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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.
August 26, 2019
Today: Triple-digit heat coming to some Southern California communities; County contracts are going dark under new policy and, putting ‘Anaheim’ in front of the Angels is not part of lease renewal discussions.
August 22, 2019
Today: Critics decry secrecy surrounding future of Willowick Golf Course; Santa Ana sets more pot-shop friendly policies and, 3 more videos emerge of students involved in anti-Semitic activities.
August 21, 2019
Today: CA state legislature could soon back site in Irvine for OC Veterans Cemetery; Westminster budget struggles ahead and, school officials vow stronger response after 2018 video of Garden Grove students giving Nazi salute surfaces.
August 20, 2019
Today: Disney whistle blower says revenue was inflated by $6 billion; Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa home sales drop 12% and Huntington Beach tentatively approves new police management contract.
August 19, 2019
Today: Fire Authority replaces the Garden Grove Fire Department; rent costs in Los Angeles, Orange counties at 5.8%, biggest rise since 2005 and, Fullerton needs millions to fix its streets and wants help from CSUF.
August 16, 2019
Today: Mosquitoes in Buena Park and Santa Ana test positive for West Nile virus; high cost of housing cuts into food, utilities study says and, Chapman professor producing documentaries aimed at preventing child prostitution.
August 15, 2019
Today: Angel Stadium appraisal still not finalized; O.C. Supervisors OK funding for aircraft that will monitor wildfire risk and; home buying in Irvine, Tustin tumbles 14%.
August 14, 2019
Today: State Senator’s bill aims to boost County jail mental health services; officials sort out gun battle that claimed CHP officer and the late Auditor-Controller Eric Woolery is remembered for watching out for citizens.
August 13, 2019
Today: County asks Court to let it keep deleting texts about government business; paperwork for another veterans cemetery ballot measure filed in Irvine and OC Fair’s 2019 run closes with 1.39 million visitors.
August 12, 2019
Today: Record-breaking year: UC Irvine nets $441 million in research funding; Anaheim gets $2 million DoT grant for electric bus charging tech and Brea’s private water woes.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
