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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.
September 18, 2020
Today: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies, Southern California replaces just 27% of jobs lost amid pandemic and, Orange County hits 51,646 coronavirus cases.
September 16, 2020
Today: Despite some resistance, Board of Supervisors OKs $7.5-billion budget; supervisors finalize private jet plans, ignore resident concerns and, hacking, mail-in ballot security questions answered by elections chief.
September 15, 2020
Today: Anaheim mayor could face recall election over rent control, stadium land sale; private jet plan for John Wayne airport sparks resident concern and allegations and, installations on Costa Mesa’s West 19th Street have drivers seeing circles — if only for a week.
September 14, 2020
Today: Virus spread across OC cities clearer with the release of more data; pandemic lays bare gaps in education access and, OC judge allows resident lawsuit against Angel Stadium sale to proceed.
September 11, 2020
Today: State officials to target more testing for OC’s hardest-hit neighborhoods; fire chief calls for residents to better prepare as fires blaze across the state, and CA Supreme Court will not hear County Board of Ed. school reopening case.
September 10, 2020
Today: Anaheim Planning Commission advances $150 million Angel Stadium sale to council; questions continue to swirl around OC health director's qualifications and low-income and predominately Latino neighborhoods in Santa Ana affected by toxic lead, report says.
September 9, 2020
Today: Anaheim Planning Commission could vote today to move $150 million Angel Stadium sale to City Council; state overrides Irvine on Vets Cemetery location and, OC churches and movie theater get limited reopening.
September 8, 2020
Today: Angels and Ducks have different community giveback approaches in Anaheim; OC gains ground against coronavirus, advances from purple tier to less-restrictive red tier and, Mobile fingerprint scanners to be distributed to OC Law Enforcement.
September 4, 2020
Today: OC reopening plans lack engagement of worker groups or school safety; Santa Ana tried to defund the police. What happened next? And, Activists concerned over rise in Orange County homeless deaths.
September 3, 2020
Today: OC Grand Jury describes shackles during birthing, care delays in custody; OC Supervisors continue to politicize public health as virus toll surpasses 1,000 and, Survey shows desire for investment in public health, social services report says.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
