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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.
January 22, 2018
Today: Homeless wonder where they will go as O.C. clears out massive encampments along river; transportation officials debate bus or streetcar service for Harbor Boulevard and Santa Ana Council to reconsider $1 million subsidy to auto dealers.
January 19, 2018
Today: A year after the Women’s March, more women than ever are running for office; uncertainty as county prepares to evict hundreds of homeless from riverbed camp and Costa Mesa police chief says he expects department to be fully staffed by summer.
January 18, 2018
Today: The OC Women’s March is Saturday in Santa Ana. Here’s what to know about the location, parking, more; no-burn order due to high pollution covers most of SoCal and Irvine misses on Amazon HQ2, but mayor offers to help Los Angeles.
January 17, 2018
Today: State accountancy board issues critical report of Irvine Great Park audits; Anaheim program gives homeless day jobs cleaning up parks in return for gift cards, bus passes and construction expected to begin in 2018 on streetcar through heart of OC.
January 16, 2018
Today: Billionaire Tom Steyer pledges to mobilize Orange County millennials for 2018 elections; Fountain Valley City Councilman Mark McCurdy resigns from office and is Southern California feeling crowded?
January 12, 2018
Today: Jennifer Beuthin - The first Women’s March was not an ending but a beginning; stay out of the ocean after storm, says the Orange County Health Care Agency and Andrew Do is chosen as OC Supervisors’ Chairman for 2018.
January 11, 2018
Today: More GOP candidates rush into congressional race after Rep. Royce’s announcement; GOP Rep. Darrell Issa won’t run again; faced a strong challenge by Democrats and what state has the lowest rate of workplace fatalities? California’s rank may surprise you!
January 10, 2018
Today: County supervisors criticized for plan to push hundreds of homeless people from riverbed to cities; Rep. Darrell Issa says he will not seek re-election and Irvine voters in June will decide location of Orange County’s first veterans cemetery.
January 9, 2018
Today: Big Donors can dominate city election spending – regardless of contribution limits; here is everything you need to know about the now wide-open race for an OC congressional district and Orange County Humane Society cuts ties with Costa Mesa after city nixes shelter plan.
January 8, 2018
Today:General Manager Jennifer Beuthin writes in opposition of efforts in Brea to hinder free speech; how county funds will be spent to combat homelessness are laid out and Santa Ana's tumultuous year is reviewed.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
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