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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 5, 2020
Today: Coronavirus prompts community census takers to get creative; OC elementary schools could reopen for classroom learning, and Santa Ana expands its Coronavirus response with influx of new federal dollars
August 4, 2020
Today: In Orange County, heart of mask resistance, one doctor is trying to restore faith in science; tackling coronavirus spread in Anaheim and Santa Ana puts focus on inequity and, OC residents debate going back to school.
August 3, 2020
Today: Orange County workers confront coronavirus uncertainty amidst infections; major Orange County freeway closures planned: Aug. 1-7, and a decade of rent hikes end in L.A., Orange counties.
July 31, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Essential public workers need broad federal assistance immediately - OCEA's Barfield; regional water board nears decision on Huntington Beach plant; and confusion reigns around county’s coronavirus death counts and hospitalizations.
July 30, 2020 Media Brief
Today: County hospital workers are getting fatigued; what does the OC Board of Education really do? And, Orange County Register editor killed in Santa Ana crash.
July 28, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC goes after $60 million in state grants to buy motels for homeless housing; Anaheim police chief resists calls for officer statements after shootings, and OC Board of Education decides to sue Gov. Gavin Newsom over school closures.
July 28, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Orange County Board of Ed considers suing the state over school shutdown; protesters claim Newport-Mesa Unified plan to start school year would harm students, and County supervisors effort to extend term limits is back.
July 27, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Public commenters limited during Coronavirus by closed government offices, new policies; Costa Mesa begins issuing fines to people violating face-covering order, and a dozen Huntington Beach police officers and employees have contracted COVID-19.
July 24, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Is Orange County turning the corner on coronavirus or headed over a cliff? Irvine Mayor sued over blocking Facebook comments, and OC’s oldest Jane Doe cold case murder solved.
July 23, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Coronavirus hospitalizations plateau in OC after sharp rise; County schools will start online, YMCA to offer in-person child care services, and Newport Beach police officers level criticism and lawsuit at city hall.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
