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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.
February 21, 2018
Today: More than 100 homeless people relocated in one day from Santa Ana riverbed; Orange County toll roads see record-breaking numbers in 2017 and Irvine to build new, $25.9 million animal shelter.
February 20, 2018
Today: Judge lifts temporary restraining order; County to begin clearing riverbed homeless; activists threaten to sue Steel and Rackauckas if they don’t pay back county for “Community Coffee” mailer and Heroes Hall veterans museum marks first anniversary.
February 16, 2018
Today: O.C. supervisors approve aid package to shelter riverbed homeless; California rents have risen to some of the nation’s highest, and Judge upholds cut in Bustamante’s pension over sex crimes
February 15, 2018
"County finalizes agreement on evictions and temporary shelter for Santa Ana riverbed homeless," "Federal Judge David O. Carter takes four-hour walk through homeless encampment," "Santa Ana faces projected $17 million budget deficit by next fiscal year," and more.
February 14, 2018
Today: County gets OK to start evicting Santa Ana riverbed homeless but must provide shelter; claim in jail cell death says deputies placed ‘lamb with a lion’ and the City of San Clemente fires back at toll road agency.
February 13, 2018
Today: Federal judge tells county and cities to move “quickly” on temporary riverbed homeless aid; Santana: OC supervisors hate listening to real live taxpayers and renters outnumber homeowners in some Southern California cities.
February 9, 2018
Today: Better justice through local funding control; Santa Ana projects $17 million budget hole and Heroes Hall to celebrate one-year anniversary.
February 8, 2018
Today: Second federal lawsuit filed against County on behalf of riverbed homeless; tenants, landlords clash over rent control in Santa Ana and LA Police Commission says off-duty officer in Anaheim violated use of force policy.
February 7, 2018
Today: Federal judge temporarily halts riverbed homeless evictions; Garden Grove has seen large increase in hotel tax revenue over last two years and OCTA to purchase 10 hydrogen fuel electric buses at cost of about $12 million.
February 6, 2018
Today: 16,000 voters invited by mail to meet Steel and Rackauckas, with only Room for 50; majority of likely voters 'disinclined' to reelect GOP's Rohrabacher and Knight, says new poll and Disney theme parks deliver as ‘Star Wars’ shines less brightly than Avatar.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
