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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.
June 14, 2018
Today: North OC commits to 700 new homeless shelter beds; South County identifies zero; a public-private homeless solution in Texas might work for Costa Mesa and Newport-Mesa unveils new $304.6-million schools budget.
June 13, 2018
Today: OC supervisors move to take away independent oversight; OC cities propose homeless shelter sites but locations are being kept quiet, and O.C. supervisors oppose needle exchange plan.
June 12, 2018
Today: New plans for an OC veterans cemetery? Why has SoCal emergency room use risen with Obamacare, and new ‘fire hydrant’ for water-dropping helicopters may cut wildfire response time.
June 11, 2018
Today: Orange County primary turnout highest in 16 years; $5 million to Chapman U from billionaire Charles Koch sparks an uproar and Costa Mesa council adopts new transportation plan to promote walking and biking.
June 8, 2018
Today: Fullerton delays agreement with housing provider for homeless; O.C. Water District delays vote on Huntington Beach desalination project’s rate plan and Orange County tops list of state beaches with clean water.
June 7, 2018
Today: Tim Shaw likely faces Chaffee or Kerr in OC supervisor runoff; Fountain Valley OKs $121.7-million city budget and how to avoid the “West Nile” bite this summer.
June 6, 2018
Today: One-third of OC ballots remain to be counted; L.A. County officials demand answers after 118,000 people were left off voter rosters and discrimination lawsuit by former commander against Santa Ana Police can move forward, appeals court rules.
June 5, 2018
Today: Fullerton Council to decide on study of homeless permanent housing; Disney offers $15 minimum wage in union negotiations, and California voters say you can't have change without voting.
June 4, 2018
Today: Early voting for the June 5 Primary Election is available at several County locations; 6 people who left the River Trail homeless camps, and the paths their lives took and Fountain Valley’s budget will fund City Hall improvements.
June 1, 2018
Today: Honor veterans by voting yes on Irvine’s Measure B; Grand Jury to cities & county: Stop fighting, and Costa Mesa’s proposed $163.7-million budget brings calls for caution.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
