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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 5, 2019
Today: Quick housing options needed to spur OC homelessness efforts; Health spending on homeless people in OC will grow by $100 million and, new 50-bed Costa Mesa homeless shelter officially opens today.
April 3, 2019
Today: Federal judge presses OC officials on lack of mental health shelter; Costa Mesa revises anti-camping laws ahead of shelter opening and, Huntington Beach takes step toward ending ‘evergreen’ contract with trash hauler.
April 2, 2019
Today: Anaheim and Fullerton consider options for potential rent caps at mobile home parks; Huntington Beach scraps plan for 50-bed homeless shelter and, South Orange County cities face federal judge today over homeless shelters.
April 1, 2019
Today: Quick housing options needed to spur OC homelessness efforts; OC Fairgrounds to increase contract oversight and accountability and, On Cesar Chavez Day, a look at the labor leader's complex legacy.
March 29, 2019
Today: Irvine to grapple with city council vacancy after Christina Shea becomes Mayor; 405 Freeway segment in Fountain Valley will close periodically through mid-April and, Holistic Lifestyle Mini Fair returns to OCEA on April 10.
March 28, 2019
Today: : Fentanyl deaths jump in Orange County; $34 million project should hasten Metrolink and Amtrak trips through South County and, Santa Ana officials set $1.7 million car dealership subsidy to help local business.
March 27, 2019
Today: OC to increase triage services for psychiatric emergencies; Santa Ana confronts city leadership vacuum and, OC’s planned new cemetery to include U.S., Vietnamese and Korean troops.
March 26, 2019
Today: Here’s how much each north Orange County city will contribute toward building homeless shelters; OC lawmakers jump back into the fight for a veterans cemetery and, Southern California building permits take biggest tumble since recession.
March 22, 2019
Today: Anaheim leaders to keep public out of the loop on stadium meetings with Angels; Garden Grove poised to join OCFA and, Poseidon optimism grows for desalination plant.
March 21, 2019
Today: New project proposed for former Boeing land in Huntington Beach; has Orange County’s blue wave crested? and, teen suicides have spiked but new habits can save lives.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
