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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.
August 17, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Orange County continues to see COVID-19 cases rise in workforce; Councilman lost brother to COVID-19, tells unvaccinated: ‘Don’t wait until it’s too late’, and rent aid in California plagued by complaints over slowness, bureaucracy.
August 16, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC schools in the time of COVID: This year really is new; South OC cities to spend millions in COVID relief money, and Santa Ana considers shifting $1 million toward community policing efforts.
August 13, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Over 600 children hospitalized since pandemic started; vaccine verification spreading as OC COVID-19 cases keep increasing, and the Lambda COVID variant is in California: 5 things to know.
August 12, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Vaccine verification spreading as OC COVID-19 cases keep increasing; OC hospitals, medical facilities hope to change minds of remaining unvaccinated employees in face of mandate; In OC, reactions run the gamut to new vaccine mandate for teachers; and more.
August 11, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC schools reopen for fall without alternate plans if COVID outbreaks hit; Orange County reported 640 new cases and two new deaths on Aug. 10, and hospital, nursing home visitors will need proof of vaccination.
August 10, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC could slash $25 million in small business fees; rising COVID-19 cases put more people in the hospital again, and CVS to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour.
October 22, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Harbor Patrol searched for oil spill hours earlier than first believed; Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations tick down, and reports says job losses amid jail stints are a key factor in family homelessness.
August 9, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Confronting OC’s third COVID surge; with Delta variant cases on the rise in OC, doctors say more kids are getting sick, and OC mobile home park seniors win rent relief after two years of activism.
August 6, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Orange County kids being hit by COVID fueled by Delta variant; women incarcerated at Orange County jail train dogs for adoption, and former DEA agent from Orange County indicted on Capitol riot charges.
August 5, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Powerful U.S. labor leader Richard Trumka dies; Anaheim Councilman Jordan Brandman resigns after vulgar text controversy, and taxpayer groups demand transparency on COVID spending.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
