In re Bella L. CA2/6

Facts and Procedural Background We incorporate by reference our prior nonpublished opinion, which denied mother’s petition for extraordinary writ challenging the juvenile court’s order bypassing reunification services and setting the matter for a permanency planning hearing pursuant to section 366.26. (T.L. v. Superior Court (Aug. 14, 2023, B326173) [nonpub. opn.].) We summarize only those facts necessary to resolve this appeal. In November 2022, Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services (CWS) secured a protective custody warrant and detained newborn baby Bella and her four-year-old sister, S.H., after Bella tested positive for amphetamine at birth.2 CWS filed a dependency petition alleging, among other things: (1) Bella’s positive test for amphetamine, (2) mother’s positive test for methamphetamine during a prenatal visit in August 2022, (3) mother’s admission to using methamphetamine during her pregnancy, (4) mother’s “substantial” child welfare history, including the removal and subsequent adoptions of Bella’s half siblings, J.L. and M.L. in 2012 and 2018, respectively, and (5) mother’s criminal history. CWS’s amended jurisdiction and disposition report recommended mother be…