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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.
February 14, 2019
Today: More than 1,000 pay tribute to Garden Grove Fire Chief Tom Schultz at memorial service; Buena Park residents express opposition to possible homeless shelter and, POWs honored in new exhibit at Heroes Hall opening Saturday.
February 13, 2019
Today: Anaheim Mayor Sidhu, Council majority, make sweeping changes to public meetings; Anaheim affordable housing project would have units for families making as little as $32,800 a year and, Orange County homes might be almost twice as affordable as you’d think.
February 11, 2019
Today: Special election early voting locations; OC judge to rule soon on releasing deputy misconduct records, and report released on conditions of children in Orange County.
February 8, 2019
Today: Media wins right to intervene against deputy union bid to quash release of misconduct records; the quest for a veterans cemetery in Orange County and, $75 million sought to ease 91 freeway crunch in Corona.
February 7, 2019
Today: California publishers gear up for battle over public records access; uncertain funding clouds raises for Santa Ana officers and, new project in Costa Mesa’s Sobeca district brings optimism, and parking worries.
February 6, 2019
Today: At least 1,300 people sleep in OC homeless shelters; South Orange County’s beaches are rapidly disappearing, and $35K grant has Newport Beach better prepared for an oil spill.
February 5, 2019
Today: $25 Million in Santa Ana Police raises up for City Council approval; Costa Mesa council to consider hiring Mercy House to operate local homeless shelter and, the meaning of the Women’s March and the teachers strike.
February 4, 2019
Today: More wet weather coming to Southern California; nuclear waste burial fund grows to $43 billion; and 224-bed homeless shelter opens in Anaheim.
February 1, 2019
Today: Costa Mesa officials hear concerns about proposed homeless shelter; special Saturday council meeting to cover Newport’s issues in year ahead and, Taco Bell commits to staying in its Irvine headquarters.
January 31, 2019
Today: Coming Southern California rain storms raise focus on safe driving; Garden Grove and Santa Ana OK development of Willowick Golf Course and, Fullerton City Council appoints Jan Flory to fill vacancy.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
