important cuts may need to be made, but i want to make sure that we are committed to making sure that olsc has the necessary resources to continue to do the job it is doing. i know there will be others on the board of supervisors that make sure that happens. with that, i again thank you for your consideration. i look forward to having the support of the committee and the support of the full board when it comes before the board. lastly, i also want to thank hillary run onan of my office fr the work they have done on this important issue. thank you very much. >supervisor avalos" thank you. : thank you. i want to thank you for the work you have done on this issue in the community groups that have come forward that have moved as forward on how we can put a greater strength and our efforts to prevent workplace deaths in san francisco. did you want to go to public comment? >> i want to go to supervisor mar who has been working on this for quite some time. i want to thank him for his leadership on this important issue. supervisor mar: thank you. i definitely wanted to acknowledge that supervisor

before as well as adding additional language to make sure that any company that is in violation of olscs are not eligible for the tax incentives. any questions? i would like to open up for public comment. how many members of the public that wish to comment on item number two? how can we take that motion without objection? can we continue to the call of the chair? so moved. >> resolution endorsing the 2011 s 2012 annual language access report. president chiu: i want to thank my colleagues for hearing this matter how very important civil rights issue on language access. i know there are many members of the public here as well as the leadership of many departments that have been focusing on this in recent years. first, let me say the following. we know that language accesses a civil right and it has been established at every level of government from the case vs. nichols to the civil act of 1964. we also know that language access is incredibly important. it is estimated one out of three individuals were born in another country. almost half of our residents speak a language other than englis

it is important to work with olsc, so even the threat of closing down, the employers are really afraid. >> [speaking foregin language] >> into zelda and three of work in a place by the golden gate bridge. i worked there for a month and was not paid for the whole month. i did name, we were not able to recover our wages because the boss ran away and disappeared. >> [speaking foreign l anguage] >>>> we can hear a translation d really quick wrap up after that. >> he said currently i have another case where i work over 12 hours a day, and the employer does not pay me over time. this case is going through right now. we hope the city can address this issue. supervisor avalos: thank you. [laughter] [applause] [applause] >> my name is karen you. i want to confirm that the health department is in support of this task force. we have been working with the past year-and-a-half for some of the community groups in bringing employers to take their responsibilities as employers. supervisor avalos: thank you. any other member of the public that would like to speak? >> donna levit. good morning. i had th