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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.
November 15, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC moved to give embattled nonprofit $15 million grant amid warnings; Irvine rolls out new restrictions around asphalt factory, and OC elections chief Neal Kelley caps long, widely respected career.
Nov. 12, 2021 Media Brief
Today: "Redistricting: Orange County could gain clout in Sacramento," "Will school vaccination sites help close the Latino COVID-19 gap?" "Orange County veterans take their last hill," and more.
November 10, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC Supervisors close to picking new election maps without much public debate; Garden Grove officials push to skip redistricting and, So Cal water supplier declares drought emergency.
November 9, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC Supervisors get closer to reshaping County’s political landscape; nonprofit rejects $15 million health grant from County citing transparency concerns, and OC Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley to retire in March.
November 8, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Early redistricting maps raise concerns in Little Saigon; Orange County’s housing shortage debate flares in Brea and, Orange County remembers the dead in a vibrant cultural display.
November 5, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Disneyland workers plan appeal of OC judge’s wage lawsuit ruling; Muslims are suing the FBI for spying on Mosques, and OC Board of Education opposes federal probe of threats against school officials.
November 4, 2021 Media Brief
Today: $3.65 million set aside by Huntington Beach to appeal affordable housing ruling; Huntington Beach city manager moves to Irvine, and 64% of Orange County is fully vaccinated.
November 3, 2021 Media Brief
Today: School vaccine clinics could be on the way after feds OK shots for kids; what’s OC going to look like politically over next decade? And, Disney not subject to Anaheim’s ‘living wage’ ballot measure, judge rules.
November 2, 2021 Media Brief
Today: County of Orange lawyers up over offshore oil spill; : pipeline operator had problems for years, and Placentia cracks down on people sleeping in cars.
November 1, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC’s Latino community still behind on COVID-19 vaccinations; proposed ballot measure could save controversial desal plant, and public can weigh in Tuesday on proposed OC representation maps.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
