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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.
March 20, 2018
Today: OC to add homeless shelters in Irvine, HB & Laguna Niguel; livability gap grows between Inland Empire vs. Los Angeles, Orange counties and AFL-CIO shares Recent union organizing wins.
March 19, 2018
Today: Santana: It takes a federal judge to keep the homeless issue moving; there is some confusion over voting rights issue in Mission Viejo and a powerful storm due to arrive this week could impact burn areas in So Cal.
March 16, 2018
Today: Federal Judge calls Saturday hearing to discuss next steps for Riverbed homeless; Garden Grove Planning Commission votes to breathe life into long-abandoned ‘Rusty Skeleton' and the public invited to new OC Animal Care facility grand opening.
March 15, 2018
Today: Wildlife corridor at Orange County Great Park in Irvine unveiled; radio giant iHeartMedia files bankruptcy plan to reduce debt and Toys R Us employees will get paid for 60 days after closure.
March 14, 2018
Today: County plans to move former Santa Ana riverbed homeless to shelters; OC Health Care Agency issues ocean water closure and Orange County students join national protest against gun violence in schools.
March 13, 2018
Today: Santa Ana asking Court to put district elections on June ballot; rain for most of Southern California starts this afternoon, and what’s next for the riverbed homeless?
March 12, 2018
Today: Janus Case: Fight for union workers is a fight for all Americans; Santa Ana district elections back on emergency agenda and here are the candidates for OC’s four contested Congressional seats.
March 9, 2018
Today: Santa Ana Voters will decide in June on district elections; car wash mogul cited for cheating 700 workers and destroying evidence and tons of human waste,and thousands of hypodermic needles cleaned out from homeless encampments
March 8, 2018
Today: Santa Ana prepares to sell off dozens of public land parcels for development; as one storm moves out of Southern California, two more are moving in and, hiring spree in 2018 shows 35,834 more jobs than previously reported.
March 8, 2018
Today: Orange County has at least $230 Million it could use to address homelessness; Disneyland workers demonstrate at Walt Disney Co. meeting, demanding 'living wages'. and Orange County gang injunctions withdrawn.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
