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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.
May 26, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC Supervisors deem churches essential, sheriff won’t enforce mask requirements; how to best spend 75 million dollars in funds to help county cities and OC starts posting coronavirus recovery estimates.
May 22, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC deciding whether to report more consistent Coronavirus numbers; OC moves to reopen by Memorial Day weekend despite two record days of deaths and, Fountain Valley plans to get through COVID-19 economic crisis without city layoffs or service cuts.
May 21, 2020 Media Brief
Today: County grapples with 458 million revenue drop projection; Local food pantries get more government funding and San Clemente beach protests trigger arrests.
May 20, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Most of Orange County’s $554 million in CARES Act money already spent or spoken for; supervisors split over handling $75 million small business bailout and, Costa Mesa campaign urges shopping local to end ‘economic pandemic’.
May 19, 2020
Today: How OC measures up to governor’s benchmarks for reopening; Santa Ana voters to decide whether to recall councilwoman Iglesias and Interim San Clemente city manager blocks city council in person meeting.
May 18, 2020
Today: OC could soon be able to open more businesses; Huntington Beach City Council plans for reopening businesses and, Buena Park offers $10,000 grants to small businesses hurt by pandemic.
May 15, 2020
Today: OC Mayors and Supervisors request urgent federal funding citing public safety risk; nursing home, jail infections behind recent coronavirus cases spike and, volunteer groups form in OC to feed front line workers.
May 14, 2020
Today: City of Irvine’s coronavirus antibody test plan draws concerns from county officials; Westminster coronavirus loans will take 1.1 million away from west end area fund and, public parking lots at OC Regional parks may reopen this weekend.
May 13, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC meets some state criteria for reopening faster, falls short on others; Congressional delegation question County’s lower Coronavirus testing rates and, Westminster looks to consultants for Coronavirus economic recovery.
May 12, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Homeless deaths are spiking in Orange County; Anaheim’s emergency coronavirus evictions ban gets shot at a longer extension and, Angels ramp up stadium land sale process.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
