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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 4, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Elect or appoint council replacements? OC Board of Education will sue Newsom over face masks, and erosion and rising seas a concern for San Onofre’s ocean-front nuclear waste storage.
August 3, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Face mask mandate in schools raises ire, praise; OC recorded 1,996 new Coronavirus cases, two new deaths, and residents challenge priority for access to OC’s coast.
August 2, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Who’s watching the billions in new state homeless spending? OC Supervisors accused of strangling public comment, and Huntington Beach man who texted selfie from the Capitol riot arrested after tip to FBI.
July 30, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Orange County’s number of fentanyl deaths is skyrocketing; Coronavirus: OC reported 522 new cases with 55% of county vaccinated, and Newport-Mesa School District officials halt anti-bias training in schools.
July 29, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC Coastal cities see COVID spike; Placentia-Yorba Linda school board wants face mask option, and man who mocked coronavirus vaccine in viral tweet died of COVID-19.
July 28, 2021 Media Brief
Today: State health department recommends masks for everyone indoors; Health Care Agency urges precautions as COVID-19 cases increase, and Irvine residents rail against Great Park special tax.
July 27, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Rhonda Bolton first Black woman to serve on the Huntington Beach City Council; Sheriff deputies to get body cams next month, and Irvine council to discuss major Great Park revamp after year of little progress.
July 23, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Class Action lawsuit: Anaheim taxpayers subsidize Disneyland; Anaheim council backs controversial veterans cemetery, and caregivers at Fountain Valley hospital authorize strike.
July 22, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC reported 304 new cases and two new deaths as of July 22; CalTrans to remove homeless camp near San Clemente, OC Sheriff’s deputies could start wearing body cameras in August.
July 21, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Anaheim officials scramble to defend alleged violation in Angel Stadium deal; Santa Ana officials reject sale of Cypress Fire Station amid outcry and couple accused of involuntary manslaughter in gender-reveal ignition of El Dorado fire.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
