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Dear OCEA member,

This holiday season, I am reminded how the work each of you do each day enables so many families throughout our communities to enjoy a safe and healthy time with family and friends. In fact, many among our ranks will be working throughout the holiday to make sure Orange County works, that its streets are safe and that its residents get the services they need.

Today I wrote an editorial in the Orange County Register to highlight the incredible work you all do and to remind residents that you are the unsung heroes who keep our communities working (see below).

Wishing you and your loved ones joy and love this holiday season, from your family at OCEA. Thank you for all you do.

In solidarity,

Jennifer Muir Beuthin
OCEA General Manager

Remember the unsung heroes this holiday season
By Jennifer Muir Beuthin, Contributing writer

Every year the Register recognizes influencers throughout our communities—leaders who have made a mark, whose stories provide a glimpse into the incredible and diverse fabric that makes Orange County so special. Congratulations to each of the honorees.

For each of the 100 most influential people who are singled out every year, we can all probably name people in our own circles who make a huge impact on our lives each day. And so these influencer stories also help us all tap into our own personal feelings of gratitude, feelings that are especially poignant as we shop and cook and prepare to spend time with loved ones during the holidays.

In that spirit of gratitude, I wanted to highlight the efforts of a group of incredibly influential people because the very nature of their work often means that when they’re successful, most of us hardly know they’re there.

The municipal workforce in our county impacts just about every aspect of our daily lives, and this holiday season is no different.

For those of us who have family visiting from out of town, your guests will be greeted at John Wayne Airport by Sheriff’s Special Officers whose job is to make sure the public is safe inside and outside the walls of the airport terminals. You can feel confident knowing that SSOs have intervened not only to protect the public from dangerous situations, but also to perform CPR and save lives when travelers have fallen ill.

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August 8, 2017

Today:Santa Ana added water fees for new developments without public disclosure, see what day students start back to school for each district in Orange County and homeless at Tustin Civic Center clear out — most well before city’s deadline.

August 7, 2017

Today:Contract dispute could have left some CalOptima patients without mental health care, Laguna Niguel City Council to decide if Jerry Slusiewicz remains mayor and should politicians block people on social media?

August 4, 2017

Today:Trustees argue during hearing over changing Coast Community College District's election system, Orange County home listings off 66% from bubble: Here are 10 towns with steepest dips and County Clerk-Recorder reaches milestone with 8 million - plus electronically submitted documents.

August 3, 2017

Today:Santa Ana reverses plans to downsize jail, after new plan is said to save money and jobs, Anaheim Convention Center expansion booked and (almost) ready to go and District’s change to trustee areas might change city representation.

August 2, 2017

Today: Laguna Niguel postpones sending DA allegations staff misspent $410,000, City council candidates already fundraising for next year’s races and OCTA gets $629-million loan for 405 Freeway expansion and toll lane project.

August 1, 2017

Today: League of Women Voters urges supervisors to drop plan to change ethics commission, local police to present National Night Out fairs Tuesday and Santa Ana to consider a resolution supporting worker cooperatives.

July 31, 2017

Today: Anaheim City Council passes County’s toughest restrictions on lobbying, Dozens of convictions tossed out of Southern California courts because of prosecutors’ bad behavior, Harvard study says and real estate briefly: Orange County ranks 4th on West Coast for office space demand, report says.

July 28, 2017

Today: Jennifer Beuthin: Put democratic process ahead of partisan politics, Irvine again puts off decision on overturning airport commission rejection of hotel and office project and notices posted at Tustin Civic Center tell homeless to clear out for interim library.

July 27, 2017

Today: OC inmates filmed their own daring jail break on contraband cellphone, despite spending $100 Million, County hasn’t audited Motorola radio costs in 15 Years and Spitzer joins Closed Session after being assured DA wrong about conflict of interest.

July 26, 2017

Today: OC Supervisors’ attempted takeover of CalOptima Health Plan appears dead, Laguna Niguel investigates complaints against mayor And how to possibly remove him and Irvine to hire safety consultant to evaluate 15 story, multi use building located near John Wayne Airport.