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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.
March 4, 2019
Today: More rain – and cold temps – expected Tuesday; Roman Reyna resigns from Santa Ana City Council and, deputies union withdraws lawsuit to block public release of misconduct records.
March 1, 2019
Today: Five South Orange County cities sued for lack of homeless shelters; $300 million vision for Santa Ana’s MainPlace mall sees a food emporium among other things and, proposals from panel led by UCI professor aim to cut nation's childhood poverty by half.
February 28, 2019
Today: Orange County road crews scramble to address post-storm pothole influx; How does Angel Stadium measure up and, 31 So Cal cities ignore housing reporting rules, study finds.
February 27, 2019
Today: Orange County to overhaul voting system ahead of 2020 election; new homeless shelter in Anaheim set to open early next week and Could Long Beach offer put new wrinkle in Angels’ stadium talks with Anaheim?
February 26, 2019
Today: Emergency CalOptima vote gets doctors to homeless people; Long Beach pitches the Angles on relocation and, new four-story hotel seen for Garden Grove.
February 25, 2019
Today: New OC DA wants to make a deal with Feds ending jailhouse snitch probe; Orange County may replace polling places with vote centers and, high rents create a new class of hidden homeless.
February 21, 2019
Today: Santa Ana searches for money to cover police raises; Garden Grove Police Chief Todd Elgin will retire and, Buena Park, Costa Mesa and Placentia zero in on homeless shelter sites.
February 20, 2019
Today: Sheriff’s investigators are looking into Tuesday evening death at John Wayne Airport; California police transparency law applies retroactively, judge rules and, what’s Angel Stadium worth? Anaheim is getting an appraisal.
February 19, 2019
Today: Judge likely to rule against deputy union bid to keep misconduct records secret; home sales down 8% in Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley and, recession not likely before 2021, say housing economists.
February 15, 2019
Today: Mesa Water board approves pay increase for itself; parts of So Cal haven't seen this much rain in decades and, 65 affordable housing units are Ok’d.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
