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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.
April 27, 2020 Media Brief
Today: The County moves to increase Coronavirus testing to reopen economy; cities debate financial response to Coronavirus tax losses and, 105 new cases reported on April 26.
April 24, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Let’s keep public servants working to keep our communities safe; Top county official in charge of COVID-19 resigns and retires and, Trailers for homeless, fair cancellation on officials table today.
April 22, 2020 Media Brief
Today: More than 20,000 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Orange County as of today; John Wayne Airport stats for March show coronavirus effects and, 2 COVID-19 deaths strike a H.B. nursing home.
April 21, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Voice of OC: OC tinkers with opening beaches; masks required for retail workers; Laguna Beach mayor calls for urgent closure of open county beaches and protests in OC over stay at home orders raise enforcement questions.
April 20, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Judge OKs Laguna Hills motel for homeless use as coronavirus spreads; local doctors say COVID-19 fears are driving down ER visits and, Facebook maps coronavirus based on people reporting their symptoms.
April 17, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Orange County reports 3 more coronavirus deaths, infections top 1,500; 100-plus gather in Huntington Beach to protest stay-at-home orders and Buena Park joins other OC cities in requiring face masks in public.
April 17, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Orange County reports 3 more coronavirus deaths, infections top 1,500; 100-plus gather in Huntington Beach to protest stay-at-home orders and Buena Park joins other OC cities in requiring face masks in public.
April 16, 2020 Media Brief
Today: County officials push back on parts of state's pandemic policy; John Wayne Airport slated to get $44.9 million in federal coronavirus aid and, City of Laguna Hills sues County over homeless use of hotel rooms.
April 15, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC District Attorney fighting release of nearly 300 people during pandemic; Santa Ana freezes rent increases for residents and, OC secures 500 motel rooms for homeless during pandemic.
April 13, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Is the County ready for a potential surge in COVID cases? Coronavirus test site opens at shuttered San Clemente hospital and, County employee tests positive for coronavirus, makes other workers nervous.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
