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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.
July 22, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana officials question voter access in City’s south end; OC Board of Ed releases previously silenced comment on starting schools without masks, and Discussions on changing place names reignites debate across the County.
July 21, 2020 Media Brief
Today: County of Orange overtakes Riverside County in recent virus cases; report prompts questions on why DA kept Snitch Scandal prosecutors, and Garden Grove Police launch probe into actions by an officer at weekend protest.
July 20, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana tenants confront eviction as expiration of renter protections loom; County schools likely to have online learning at start of fall semester, and Coronavirus patients stream into County hospitals, but occupancy stays steady.
July 17, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC restaurant outbreaks rose when indoor dining opened, now down since closing says County; push for reopening Orange County schools without masks has pro-charter school links and Commission OKs inspection and maintenance at retired nuclear plant .
July 16, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Unprecedented election shaped by social justice and health gears up; hospitals brace for coronavirus surge mode, and experts walk away from controversial OC Board of Ed amid re-openings.
July 15, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Anaheim scrambling to get Coronavirus outbreak under control; What are Orange County school districts’ plan for reopening in fall? And, Orange County Officials facing difficulty containing Coronavirus outbreaks.
July 14, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC Supervisors may ask voters to extend term limits; County ramps up Coronavirus testing with a private-public partnership, and OC Board of Ed recommends return to school without masks or any social distancing.
July 13, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC puts health inspectors on the sidelines; Coronavirus: Orange County reported 814 new cases, and OC Board of Ed call for a return to classes with no masks or social distancing.
July 10, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Can Orange County handle a spike in coronavirus hospitalizations? County defends messaging about youth sports postponement, and California warehouse workers in bind as virus cases surge.
July 9, 2020 Media Brief
Today: These OC hospitals are most impacted by coronavirus; hunger strike in OC jails over lack of visitation, hot meals comes to an end and, many in Orange County resist masks even as coronavirus cases soar.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
