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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.
May 9, 2019
Today: Home buying in sections of South County plummet 31%; passion for students kept these Orange County Teachers of the Year going in 2019 and, new Orange Coast College president sees colleges as her calling.
May 8, 2019
Today: Newport residents win pause on airport private jet expansion; Orange County responds to complaints in ACLU report on homeless shelters and, Costa Mesa hires its eighth city manager.
May 7, 2019
Today: 2 new measles cases reported in Orange and Los Angeles counties and, Republic Services may no longer be Huntington Beach's trash collector — in 2037 and, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa home sales tumble 27% to start 2019.
May 6, 2019
Today: Newport residents organize against JWA private jet expansion; City/county dispute halts work on 600-bed Santa Ana homeless shelter and, OCEA members can apply now for college scholarships.
May 1, 2019
Today: Southern California among nation’s 5 least affordable rental markets; Orange moves toward electing council members by district and, Costa Mesa asks residents for input on city manager search.
April 30, 2019
Today: Surveillance of councilman gathered evidence of felony residence fraud; OC faces balancing act with John Wayne Airport plans and, May Parade comes back to Old Towne Orange after decades on hiatus.
April 26, 2019
Today: Irvine City Council will attempt complicated appointment process to fill vacant council seat; Fairgrounds and county agree to bring Vietnam War-era A-4 Skyhawk to Heroes Hall and, Southern California home prices fall for 1st time in 7 years.
April 25, 2019
Today: OC District Attorney launches internal investigation into snitch scandal; County partners with Placentia to redevelop city’s Old Town area and, 7,000 homeless people in OC is a wake-up call, experts say.
April 24, 2019
Today: Santa Ana Mayor accused of personally renting out city property; police union bribery alleged under oath by two officials and which cities have the most homeless living without shelter?
April 22, 2019
Today: CA Attorney General ends OC jailhouse snitch probe; more 405 closures in O.C. expected as bridge work continues and, Edison asks for bigger profits - bills would rise $14.40 a month for average home.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
