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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 10, 2019
Today: Angel Stadium made $1.6 million for Anaheim since 2010; OC proposes policy to destroy public records before two years and, demolition of San Onofre nuclear plant comes before Coastal Commission in the fall.
September 9, 2019
Today: Death of OC official underscores why public should have access to elected officials calendars; Calif. legislature to vote on bill limiting school vaccination exemptions and, grocery workers union agrees to tentative deal with stores, strike averted for now.
September 6, 2019
Today: Huntington Beach council explores lifting prohibition on short-term vacation rentals; parts of Anaheim and Buena Park to be sprayed for mosquitoes and, Costa Mesa approves committee readying for Fairview Developmental Center’s future.
September 5, 2019
Today: County cited “serious” concerns about crisis center operator; Santa Ana’s old YMCA building will become a hotel and, Placentia Library opens Sept. 14 after $2.3 million renovation.
September 4, 2019
Today: Anaheim mayor and city staff offer contradicting Angel Stadium statements; thousands of renters with Section 8 vouchers can’t use them and, Garden Grove project to “reimagine” itself adds murals and whimsy downtown.
September 3, 2019
Today: Angels-Anaheim negotiations enter final stretch; County’s new administration building features ‘one-stop’ center to serve public and, OC plan for vote centers, mail ballots for all headed for state approval this fall.
August 30, 2019
Today: Closure lifted at Huntington Harbour, after tests show no sewage contamination; Placentia removes 15 dumpsters of waste from homeless encampment and, Newport Beach eyes three potential sites for temporary homeless shelter.
August 29, 2019
Today: City Council speaks publicly about Anaheim Stadium negotiations for the first time; countywide interest grows in Westminster council recalls and sewage spill could close Huntington Harbour to swimmers through Labor Day.
August 28, 2019
Today: A tale of two cities – Fullerton and Anaheim respond to mobile home park seniors; Supervisors undeterred after 3rd Court ruling against Esperanza Hills project and, Placentia crews clean up homeless encampment.
August 27, 2019
Today: Grocery union prepares for ‘final offer’ vote in early September; ‘Anaheim’ won’t be in Angels name as lease negotiations start and : Atwood mural is dedicated during celebration day as restoration work continues.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin