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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.
December 2, 2019
Today: OC Homeowners in high fire hazard areas seek insurance options; Laguna Hills mall redevelopment plan met with council and, can the OC District Attorney and Sheriff weather evidence booking scandal?
November 27, 2019
Today: Anaheim officials cram housing in poor neighborhoods, denying housing in rich parts of the city; SoCal home buying hits 7 year high and, UC system under pressure from within to abandon SAT/ACT for admission.
November 26, 2019
Today: Local cities prepare as major Thanksgiving rainstorm comes for O.C.; Fullerton attorneys improperly spiked number of secret city hall records allegedly downloaded by local blogger and, your “Retirement Matters” Town hall coming Dec. 5.
November 26, 2019
Today: Local cities prepare as major Thanksgiving rainstorm comes for O.C.; Fullerton attorneys improperly spiked number of secret city hall records allegedly downloaded by local blogger and, your “Retirement Matters” Town hall coming Dec. 5.
November 25, 2019
Today: OC deputy sheriff inmate shackling policy draws public protest; what happens after your story goes viral? And, Times OC’s 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards highlights Orange County favorites.
November 22, 2019
Today: Newport Beach water rates to climb by over $3 a month for typical residents; O.C.’s ‘homeless czar’ to become Costa Mesa’s assistant city manager and, OC Museum of Art moves forward with its new, $73 million building.
November 21, 2019
Today: Anaheim ramps up security at public meetings amid effort to quash debate and push through stadium deal; Santa Ana delays vote on proposal to develop First American land and, improvements coming at Costa Mesa’s ‘airplane park’ with $1 million cash infusion.
November 20, 2019
Today: Santa Ana pushes back as County approves new 425-bed shelter; recall targets Irvine Mayor Shea and Council member Carroll and, Anaheim, Angels have second meeting scheduled on stadium deal.
November 19, 2019
Today: Fullerton city councilman questions process for targeting resident blogger; Santa Ana council to vote on controversial apartments proposal and, four Orange County deputies fired after audit finds systemic abuses in booking evidence.
November 18, 2019
Today: 2020 candidates for OC supervisor come into view; Santa Ana residents say landlords are evicting them ahead of new state law and, operator of defunct OC drug rehab centers indicted for fraud.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
