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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.
January 6, 2020
Today: Laguna Beach working with neighboring cities to share wildfire safety resources; strong wind gusts howling on SoCal Freeways, could bring down trees and, Anaheim shelves plans to widen Lincoln Avenue east of the 5 freeway.
January 3, 2020
Today: Here’s why your trash bill may go up in Orange County; what is a city’s ‘fair share’ in solving homelessness, and who should decide? And, deadly attack by US on Iranian general rattles energy market.
January 2, 2020
Today: Homelessness in Orange County – 2019 Year in Review; Costa Mesa cyclists will push for road safety in 2020 and, Irvine will pursue ‘community choice’ program to buy its own electric power.
December 31, 2019
Today: Top 2019 stories of fraud, waste and abuse in Orange County; recall moves forward against Santa Ana councilwoman and, cities take to streets — and, lately, shelters — to tackle homelessness. Is it enough?
December 30, 2019
Today: Plan today! No Party Preference voters’ ballots for presidential primary; why does Orange County have a homeless problem and how can it be solved? And, Orange County draws criticism for over 200 homeless deaths this year.
December 27, 2019
Today: Orange County health agency extends ocean, bay, harbor water advisory; San Clemente finalizes report on sea level rise and, surfer attacked by shark near Channel Islands calls rescue a ‘Christmas miracle’.
December 26, 2019
Today: Activists pause to remember homeless people who died in Orange County; rain advisory issued for Southern California beaches and, a spot on County education board becomes flash point for 2020 elections.
December 24, 2019
Today: 2019 was the year of nastiness on the city council dais; O.C. universities grapple with white supremacy incidents and, Southern Californians getting almost 9 million robocalls a day.
December 23, 2019
Today: Anaheim city council not worried about total cash value for Angel stadium; John Wayne Airport implements emissions regulations and, Placentia implements new ordinance for obstruction of sidewalks.
December 20, 2019
Today: Speed of Anaheim's stadium sale proposal raising concerns; apartment association to join the fight against homelessness and, Joan Irvine Smith, philanthropist and force behind the founding of UCI, dies at 86.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
