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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.
February 6, 2020
Today: Santa Ana disbands public safety board amid police union critics; secrecy around sheriff evidence misconduct records heads to court Thursday and, proposed California bill would allow drivers to take up to 3 photos.
February 5, 2020
Today: Court to consider if Fullerton blogger can be silenced over secret city hall documents; momentum grows around North OC shelters as shortage remains and, Anaheim to expand Salvation Army homeless shelter.
February 4, 2020
Today: Ballots start to go out for 2020 primary; Working Wardrobes picking up the pieces after blaze and, County officially certifies recall effort against Santa Ana council member.
February 3, 2020
Today: City of Santa Ana challenges County in Court over homeless dumping; Working Wardrobes headquarters in Irvine ‘a total loss’ after 4-alarm fire and, Navy breaks ground on $154 million project at Seal Beach to reconfigure Anaheim Bay.
January 31, 2020
Today: First coronavirus case confirmed in Santa Clara County; Orange County’s 3rd District supervisor faces one challenger on March 3 ballot and, 30 years ago, miles of O.C. beaches were fouled by a devastating oil spill.
January 30, 2020
Today: Santa Ana tired of being dumping ground of OC homelessness population; Anaheim housing debate creates unlikely partnership and, Newport Beach opposes state affordable housing quotas.
January 29, 2020
Today: Coronavirus evacuees will spend at least 3 days at Riverside County air base; eleven candidates hope to replace three councilmembers in Westminster recall and, ex-Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante gets felonies reduced to misdemeanors.
January 28, 2020
Today: Former Great Park auditor surrenders accounting license; at least 91 convictions involve missing evidence DA says and, flight leaving center of coronavirus outbreak, bound for So Cal.
January 27, 2020
Today: Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, wife and daughter die in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant; how a mural of Kobe and Gigi appeared in just 6 hours and, recalls, lawsuits, and financial struggles ahead for Westminster.
January 24, 2020
Today: Tear down of San Onofre nuclear plant to begin in February; five exposed to hazardous chemical leak at Yorba Linda water treatment facility and, Orange County cities gird up for next housing goal challenge.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
