Monito, Monita! CSDFEA Holiday Recipe Exchange

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Spread some holiday cheer by sharing a recipe that reminds you of home or a traditional holiday family recipe.

To participate, email csdfea@sdcounty.ca.gov no later than Tuesday, Dec. 22. You will get randomly paired up with another participant with whom you will exchange recipes before Dec. 31!

See flyer for details.

You don’t have to be an avid cook or baker to participate, you just have to have a recipe to share

CAO Message: A Milestone, But Critical Work Ahead in Our Pandemic Fight

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Message from Helen Robbins-Meyer, Chief Administrative Officer

We’re witnessing history this week. A few of our colleagues, medical staff at the County Psychiatric Hospital, got COVID-19 vaccines yesterday. Additional doses the County received Monday were sent to local hospitals for their frontline workers. We hope we’ll look back on this time as a turning point in our fight against this virus that’s created so much havoc with our lives.

It is, however, just the start of a process that will take many months. The first vaccines are going to acute care health workers and the vulnerable residents of long-term care facilities. There’s a detailed plan for which groups of the population will follow, and some of that may be adjusted along the way. The County is coordinating an advisory group that is heavily engaged with the community to make sure vaccines are given out equitably. We’ve talked a lot about equity this year, and these are just the sort of life-impacting decisions we need to work very hard at.

The vaccine’s arrival is huge cause for celebration. That excitement is tempered by the dire situation we find ourselves in now with the pandemic. Local case numbers have exploded the last several weeks, as have hospitalizations. ICU capacity has dropped dangerously low, which prompted the state to issue the Regional Stay at Home Order with its renewed restrictions on businesses and gatherings. Our health care system and sectors of our economy both face breaking points. There’s pain all around.

So while a vaccine is here, it’s not here yet in a way that can turn the tide. It’s still on each one of us to take the individual steps that will make the difference. Not gathering, keeping your face covered. Staying apart from others during the holidays is awful. But every preventive action you take can mean one more break in the chain of infections. And that can result in maybe one more hospitalization avoided, and a family not worried about their loved one. A little less strain on an exhausted ICU nurse. In this season of giving, let’s all give that to each other, to our community.

You’re probably familiar now with the term “pandemic fatigue.” I know many of you are feeling it. It’s hard living this way. Let’s draw strength from the promise of the vaccine, and in the knowledge that our collective action can help us through – what we hope will be – the final stretch of this fight.

Stay safe and thanks for all you’re doing.

Race, Ethnicity, Nationality and Jellybeans

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See how jellybeans can help us understand the difference between “race,” ethnicity” and “nationality.” Watch this bite-size video that’s less than 3 minutes.

Race: A mode of categorization that is based on physical appearance and to some degree ascribed - meaning that people are assigned the racial category based on what other people see. These categories are fluid and our ideas of regional groupings change all the time.

Ethnicity: The ethnic group or groups that a person belongs to. It is a part of a person's heritage and ancestry. Two people of the same racial group can still have very different ethnicity. Some groups are unable to trace their specific ethnic heritage because of things like slavery, assimilation, and genocide.

Nationality: A person's national origin, the country where they hold citizenship. People of the same race or ethnicity can come from all different nations. It is flexible; if a person immigrates, their nationality can change, and people can have dual citizenship or sometimes no citizenship.

Learn more in the D&I Digest.

Important Change to Kronos

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Reviewing and approving your timecard in Kronos will soon look a little bit different. Effective Dec. 21, the Kronos application will be changing its current view known as the “Navigator” to “Classic” view.

Any personal Kronos favorites and/or shortcuts that you have created must be replaced with the latest Kronos URL that will be posted on Dec. 21  To access the Kronos classic view, go to the InSite homepage under Top Links and click on Kronos. 

The Classic view will have a different appearance as the menu options and links have changed and are located at the top of the page. However, the functionality is same when accessing your timecard to update and approve.

If you have an assigned manager role in Kronos, the Classic view only allows you to view one function at a time such as accessing a timecard, updating a schedule, running a genie and executing a report.

Click here for the Kronos FAQs that include the employee and manager role desk aids for the Classic view change. Additional information may be found on the Kronos Korner website.

Note: If you currently use the Kronos HTML view, there is no change to this application view and you may continue to use it.

If you need any assistance with updating your favorite and/or shortcut, you may contact the IT Service Desk at (888) 298-1222 or use the Service Now icon on your desktop to initiate a chat with a technician.