mcguire. some of you may know his parents buffy and pat mcguire. if you're not familiar with the name you're probably familiar with the restaurant, several of them that they own here in the sunset district. java beach cafe. unfortunately their son kevin passed away much too young at the age of 9 with a brave battle with a brain tumor and passed away august 4 during our legislative recess. he was appropriately born on valentine's day and filled the world with love and joy and paved the way for his youngest brother's connor and dylan mcguire. he attended the french american school here in san francisco as well as saint gabe's and was a huge, huge soccer fan. so, i attended his funeral over legislative recess. it was a very touching to see the overwhelming amount of community who came out for kevin. and, so, i just wanted to send my deepest condolances to pat and buffy mcguire. they have contributed so much to this community. i even remember kevin when he was very young came out to help and plant a garden with us under supervisor chiu's office. so, ju

and, so, i just wanted to send my deepest condolances to pat and buffy mcguire. they have contributed so much to this community. i even remember kevin when he was very young came out to help and plant a garden with us under supervisor chiu's office. so, just want to send my best to the mcguire family and request that we adjourn the meeting in his honor today. >> thank you, supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. >> thank you, madam clerk. today i am calling for two hearings. the first relates to staffing and budget at animal care and control and the ability or lack thereof that important agency to meet its legally required mandates of caring for all animals in need in san francisco, whether they're animals that have been abandoned, animals that are being mistreated, in distress, and making sure that other animals are cared for and hopefully ultimately adopted out. animal care and control is a safety net agency. it doesn't get to pick and choose which animals it takes in. and, so, you have a lot of animals who are difficult to adopt out. yet animal care control's budg