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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.
January 30, 2019
Today: Meeting tonight to discuss plan for Costa Mesa homeless shelter; Homeless services in the LA region to continue with $172 million in federal grants and, HUD awards include Orange County with $23 million for 26 projects.
January 29, 2019
Today: Housekeeper at Marriott in Irvine sues over guest sexual misconduct; Fullerton City Council to may appoint someone to fill vacancy, and Costa Mesa council lists finances, quality of life among top priorities.
January 28, 2019
Today: Over 3,400 homeless people on OC streets, according to headcount; Garden Grove Fire Chief Tom Schultz dies at 54 and, Santa Ana faces leadership vacuum.
January 25, 2019
Today: With first option off the table, Costa Mesa examines other homeless shelter sites; more than 1,500 counted so far in Orange County homeless census and, California to sue Huntington Beach over affordable housing.
January 24, 2019
Today: New headcount underway of Homeless people living in OC; California's homeless rate is on the rise, lawmakers say and, Santa Ana councilman’s removal trial postponed as he negotiates deal.
January 23, 2019
Today: County begins 2019 Homeless population headcount; trial starts today on removing Santa Ana councilman and, king tides offer look at the coast’s flooded future with sea-level rise.
January 22, 2019
Today: OC Women’s March represents local objectives, pre-retirement seminar this Thursday! and, is Tustin City Council an ‘old boys’ club’?
January 18, 2019
Today: Sheriff’s deputy, 3 court workers treated after suspicious package found at courthouse; Sheriff union wins in bid to shield deputy misconduct records and, former Irvine Mayor talks Irvine, Great Park, Third District election.
January 17, 2019
Today: Costa Mesa to lease space for temporary homeless shelter; Sheriff’s union seeks to block public access to misconduct records and Santa Ana grapples with police records destruction, leadership vacuum.
January 15, 2019
Today: Top Santa Ana leadership leaves as city preps $400,000 payout; Anaheim Stadium deal goes easy on Angels, hard on taxpayers, and government shutdown threatens newborns, their families.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
