In re T.P. CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

Respondent San Francisco Human Services Agency (the Agency) received a report in late November 2018, when T.P. was an infant, that his father punched Mother and tried to choke her, which caused T.P. to hit his head on a wall. The Agency initiated these proceedings the next month when it filed a dependency petition under Welfare and Institutions Code

1 section 300.1 T.P. was placed with a longtime family friend, and soon after with an adult half sibling. Further investigation by the Agency revealed that Mother had a history of methamphetamine use and that she had been arrested for drug crimes, and she and T.P.’s father had a history of domestic violence. The parents were “homeless and couch surfing.” They had both suffered child abuse when they were children, and a social worker stated it was “evident that [the parents] have unresolved trauma and substance abuse issues for which they need assessment and treatment.” The juvenile court, in February 2019, sustained allegations that Mother and T.P.’s father had engaged in domestic violence and that they both had mental health issues that required assessment and treatment (§ 300, subd. (b)…