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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.
September 24, 2019
Today: United Way program entices OC landlords to rent to homeless people; Fullerton police officers get raises, added salary levels in bid to curb turnover and, a food hall built out of shipping containers opens Thursday in Garden Grove.
September 23, 2019
Today: John Wayne Airport gets $2.1 million for terminal modifications; Newport may declare ‘crisis’ in planning for potential homeless shelter at city public works yard and, Irvine breaks ground on affordable housing project.
September 20, 2019
Today: OC follows Costa Mesa’s lead, may regulate sober living homes; homeowners can lend some land for the 405 widening not give it up and, homeless cleared from Newport Beach bus station.
September 19, 2019
Today: Downtown businesses say OC streetcar construction is hurting the bottom line; community explores Placentia Library after year-long overhaul and, Costa Mesa council turns down flag as a way to honor police.
September 18, 2019
Today: Angels make millions on Angel Stadium, the city barely gets a slice; Orange City Council to decide on controversial development and, state challenges Mission Viejo’s voting plan.
September 17, 2019
Today: OC Supervisors back off uncertified voting machine vendor; how voting in OC will change in 2020 and, embattled Assemblyman Bill Brough asked to bow out of 2020 election.
September 16, 2019
Today: OC approves new policy to immediately destroy public records; County seeks after-the-fact permission for harbor patrol changes and, a Huntington Beach committee wants people to stop feeding wildlife in parks.
September 13, 2019
Today: Ex-Santa Ana councilman pleads guilty to election fraud; Santa Ana’s Measure X tax isn’t going where it was promised and, CA investigating Bill Brough over sexual harassment claims.
September 12, 2019
Today: No strike: Grocery union members ratify pact with supermarket chains; Governor signs bill to build OC’s first veterans cemetery and, allegations of Vietnam interference in Westminster now official city policy.
Sept. 11, 2019
Today: OC rejects requests to back up promise of capping jet space at John Wayne Airport; Republic workers delay trash service in H.B. and F.V. to support colleagues in Massachusetts labor dispute; and America remembers 9/11.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
