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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.
February 9, 2021
Today: Community groups, doctors call on County to vaccinate hardest-hit areas first; craft fair with thousands in Santa Ana prompts policy questions, and Anaheim Union schools allowed to resume sports.
February 8, 2021
Today: OC residents can now address county supervisors by name in public and question them; months after fighting coronavirus, some face heart, lung, or neurological problems, and three OC cities to tackle housing next week.
February 5, 2021
Today: Pantries adjust to feed residents as less federal food boxes are sent to OC; County’s last traditional Sears is closing, and Orange Councilmember Mike Alvarez could lose seat as judge ruled him ineligible to run in the last election.
February 4, 2021
Today: CVS to start COVID-19 vaccinations around Southern California; community organizations fight for Coronavirus vaccines for vulnerable residents, and Coronavirus tracker: California reported 444 fewer hospitalizations Wednesday.
February 3, 2021
Today: Orange County has cut its coronavirus case rate in half since mid-January; Tito Ortiz gets to keep his ‘mayor pro tem’ title, and Huntington Beach loses housing case with the state of California.
February 2, 2021
Today: Hospitals go their own way on COVID vaccinations as County program struggles; amid split in coastal OC supervisor seat, who’s backing who? Some cities ponder whether grocery workers deserve hazard pay.
February 1, 2021
Today: Have new Coronavirus strains arrived in Orange County? GOP leaders split on who should win the supervisor’s race, and OCTA plans new $38 million operations building in Anaheim.
January 29, 2021
Today: Latinos are being left behind in the OC’s Coronavirus vaccination efforts; language translations delayed for Othenda COVID vaccine app, and Huntington Beach City Council to vote on removing Tito Ortiz as mayor pro tem.
January 28, 2021
Today: County officials disclose more CARES Act spending, offer public update; Coronavirus vaccination effort to add language options and O.C. supervisors vote to rename facility after former Sheriff Sandra Hutchens.
January 27, 2021
Today: Orange County’s Coronavirus case rate dives after New Year highs; Special election heats up as GOP condemns two Republican challengers, and Irvine City Council changes budget policies following mailer spending controversy.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
