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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.
October 5, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OCEA Candidate Town Hall tonight; Disneyland re-opening debate intensifies amid layoff threat, and County residents rely on parents to report coronavirus school cases.
October 2, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Members only OCEA Town Hall Monday night; O.C. health officials report no increase in COVID-19 cases after school re-openings and, Newport Beach City Hall to reopen to the public.
September 30, 2020
Today: Out of work, out of time in Orange County; Anaheim council sells Angel Stadium and land for $150 million subsidizes housing and park and, Newport-Mesa Unified students return to class as teachers union seeks to halt reopening.
September 29, 2020
Today: No COVID-19 deaths reported as O.C. moves closer to state’s ‘moderate’ tier for reopening; Anaheim’s bid to sell Angel Stadium continues, critics of subsidies sidelined and, CA-39 district race rematch continues under very different circumstances.
September 28, 2020
Today: Meet the OCEA-endorsed 2020 Election labor champions at a unique Town Hall event; will the Governor replace Water Board members critical of desalination project? And, Los Alamitos High teachers put off strike, plan to work Tuesday.
September 25, 2020
Today: Deputy shooting of homeless black man prompts curfew, protesters on edge; Orange County COVID-19 death toll tops 1,200 and, officials won’t release virus outbreaks at schools while re-openings continue.
September 24, 2020
Today: Deputy’s false police report charge came after mountain of testimony to grand jury; deputy killing of homeless Black man in San Clemente sparks protest and, Knott’s Berry Farm frustrated with lack of California theme park reopening plans.
September 23, 2020
Today: Disneyland demands Newsom reopen California theme parks; teachers push back on Orange County school reopenings and, Fullerton faces tough financial future even with new taxes.
September 22, 2020
Today: OC school districts move forward with reopening bringing questions, petitions; no positive COVID-19 tests so far for elementary schools opened with waiver and, candlelight vigil honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg held in Huntington Beach.
September 21, 2020
Today: What are OC school districts’ plans for Coronavirus outbreaks on campuses? Orange County reports four new deaths due to COVID-19 and, a spate of deputy misconduct cases casts harsh light on Sheriff’s Dept.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
