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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 5, 2018
Today: Judge orders Orange County, 3 cities into court over Santa Ana riverbed homeless evictions; Santa Ana 2018 Elections: Police union leads fundraising with three open council seats and Voice of OC podcast on elections, women's issues now available.
February 2, 2018
Today: Law enforcement ups Santa Ana riverbed homeless evictions; Orange County’s only needle exchange shuts down and seedy motel in Santa Ana is reborn as housing for homeless people.
February 1, 2018
Today: Echol Cole and Robert Walker, whose deaths sparked the 1968 I AM A MAN strike are remembered today; Minneapolis union workers are the unsung heroes of Super Bowl LII and Anaheim approves homelessness policies focused on housing.
January 31, 2018
Today: Working in California gets safer even as job count grows; Ride-sharing program and street car are among transportation agency’s top priorities and Metroplex flight paths from John Wayne Airport are approved.
January 30, 2018
Today: Lawsuit seeks end to riverbed homeless evictions; will streetcars or express buses fix Harbor Boulevard’s congestion? and is the high-priced California vibe worth it to retirees?
January 29, 2018
Today: Homeless people slowly leave Santa Ana riverbed but where can they go?; Report: Asian Americans, now a fifth of OC’s population, and Southern California’s job growth only boosts its unaffordability.
January 26, 2018
Today: Fountain Valley Regional’s Sodexo workers to strike over poverty wages – Jennifer Beuthin; OC Supervisors quietly deleted plan to end homelessness from goals and California county evicts hundreds from homeless camp – with few beds to offer.
January 25, 2018
Today: Does Irvine need to slow down development? Santa Ana again threatens to sue County over homeless spending and Disneyland workers offer mixed reactions to $1,000 bonus.
January 24, 2018
Today: Southern California sees home price gains for sixth straight year; Anaheim council finally picks a mayor pro tem and Sheriff’s vs. Fire Authority helicopter rescue battle heats up.
January 23, 2018
Today: OC Sheriff’s deputies begin evicting hundreds of homeless people from Santa Ana River bank; OCTA board OKs eminent domain proceedings for I-405 expansion and Clerk-Recorder offers extended Valentine’s Day hours for marriage services.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
