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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 3, 2018
Today: Sheriff’s Department and DA’s office the focus of 2017 jailhouse snitch scandal; Public Works to begin work on Mile Square sidewalks, paths; Sheriff’s Department no longer checking immigration status of inmates, cancels agreement with ICE; and more.
December 19, 2017
Today: Garden Grove syncs traffic signals; Santa Ana's lucrative trash contract has been extended for 22 years without competition and, CalPERS stays the course on rates, investing risk.
December 18, 2017
Today:Middle-class Californians on losing end of tax reform – Jennifer Beuthin, tax plan to impact 11% of Southern California home buyers and, what $359,818 gets a new-home buyer in Orange County.
December 15, 2017
Today: CalOptima considers building homeless housing, Cal State Fullerton students apply ‘design thinking’ to help the homeless, and Costa Mesa Councilwoman Katrina Foley addresses federal leaders on sober living homes.
December 14, 2017
Today: OCTA leaders call for halt to North County toll road ramp, recall effort against Newport Beach Councilman Scott Peotter fails, and Fountain Valley home buying: Why sellers got more than they asked for.
December 13, 2017
Today: City-subsidized hotel resort in Garden Grove moves forward, Santa Ana cracks down on homeless at the civic center by enforcing new law and shipping containers converted to housing have a positive impact on homeless veterans.
December 12, 2017
Today: It's a voice you can rely on says Publisher Norberto Santana about the Voice of OC, EPA to list North Basin site for expedited cleanup and medical marijuana distribution facility gets permit in Costa Mesa.
December 11, 2017
Today: To desalinate or not to desalinate: UCI Debate over proposed Huntington Beach plant, stay away from the 5 Freeway overnight this week and Costa Mesa panel to consider proposed medical marijuana distribution business.
December 8, 2017
Today: Southern California will get a break from fierce winds, but fire weather will continue, here's What bums out employees at Orange County’s top workplaces and homeless population rises, driven affordable-housing crisis.
December 7, 2017
Today: Santa Ana winds expected today with gusts up to 75 mph in some areas, Costa Mesa council rejects proposed new animal shelter and legislators to introduce bill to giving victims of sexual harassment more time to file claims.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
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