simms had, indeed, seen a lot of his years in chicago. in 1887 he became one of the first african-american graduates of the union college of law, a two-year program whose alumni included a future governor of illinois and the populist politician and presidential candidate william jennings bryan. here is simms pictured with his graduating class of 1889 which a few years later became what is now northwestern university's school of law. in the years after his graduation, simms made a name for himself on the south side of chicago as the people's lawyer. his bread and butter cases were those of a general practice attorney defending those accused of small criminal scrapes, handling divorce, but he had some big cases as well. after the bloody chicago race riots of 1919 in which 23 black chicagoans were killed by white mobs and another 30 were injured -- 300 were injured, simms and a team of lawyers successfully defended a black woman named emma jackson from a murder charge by proving she had fired on a white rioter in self-defense. and by that ti

again, pam simms with ocii. i have been working on this promise now for several months with this great team. and just to let you know, actually we're very conscientious about the a.m.i. levels because this development will have an h.o.a. and we want to make sure that the units are priced and individual households can get in that can afford increases in the h.o.a. dues. michael simmons, who is also here, can go into further detail. but it is really critical that we don't go too far down in the a.m.i. level, at least for this development. because it does have h.o.a. dues because we do not want to get households in to fail out later because of rising h.o.a. dues. but i call on michael to add anything to my comments. >> you know, we certainly -- the last development that i did for the agency, we worked extensively in the community to get african americans and latino families in and we're able to do that. we were also able to get certificate holders in. so, the first -- the first outreach will be for ticketholders. i

the story of her similarly long-lived son arthur simms. he would live in chicago until his death in 1951. practicing law and presiding over a large plan that included grandchildren and great-grandchildren. his descendents through his son arthur junior and his daughter included a grandson trained as an airman during world war ii. a jazz musician in chicago. a host of african-american professionals including a librarian, doctor and a computer systems engineer. here he has with one of his great-grandchildren. a photograph taken around the same time in the chicago tribune where we began. as you recall, the chicago tribune said that sims credited the advice that he received in 1988 for his good health and long career. but equally important was the verdict his mother received in the very same year. more important, and fact. $2500 was not a lot of money compared to woods riches, of course. it would be worth more than $60,000 today. partly with the help without money, sims would purchase a house in chicago in 1885. very close to where the universi

i am alfred simms, county veteran services officer for san francisco. i enthusiastically support impact analysis as combat veteran myself and former va employee working with homeless veteran population in the bay area. i am aware of the adverse impact the housing crisis and situation in san francisco and the bay area has on the veteran population. many people don't know. back in 2014, with the two categories you were more likely to be homeless people with mental health and drug addiction. that shouldn't be the case. please, please help get housing for our veterans. >> next speaker. >> hello. i am nicholas veterans affairs commissioner. i would like to say i absolutely am grateful for the supervisors for supporting veterans during veterans month. supervisor mar is outstanding in spearheading the veterans rights in san francisco. i would like to echo some of the things that have been said earlier. this proposal is a tool directly related to helping homelessness in the veteran population and general population. we as community shouldn't be homeless veteran

and my radio man, corporal simms, had been hit. we didn't know whether he was dead or alive and whether it was serious or not. and i went out to try to bring him back to a safe place, a little ravine there. and when i got about two-thursday of way, i felt this sing in my right shoulder -- sting in my right shoulder behind my, clavicle area but in the back. and i fell sort of, i think my body kind of lurched, and i fell forward, my armeds outstretched -- arms outstretched with my face in the dirt. i later learned all these other things. i didn't know at the time whether it was serious, not serious, but i couldn't move anything. i couldn't move my legs, couldn't move my arms. i don't know what i thought. i might have thought it was just shock and maybe in a couple of minutes i'd get up and walk away. but i was losing a considerable amount of blood. and during that time i was there, there were pour different men in my -- four different men in my platoon who gave me a hand. they couldn't stay with me. i think the main certain is still

