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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.
April 20, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Ex-cop guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd case; Irvine council discussed district voting behind closed doors, could lead to lawsuit, and Huntington Beach council not to sue over state-mandated housing goals.
April 19, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Meet the nurses who have been battling on the front lines of COVID-19 in OC; Huntington Beach hosts diversity as antidote to hate and, a contractor that improperly recorded attorney-client prisoner calls gets contract renewed.
March 6, 2024 Media Brief
Today: Here's Where Orange County Stands After Primary Election Night, How to Track Your Federal Tax Refund, and more.
April 16, 2021 Media Brief
Today: County residents can now get a coronavirus vaccine but the working-class still worry; farmers' markets come out stronger than ever after a year, and Orange council averts special election by appointment to fill vacancy.
June 30, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Some warn homeless left behind as OC vaccinates and reopens; OC supervisor term limits measure likely won’t be on recall ballot after all, and Anaheim balances 2021-22 budget – with hefty borrowing.
April 14, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Jewish community calls for an end to comparing Coronavirus vaccine to Holocaust; County officials say vaccine passports won’t be forced on residents, and glitchy vaccine app “Othena” quietly gets nearly $3 million increase.
April 13, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Supervisors have historically undermined, underfunded their public anti-hate group; County officials say Coronavirus vaccine passports won’t be forced on residents, and vaccines are key to preventing new mutations in the county, but it’s a race against time.
April 12, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC announces test run for its own COVID-19 vaccine passports; Anaheim elementary students are latest to return to campus, and Irvine Great Park homeowners are paying for largest municipal park in OC history – now they want a voice.
April 9, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Will OC’s vaccine gaps lead to disproportionate outbreaks among Latinos? Orange County students won’t be forced to get COVID vaccines, and Disneyland releases ticket prices and pricing calendar for April 30 reopening.
April 8, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC & CA Latino communities lag in COVID vaccinations as economy rushes to reopen; local government can do a lot to fight climate change, majority of sex and human trafficking victims in OC are Black and Latino.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
