant substance abuse problem, was affiliated with a gang, and had failed to reunify with the children’s half-sibling. Finally, E.V. had been in the care of the maternal grandmother, who also had a history with the Department. The Department filed a Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300 petition on April 17, 2012 alleging that mother had failed to provide adequate care and supervision for R.A. and E.V. As to R.A., the Department alleged that mother had failed to protect him because he was living with people who had a child abuse and criminal history. Mother had also failed to reunify with the children’s half-sibling. As to E.V., the Department alleged that she was living with the…