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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.
May 18, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Will Santa Ana crack down on families renting in boarding houses?; Hikers undeterred by HOA gates on public trail in Laguna Niguel, and Tesla under review by California DMV, could face penalties.
May 17, 2021 Media Brief
Today: "COVID vaccines available at new Fly Well clinic at John Wayne Airport," "Full vaccinated county residents still required to wear masks indoors another month," "County politicians ready to redraw election maps, will the public get a say?" and more.
May 14, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Will fully vaccinated OC residents have to keep wearing masks? The unwitting are the target of COVID-19 falsehoods online, and Martin Schwarz named new Orange County public defender.
May 13, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana clears homeless encampment at cultural center; Chapman University survey finds most OC residents support masks and vaccines, and environmental groups take positions on Poseidon desalination plant.
May 12, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Supervisors cancel digital Coronavirus vaccine records as hundreds protest; Grand Jury issues scathing report on County’s pandemic response, and OC could move to yellow tier by May 19.
May 11, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Cities want public input in COVID relief spending but not Orange County; Irvine faces questions over lack of transparency in public meetings; and OC officials to face crowd, again, over digital vaccine records.
May 10, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Anaheim to discuss “hero pay” ordinances for grocery/drug store workers; are OC officials preparing for rising temperatures? Pandemic eases, but the California housing crisis worsens.
May 7, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Local health clinics gear up for increased vaccinations as super sites close; hospital workers braved pandemic, but some can’t afford healthcare, and unemployment case spells bad news for Huntington Beach Mayor Pro-Tem.
May 6, 2021 Media Brief
Today: County will close vaccine super sites, switch to neighborhood clinics; misinformation may delay herd immunity say, officials and OC reported 38 new COVID cases and 13 new deaths as of May 6.
May 5, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana can go its own route to remove El Centro homeless encampment; County halts plan to destroy meeting records, and toxic dump cleanup to resume in Huntington Beach.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
