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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 2, 2020
Today: Orange County surpasses 1,000 coronavirus deaths; Santa Ana provides new data that Orange County is ‘dumping’ homeless and, Costa Mesa retail cannabis measure is expected to possibly bring financial windfall.
September 1, 2020
Today: Santa Ana, San Clemente approach different stages of affordable housing this week; Costa Mesa voters to decide on legalizing cannabis delivery services and, OC school districts plan to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic.
August 31, 2020
Today: Long-dormant County police watchdog plans first set of probes into OC agencies in years; South Santa Ana gets more voting access after city officials raise questions and, few LA County tenants skipping rent if they can pay, study finds.
August 28, 2020
Today: Anaheim enforces virus guidelines, county health officials do not; OC is almost halfway there to reopening schools and, the County lands in most restrictive tier of new coronavirus tracking system.
August 27, 2020
Today: Fair-weather Fullerton city manager throws essential workers under the bus; unintentional discharge of deputy’s gun hits employee in the arm and, In the wake of George Floyd, who should be an officer?
August 26, 2020
Today: Health director to take on dual roles permanently; Coronavirus: 15 new deaths reported in Orange County as of Tuesday and, teachers report some Zoom issues Monday morning, but worked through them.
August 25, 2020
Today: OC schools could begin reopening classrooms mid-September if virus trends hold; as Pandemic slams revenues, county releases new spending plan and COVID test site to open at fairgrounds — expected to help with surge in tests for schools.
August 24, 2020
Today: Health officials stand by reopening push despite higher Coronavirus estimates; first of two luxury hotels open in Anaheim and, mosquito control spraying set for Fullerton, Buena Park.
August 21, 2020
Today: More OC elementary schools apply for reopening waivers; County could be removed from state virus watch list, and Human Relations Task Force hosts forum on building community.
August 20, 2020
Today: More than two dozen schools got the OK to bring back elementary-age students to their campuses; more OC businesses might be able to reopen soon, state officials to release info and Santa Ana moves forward with reduced affordable housing requirements.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
