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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.
April 19, 2019
Today: Mayor says no but Huntington Beach approves homeless shelter location; O.C. panels in holding pattern over proposed upgrades at John Wayne Airport and, 5G lets even more devices go wireless, but cities are grappling with the roll out.
April 18, 2019
Today: Santa Ana and OC officials bicker over stalled new homeless shelter; Orange County adds 6,018 people as population growth slows and, LA County partners with Governor Newsom in effort to lower drugs prices.
April 17, 2019
Today: Huntington Beach calls a special council meeting for homeless shelter vote; high court seems likely to rule against California oil workers and, Orange is looking at a parking structure to add more spaces in Old Towne Orange.
April 16, 2019
Today: OC cities struggle with resources to clean up railroad homeless camps; : Frank Barbaro, longtime OC Democratic Party leader, dies at 75 and, O.C. commission and supervisors to weigh plan to boost general aviation at John Wayne Airport.
April 15, 2019
Today: Rents in Los Angeles, Orange counties up 5.6%, biggest hike since 2007; eighteen more homeless died in OC in March and, Chef Bruno Serato serves 3 millionth pasta meal to Orange County kids.
April 12, 2019
Today: Sheriff’s Department honors 26 employees in annual Medal of Valor ceremony; toll road agencies will audit some, but not all, of its consultant contracts and, six Orange County cities add to lawsuits against opioid makers.
April 11, 2019
Today: Costa Mesa is in ‘a state of restoration,’ mayor says during address; Buena Park City Council relocates new homeless shelter after public pressure and, what you need to know about a tax extension.
April 10, 2019
Today: Irvine wrestles with city council vacancy; OC Sheriff gets sole control of crime lab, against national recommendations and, OCTA holding open house on proposals for new 5 Freeway’s El Toro Road interchange.
April 9, 2019
Today: Holistic Lifestyle Mini Fair returns to OCEA 10 am to 1 pm tomorrow; OC left millions in homeless health & housing grants on the table and Huntington Beach considers opening a homeless shelter near Springdale and McFadden.
April 8, 2019
Today: CalOptima unveils medical care street teams for homeless; residents want more limits on flights at John Wayne Airport and, 3-mile stretch of I-5 through Santa Ana will gain a second carpool lane in each direction.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
