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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 10, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC Fair getting travel trailers, looking at buildings on property for medical use; Quarantine grocery guide for famer’s markets and grocery stores; and UC Irvine students wrestle with lease break payments.
April 9, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Orange County has 107 newly reported cases of coronavirus; grocery workers plea for virus safety measures as clerks deal with crowded stores, fears and, Coronavirus outbreak in OC jails triggers early inmate releases and worker safety protests.
April 8, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Orange County health officials now recommend face coverings in public; the County reports 50 more cases of coronavirus on April 7 and, early recall election results show Westminster Council likely to remain.
April 7, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Property taxpayers might not get late fees waived for income loss; Huntington Beach approves controversial raises for police and city employees and, Council member pushes suspension of Santa Ana tax increase.
April 6, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Orange County COVID-19: Daily update on deaths, hospitalizations & response; Newport Beach bans short term rentals during coronavirus emergency and, Costco, Walmart cut back (again) on shoppers inside stores.
April 3, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Local public servants meeting the COVID-19 crisis head-on; OC residents hit by unemployment get help from social services agency and, County now says financial hardship doesn’t qualify for late fee waivers.
April 2, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Food bank hires temporary workers to feed OC’s most vulnerable; County releases coronavirus statistics for smaller cities and, Are you unable to pay rent because of the coronavirus?
April 1, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Orange County has 107 newly reported cases of coronavirus; grocery workers plea for virus safety measures as clerks deal with crowded stores, fears and, Coronavirus outbreak in OC jails triggers early inmate releases and worker safety protests.
March 31, 2020
Today: OC officials agree to disclose COVID-19 hospitalization data; restaurant group closed by coronavirus crisis gives 2,000 pounds of food to pantries, shelters and, State estimates to COVID-19 hospitalizations will peak in less than 4 weeks.
March 30, 2020
Today: Orange County coronavirus cases reach 431, still 4 deaths; OC officials plan on providing more info on hospital needs and, four O.C. school districts add several weeks to their shutdown.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
