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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.
October 29, 2019
Today: Placentia leaders setting up homeless shelter for North Orange County; fire breaks out in Sepulveda Pass and, Getty fire licks edges of Getty Museum, but art is safe.
October 25, 2019
Today: Fullerton city officials target bloggers in lawsuit to search private computers; fate of OC fairgrounds CEO unclear after fundraising controversy and, Dana Point is grappling with beach erosion.
October 24, 2019
Today: A city manager got a ride home from PD after drinking and crashing car; Anaheim seniors could get rent relief in January and Newport Beach seeks operator for planned homeless shelter.
October 23, 2019
Today: OC approves $334 million in raises covering 11,000 employees; mental health jail expansion draws pushback and, Newport Beach homeless shelter plan made amid resident’s concerns.
October 21, 2019
Today: Santa Ana city council bans oversize vehicle parking; Willowick golf course sale put on hold and, historic Mendez desegregation case gets its due in Westminster — where it started.
October 18, 2019
Today: Cannabis, hotel taxes going to Stanton voters; new cottages at San Onofre Beach provide respite for disabled vets and, GM, Chicago teacher strikes show how unions can start winning again.
October 17, 2019
Today: Anaheim is adding metal detectors and bag searches at City Hall; Fullerton to study authorizing legal pot shops and New H.B. power plant gets two notices of violation.
October 16, 2019
Today: Be Well OC breaks ground on first mental health and wellness campus in OC; Sheriff’s investigator on leave after allegedly pulling gun on teen and, Angels sign Joe Maddon to 3-year deal as manager.
October 15, 2019
Today: Mosquitoes carrying rare encephalitis virus discovered in Westminster, Anaheim; more than half of money spent on Angel Stadium did not go to maintenance and, John Wayne Airport upgrades noise complaint system.
October 11, 2019
Today: Fullerton takes first step to open a homeless shelter; CalPERS long term care trial delayed over settlement talks and recall of Buena Park Councilwoman looms.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
