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Orange County leaders honor surveyors, Women’s History Month and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Summary
Board members recognized National Surveyors Week, Women’s History Month and declared March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Officials thanked surveyors and educators, highlighted county survey work, and speakers with lived experience urged ongoing inclusion and funding for people with disabilities.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors used the March 25 meeting to mark three recognitions: National Surveyors Week, Women’s History Month and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
Chair Doug Chaffee and Vice Chair Katrina Foley led proclamations honoring surveyors and describing the profession’s role in mapping boundaries that inform engineering, public works and planning. Vice Chair Foley noted recent local survey work including 31 land surveys at John Wayne Airport for a taxiway widening project and more than 300 curb-ramp surveys for ADA upgrades. Joseph Padilla, president of the California Land Surveyors Association, thanked the Board for the proclamation and highlighted increased female licensure in the field.
On Women’s History Month, supervisors recognized educators and local leaders. Vice Chair Foley introduced Dr. Angelica Suárez (Orange Coast College), Dr. Juliana Barnes (South Orange County Community College), and Dr. Kathleen Tresider (UC Irvine/Municipal official), citing their leadership and the colleges’ community impact.
Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento and several speakers introduced Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Sarmiento noted that the Regional Center of Orange County serves over 29,000 people with developmental disabilities and called for continued support to create pathways to independence. Public speaker Azucena Garcia Ferro described living with cerebral palsy and urged supervisors to weigh fiscal and policy decisions with the needs of constituents with disabilities in mind.
No formal policy change or appropriation resulted from the recognitions; supervisors encouraged continued outreach and inclusion in program and budget decisions.
