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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.
June 18, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC set to mark Juneteenth ‘Freedom Day’ with local events; ballot proposal to extend OC Supervisor term limits is revived, and the push for ethnic studies classes continue throughout OC school districts.
June 17, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Council members clash, police spending furor, community outcry: Santa Ana's new budget; Costa Mesa Council meetings now in-person; approves 1,057-unit project, and Fountain Valley hospital workers, OC Congresswoman seek federal investigation.
June 16, 2021 Media Brief
Today: County residents enjoy reopening largely without masks; Disneyland without pandemic rules gets big crowds, and will outdoor dining in public spaces become permanent in OC?
June 15, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana council finalizes city budget, community spending demands persist; more vaccines, following rules will help as state reopens today, and former Rep. Rohrabacher breached Capitol barricades on Jan. 6.
June 14, 2021 Media Brief
Today: County reopens Tuesday with herd immunity vaccination gap; Candlelight vigil at Costa Mesa’s Avenue of the Arts honors OC lives lost to COVID-19, and Cities across OC are taking state-mandated housing battle to court.
June 11, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Orange County COVID victims to be memorialized tonight; how June 15 reopening will change restaurants and dining in, and advocates urge creation of a safe parking program for people living out of vehicles.
June 10, 2021 Media Brief
Today: More cities move to use social workers In homeless, mental health response; OC residents still required to wear masks at work, and veterans groups now support Anaheim Hills as a veterans cemetery site.
June 09, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Will OC residents still need to wear masks at work? OC's COVID experts to answer questions on eve of reopening, and Santa Ana cannabis shop policies praised, but questions linger.
June 8, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Police oversight office has yet to release its first report after years of silence; Supreme Court will hear case of alleged illegal spying on OC Mosques, and Jim Fassel, longtime NFL coach from Anaheim, passes away.
June 7, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana Council approves police cost increases, Viet community liaison; should Irvine shift to district voting? And, veterans abandon potential cemetery site ahead of contentious Irvine City Council vote.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
