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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.
July 25, 2019
Today: Irvine Mayor Shea disputes veterans cemetery at golf site was a ‘diversion’; Orange County DA Todd Spitzer brands 4 deputies as dishonest and, armories in Santa Ana and Fullerton will open at night as homeless shelters starting Oct. 15.
July 24, 2019
Today: Settlement ends 18-month battle surrounding Orange County homeless lawsuit; Irvine picks site for veterans cemetery during heated meeting and, Northbound 5 Freeway will close overnight between the 55 and 22 freeways on Aug. 2 and Aug. 3.
July 23, 2019
Today: OCTA makes bus service cuts, but withdraws some after opposition; Irvine City Council to pick a site for veterans cemetery and, flood of meth-soaked letters hits O.C. jails.
July 22, 2019
Today: Fullerton may consider a moratorium on rent hikes for mobile home parks; can Orange County end homelessness for local veterans? and, after-school programs still waiting on cannabis tax money.
July 19, 2019
Today: Seal Beach prepares for extreme flooding because of sea level rise; O.C. judge orders Laguna Beach homeowners to tear down controversial seawall and, Costa Mesa police take fewer fireworks-related calls over 4th of July holiday season.
July 18, 2019
Today: Anaheim takes steps to turn motel into supportive housing for homeless; Anaheim Mayor Sidhu appointed to negotiating team for Angels stadium deal and, UCI team develops noninvasive bone cancer treatment.
July 17, 2019
Today: County won’t say if it will stop immediately destroying public records; Huntington Beach landfill to get 16-foot barrier on residential streets and private advisory group Anaheim First criticized as it begins citywide study.
July 15, 2019
Today: OCTA is making more changes to bus route, eliminating some and add to others; Westminster City Hall acrimony and recall bids for all and, farm workers come to life through O.C. Fair’s featured artist.
July 12, 2019
Today: LA, Orange County rent inflation up 5.8%, biggest hike since 2008; video rendering of homes/retail in stadium parking lot used to woo Angels and, San Bernardino County to pay $113.4 million in child abuse case.
July 11, 2019
Today: Irvine adopts controversial agenda-setting policy; the OC Fair kicks off Friday for 23 days of fun and, November special election in Orange cancelled.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
