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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.
March 11, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Orange County adds latest vaccination site at Christ Cathedral; will Costa Mesa residents get to elect their next mayor? LA-Orange County homeownership again ranks nation’s worst.
March 10, 2021
Today: Democrats flip Supervisor seat, Moorlach concedes to Foley; Mudslides trigger canyon evacuations, road closures, and Orange councilman resigns, opts not to appeal term limit ruling.
March 9, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Today is Election Day for many county residents; police fusion center that monitors social media highlighted at national hearing, and school board faces mounting calls to stream board meetings.
March 8, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Will schools n OC’s hardest-hit community reopen following state push?; Community members call on Orange County to “stop Asian hate,” and rain, temperatures to fall across So Cal ahead of Tuesday storm arrival.
March 5, 2021
Today: Orange County reported 232 new COVID cases, 62 new deaths as of March 5; Disneyland can reopen possibly by April 1 if virus metrics improve, and California now encouraging double masks to better protect from virus spread.
March 4, 2021
Today: OC grapples with wave of hate toward Asian Americans; four alleged local white supremacists can face charges, appeals court rules, and Santa Ana mayor says city abandoned by the federal, state, and county virus response.
March 2, 2021
Today: Sheriff deputies are spending big against GOP candidate for county supervisor; OC’s coronavirus case rate misses red tier status by a fraction, and schools to reopen Kindergarten to 2nd Grade or risk loss of state grant money.
March 3, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana, Costa Mesa move forward on hazard pay for grocery clerks; Huntington Beach pension bond plan approved, and Placentia small business set to receive grants to help with pandemic relief.
March 1, 2021
Today: After outcry, County will publicize all planned COVID contracts before approval; Huntington Beach considers bonds for pension financing, and Orange County reports 12 deaths due to COVID-19.
February 26, 2021
Today: Orange County receives vaccine shipment after winter-storm delay; State officials to address potential Blue Shield vaccine distribution inequities, and San Clemente City Council sent home after member refuses to wear mask.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
