On Saturday, October 14, I had the pleasure to officiate weddings for the launch of a new service at the Orange County Clerk Recorder’s North Orange County Branch Office at 222 S Harbor Blvd Unit 110, Anaheim, CA 92805.

Wedding guests who were not present for the wedding ceremony above were able to view the livestream of it on Zoom. Photo courtesy of Orange County Clerk-Recorder Hugh Nguyen.

Pictured from left to right: County CEO Frank Kim, County CFO Michelle Aguirre, Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento, Supervisor Katrina Foley, Chairman Don Wagner, Supervisor Doug Chaffee, Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA) Chief, Mental Health and Recovery Services Dr. Veronica Kelley, HCA Interim Director Debra Baetz 

Team Chaffee had a frightfully good time at the Orange County Social Services Agency and Orangewood Children's Foundation's Trunk or Treat event! Our team went all out with the Halloween spirit! 

We decked enough pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns to make the Great Pumpkin himself jealous! 

It was a graveyard smash, with our team and team members from County Departments and agencies dressed to impress in their spooktacular costumes.

Trick or treaters were dressed as mini superheroes, tiny witches, and even a few pint-sized monsters roaming around, collecting treats from our creatively themed trunks.

We want to extend a huge thank you to the Orange County Social Services Agency and the Orangewood Children's Foundation for organizing such a spooktacular event!

Students, take a train ride with Metrolink’s new Student Adventure Pass Program! This pilot program allows any student with valid school identification to obtain a pass at no charge and ride anywhere on the Metrolink system for free.

To take advantage of the program, students can download the Metrolink mobile app, register using their school email address, and verify their account to automatically receive the Student Adventure Pass in their mobile ticket wallet. Alternatively, students can obtain a free Student Adventure Pass at any Metrolink ticket machine.

Students must have valid student identification and be able to present it upon request during fare inspection to utilize the Student Adventure Pass.

For more information about how to obtain a free Student Adventure Pass, please visit metrolinktrains.com/students.

Team Chaffee has been engaged in meetings and events regarding Sustainability and Solar Power Energy.

In these meetings, we have learned about the initiatives that our own County Departments are taking to become green, notably OC Waste and Recycling and OC Public Works.

OC Waste and Recycling has been working on their compost initiative and making sure residents abide by SB 1383 to keep organic waste from the landfills to reduce green house gas emissions.

OC Public Works has been working on creating more energy efficient buildings, with old buildings getting upgrades, and new buildings becoming more resilient for the future. From 2015 to now, OCPW sustainability improvement project total a projected reduction of the County's carbon footprint of 2,283 metric tons.

Additionally, we have learned more about what is happening through the private sector to help meet California’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045. My policy advisors, Jesus, and Emma have attended several events including tours of SoCal Edison’s Grid Technology Learning Center, BayWa-r.e. operations center, and more. We hope to continue this engagement, as to foster the collaboration of new ideas and allow Orange County to become a leader in sustainability.

Pictured from left to right: Supervisor Doug Chaffee and OC Public Works Chief Deputy Director Tim Corbett