the result clare beach is one of the 15 slave cemeteries that have been excavated. 15 among the 1000 that exist in the caribbean. 89 skeletons have been exiled by french archaeological research experts judging by the state of the bones they concluded that these men and women had not reached the age of 30 by the time of their death the toll from working on the plantations had so deformed their bodies that they seemed more like 75 year olds. these people were human guinea pigs for the sugar experiment the collateral damage of an unprecedented trade war the sugar war. 74 percent of all slaves carried off. would cut off because of sugar if you want to understand the slave trade you just need to know but sure of. sugar proved more addictive than pepper or cinnamon from the 17th century onward europeans craved this rare and expensive commodity in london and stood and paris sugar fever was rampant prompting a new generation of adventures to go to any extremes to get it ship owners and fitters merchants and pirates all knew that to produce sugar you needed a lot of slaves. john hawkins was o

the result clare beach is one of 15 slave cemeteries that have been excavated 15 among the 1000 that exist in the caribbean. 89 skeletons have been exiled by french archaeological research experts judging by the state of the bones they concluded that these men and women had not reached the age of 30 by the time of their death the toll from working on the plantations had so deformed their bodies that they seemed more like 75 year olds. these people were human guinea pigs for the sugar experiment the collateral damage of an unprecedented trade war the sugar war. 74 percent of all slaves carried off. were cut off because of sugar if you want to understand the slave trade you just need to know but sure of. sugar proved more addictive than pepper or cinnamon from the 17th century onward europeans craved this rare and expensive commodity in london amsterdam and paris sugar fever was rampant prompting a new generation of adventurers to go to any extremes to get it ship owners and fitters merchants and pirates all knew that to produce sugar you needed a lot of slaves. john hawkins was one of

beach community association. without further adieu, i'd like to bring back the director to get this program going. [applause] >> thank you, clare. without any further ado, let's get down to doing the things that we came here to do, and let's cut that ribbon. >> this meeting is being held by webex pursuant to the governor's executive order and mayoral emergency proclamation suspending or modifying emergency public meetings. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. each speaker will be allowed three minutes to speak. opportunities to speak or enter public comment are available by calling 415-655-0001, access code 187-595-1186, then pound, and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, you will hear an announcement on the speaker line. please note that this meeting is being recorded and will be available at sfgovtv.org. i'll go ahead and move into roll call. [roll call] >> all right. so we do have quorum, and we're going to now move into public comment. is there any public comment? >> clerk: members o