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FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Four days after the minors' birth in October 2013, the Ventura County Human Services Agency (HSA) filed dependency petitions as to both children alleging

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. that (1) mother had a history of substance abuse and mental health issues that rendered her unable to provide adequate care and support for the minors; and (2) mother's parental rights to the minors' three-year-old half-sibling D.M. had been terminated a month earlier due to mother's failure to benefit from the services that were offered to her. (§ 300, subds. (b), (g), & (j).) The identity of the minors' father was unknown.2 The juvenile court found a prima facie case existed for the minors' detention and set the matter for a contested jurisdiction and disposition hearing. After mother was granted substitute counsel, she filed an in propria persona declaration accompanied by documents purporting to demonstrate she was sober and was complying with her mandated substance abuse and mental health treatment. HSA initially recommended that mother be offered reunification services. The minors'…