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Flores, Dora From:marioncrane <marioncrane@cox.net> Sent:Tuesday, To:eComment Cc:!City Clerk; Kimberly Miller; tamara.bogosian@santa-ana.org; frank.gutierrez@santa- ana.org; tiana.holiday@santa-ana.org; mayoramezcua@santa-ana.org; Lopez, Jessie; CityAttorney; CityManager; Hernandez, Johnathan; Don Crane; marion crane Subject:Re: Public Comment for October 21, 2025 – Sunland Motel Enforcement, Fentanyl Crisis, and Public Safety Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Dear Mayor Amezcua and Members of the Santa Ana City Council, My name is Marion Crane, and I am writing to you not only as a grieving mother, but as a grandmother to a two- year-old little girl who will grow up without her father. My son, Garrett Crane, lost his life at the Sunland Motel in Santa Ana this past July after being sold fentanyl-laced pills. The people there didn’t help him — they stole from him. They took his wallet, left him unconscious in an alley, and called 911 anonymously. He was transported to the hospital as a John Doe. Garrett was a loving father and partner to Carol, the mother of his little girl, Hazel. Their small family was full of laughter and love, and now Carol is left to raise their daughter alone, carrying a pain that no young mother should ever have to bear. When I arrived at the hospital, the nurses told me they knew something was different about Garrett — that he wasn’t just another overdose. They said they could see he was a son, a father, a partner, and a person who mattered. Those words have stayed with me, because they saw what others apparently did not. From what I understand, investigators showed up as Garrett was being loaded into the ambulance but never saw him, never questioned the people who were there, and never immediately went to the Sunland to secure evidence or demand the surveillance videos. Why not? Why was his death treated as just another statistic, when it was clearly more than that — a robbery, possibly even a murder? The Sunland Motel has been under court orders and strict conditions because of its long history of drug trafficking and criminal activity. Yet they continue to operate as if nothing has changed. Their owners have violated those agreements again and again. If the city’s goal is truly to protect the public and stop the flow of poison that is taking our children, why is the Sunland still open? I have been told by the detective on my son’s case that there are not enough boots on the ground to investigate further. With all due respect, that is not acceptable. My son’s life mattered. Carol and Hazel deserve answers. Our family deserves justice. I am asking this council — as a mother, a grandmother, and a citizen — to make sure that Garrett’s case is not forgotten, that the investigation is reopened and treated as the robbery and homicide that it is, and that the Sunland Motel is finally shut down for good. Please, do not let this be just another tragedy that slips through the cracks. Do not let my son be “just another overdose.” With grief and determination, Marion Crane 2