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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.
May 16, 2018
Today: Ending 'fair share' fees will cost state workers $2,000 a year, study says; local rents still rising, from $1,900 a month for apartments to $2,700 for houses and Riverside ends homelessness for veterans.
May 15, 2018
Today: The Janus Case and the freedom to join a union; U.S. Supreme Court rejects Westminster appeal of federal discrimination lawsuit and OC Fairgrounds needs strong auditing after horse fiasco.
May 14, 2018
Today: Federal judge in homeless case keeps everyone running; concerns swell over the Administration’s proposed end of beach water-quality tests and get the lowdown on how 405 Freeway construction could affect your travel.
May 11, 2018
Today: Local unions clash over Anaheim wage ordinance; caregivers union says Orange County colluded with Freedom Foundation and mayors seek state audit of OC homeless and mental health money.
May 10, 2018
Today: South County mayors take on homelessness, but no shelter sites named yet; Grand Jury tells schools to report on safety measures and North OC’s 39th Congressional race still a ‘toss up.'
May 9, 2018
Today: Over 60 of OC’s sickest homeless people to be housed with Health Services; Santa Ana Zoo plans $70 million in upgrades and Costa Mesa Sanitary District moves toward changing election system.
May 8, 2018
Today: Who really runs the OC Fairgrounds? A second try at a “West Grove” district and $3.1 millon in “gas tax” funds to improve Fullerton’s roads through 2019.
May 7, 2018
Today: Will the CA Attorney General act on the jailhouse snitch scandal? Newport Beach City Council to discuss apparent e-mail leak with city attorney and veterans storytelling returning to OC Fair & Event Center.
May 4, 2018
Today: Santa Ana budget shortfall may mean cut in services, tax hike; Yorba Linda Water District looks at how to pay for future repairs and improvements and Southern California workers getting better-than-average pay hikes.
May 3, 2018
Today: Anaheim, Buena Park and Fullerton team up to battle homelessness; what happened to Downtown Santa Ana’s Cinco de Mayo Festival? and high housing costs are driving out lower-income Californians, reports say
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
