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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 4, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Efforts to vaccinate people are stretching OC’s community groups and clinics thin; Huntington Beach implements social media policy for officials, and Cypress opposes proposed rules calling for warehouses to reduce emissions.
May 3, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC’s vaccination efforts shift from the vulnerable to the hesitant; 4th District Virtual Job Fair Wednesday and Irvine to fight voting district lawsuit
April 30, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Disneyland reopens to the public after 13-month closure; Jury says Anaheim police used excessive force in man’s death, and regulators allow controversial desal plant to run in Huntington Beach.
April 29, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC’s three main coronavirus metrics remain low, but fall short of yellow tier; which is the better immunity: COVID vaccine or natural infection? And, Disneyland resort lost $4 billion due to coronavirus closure.
April 28, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Orange County community groups partner to bring seniors to vaccination sites; Supervisors keep coronavirus state of emergency, and Newport political donor’s bid for parkland sparks opposition.
April 27, 2021 Media Brief
Today: County sees another vaccine gap for older coastal communities and other areas; OC’s homelessness commissioners admit having no idea what to do, and Anaheim Council may remove a commissioner who blamed China for the pandemic.
April 26, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Meet Orange County doctors who are confronting COVID-19; OC Supervisor Chaffee holds Fourth District Virtual Job Fair, and Westminster police officer on paid leave after punching handcuffed suspect twice.
April 23, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Tackling Coronavirus vaccine hesitancy across Orange County; first-time homebuyers are getting outbid by big companies, and Costa Mesa hopes legal cannabis dispensaries will alleviate city’s pot problem.
April 22, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Two new Coronavirus vaccination clinics come to Santa Ana, Irvine; study: Black and Latino people disproportionately booked in OC jails, and Water Board hearing tomorrow on desalination.
April 21, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Health experts heighten calls to narrow OC’s Latino vaccination gap; virus metrics in Orange County dip to new lows, and Orange finalizes sale of properties to be turned into affordable housing units.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
