. -- especially what we have been able to do on valencia st.. >> a quick word before emily speaks. the money is critical, but what we have seen is the really critical things the city can do. one of the things that we like working solution so much is not just that they are able to make loans but the kind of business solutions they are able to give to owners, so i just wanted to put in that little plug. [applause] >> good morning. i am the executive director of working solutions, and i also am so excited to be here to kick off small business week this year as we celebrate the success of mr. and cheese. sarah, congratulations on all your hard work and achieving your dream. we all wish you success. sarah is the perfect example of the hard-working, tenacious, inspiring, and created under for nor -- creative and entrepreneur that has received assistance from working solutions and san francisco. two years ago, the city had the leadership to prioritize access for capital to small businesses. at that time, credit access was at record lows, and even today, still, access to capital remains on

what they did was after the earthquake, they took these mounds of sand, the valencia st. hill, if you go up market street, you know how it starts to climb? imagine that was a much larger hill. they mined 26 million cubic yards of sand out of theire, and they mixed it with the debris from the fire and they used it to fill basements. so you have sand, ash, pieces of wood, brick. well, the ash is a hazardous material. you come along and used to buy a site at sixth and mission, with the understanding you will demolish the building and build a 50 story building. and you thought you were just going to dig out the sand, the film, and haul it to another site. now you come to find out the material you were going to move at $8 per ton is now going to cost anywhere from $40 to $78 per ton. the has a significant impact -- and has a significant impact on the cost of your project. if you are out on the sunset and vine a single-family home, just have the geotechnical engineer come out and say it is on earth quicksand, the building will probably settle three-quarters of an inch. have the

if this playground is off of 19th between valencia and garrero st and how this would impact locals? playground is in bad shape. rusted equipment, and the overlooking is shabby. all of that is about to change with a $7.5 billion to spruce up this facility. the clubhouse, the polecat of greece and a new roof. all of these services, the-cool. and getting a new roof the swimming pool. and a new synthetic comfort tennis court replacement. you'd think that these upgrades would be a welcome improvement. however, many people the play soccer are worried that this new field will have a league play and cut down on the availability of open, free play. the soccer will have more availability of others in the city in the can accommodate all who play. the jungle gym is also going to be upgraded to modern materials. this project will take at least one year. it will be open october, 2012. jeff bush, kron 4 news. >>gary: the stormtracker 4 showing the rainfall is steady >>jacqueline: with showers overnight. details coming up just one second i know you're worried about making your savings last and havi