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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.
August 19, 2020
Today: Orange County applies for state aid for permanent housing as coronavirus cases climb another 287; how is Coronavirus changing voting? OC’s elections chief tells us and, Orange County proposes $7.5 billion, largely status quo budget.
August 18, 2020
Today: Orange County remains on virus watchlist but is trending toward an exit; Santa Ana poised to relax affordable housing obligations on developers and Chapman faculty slams fellow professor who stands by recent op-ed.
August 17, 2020
Today: Orange County draws questions over translation priorities during pandemic; Westminster School District trustee resigns after voter fraud charges and, live “Feet to the Fire” election podcast Wednesday.
August 14, 2020
Today: Orange County awaits backlogged coronavirus test results from state; OC schools get hundreds of millions from state to bolster online learning; County sees overall coronavirus trends improving, two cities remain hotspots; and more.
August 13, 2020
Today: Anaheim and Santa Ana leaders come up with different approaches for relief money; appeals court revives lawsuit alleging prosecutors illegally used informants and ACLU and activist groups concerned over inmate deaths and COVID-19 procedures in O.C. jails.
August 12, 2020
Today: Anaheim council members fund Chamber of Commerce with federal relief money; Huntington Beach promotes ‘Masks Up, Surf City’ and Southern California mortgages 60 days late hit a record high.
August 11, 2020
Today: OC supervisors seek to boost Coronavirus testing for elementary schools if opened this fall; Coronavirus counts more reliable at local hospitals and, controversial former Irvine mayor running for city council.
August 10, 2020
Today: Could OC’s food stamp program run out of money during the pandemic? South OC cities top Coronavirus cases by percentage and COVID-19 cases reported in Orange County pass 39,000 with 322 new cases, 16 deaths.
August 7, 2020
Today: Controversial desalination project faces key hurdle today; a nervous Westminster City Council takes another look at increasing sales taxes, and Fullerton Hunt Library gets a new life.
August 6, 2020
Today: Judge allows lawsuit against OC public comment policies to move forward; scores of elementary schools move to reopen classrooms, and youth sports largely canceled as virus transmission rates remain uncertain.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