jack simm used his law degree textbooks to challenge his landlord over his accommodation looking like a "building site". the i9—year—old won back what he had paid them, plus court fees, totalling £999. i'm pleased to say i've gotjack with me now — you must be relieved? many congratulations. you say the accommodation look like a building site. how had was it when you arrived? site. how bad was it when you arrived? , . . ., �* site. how bad was it when you arrived? , . �* ., site. how bad was it when you arrived? , �* ., ., arrived? 0h, rebecca, i'm not going to lie, we arrived? 0h, rebecca, i'm not going to lie. we came _ arrived? oh, rebecca, i'm not going to lie, we came all— arrived? 0h, rebecca, i'm not going to lie, we came all the _ arrived? 0h, rebecca, i'm not going to lie, we came all the way - arrived? 0h, rebecca, i'm not going to lie, we came all the way down - to lie, we came all the way down from newcastle down to norwich, which was quite a long journey, then as soon as we turned up, there were skips everywhere with metal railings everywhere, there was dust

simms, spoke to and with the council. we updated the council on -- the councilors that are in the field. and what are in the works for an outreach program in collaboration with the hub and d.a.s. and one of the things that struck me, is it really became a conversation between the council and the executive -- the county service officer because we're concerned about what we've seen at some of the site visits. with the death of mrs. hammond and just also the way the calendar works, the california senior legislature elections are next year, so i'll be bringing more information to the commission in january seeking your help to get candidates. candidates do not have to be on the advisory council. and we will have two openings. one with the death of mrs. hammond and one of our representatives is not seeking reappointment. and just for background, csl has been in place for 38 years and they have gotten 200 pieces of legislation passed on behalf of seniors and persons with disabilities. and we're developing an outreach program so

my name is alfred simms. i'm the veterans services officer for san francisco and i enthusiastically support this legislation to allow veterans free access to san francisco parks and other recreation. i'm a veteran who suffers from ptsd and i definitely understand how important it is to give us a access to cultural environment that are serene and that help us deal with our ptsd. so, thank you board of supervisors and veterans affairs commission. hanley chan, especially. thank you for all you guy dos for our veterans here in the city of san francisco. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> caller: he hi, my name is mason. i'm an employee with united airlines for 38 years and i'm 100% disabled veteran. i'm visually impaired. i strongly commend you for this action and strongly support it. i'm not a resident of san francisco and i believe mr. chan alluded to the fact that i think all bay area and visiting veterans should endure this privilege f you should enact it. i would say, though, that someo

new recently when you had crypto traders trying to buy the constitution and then ken griffin, john simm actually beats them and acquires it. you saw that auction, right? >> yes. ken bid more than i was prepared to pay. he's a very good custodian for it. he's putting it on display in a museum, in arkansas initially. he and i have put some things together in another building in chicago. i've lent documents, he's lent some art. now he might be in the document world. i don't know. but it's a very impressive document that he purchased for sure. it's one of the few remaining copies of the first printing of the constitution. maria: wow. amazing. david, it's great to catch up with you. thanks so much for joining me this morning. >> my pleasure. thank you, maria. maria: all right. we'll see you soon. david rubenstein joining us. quick break and then classic cars are big business. we talk with the ceo of ensure haggerty, he's coming up. tune into fox business prime tonight, how america works with mike rowe starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern followed by american built with stuart varney at 9:00. you're w

my name is alfred simms. i'm the veterans services officer for san francisco and i enthusiastically support this legislation to allow veterans free access to san francisco parks and other recreation. i'm a veteran who suffers from ptsd and i definitely understand how important it is to give us a access to cultural environment that are serene and that help us deal with our ptsd. so, thank you board of supervisors and veterans affairs commission. hanley chan, especially. thank you for all you guy dos for our veterans here in the city of san francisco. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> caller: he hi, my name is mason. i'm an employee with united airlines for 38 years and i'm 100% disabled veteran. i'm visually impaired. i strongly commend you for this action and strongly support it. i'm not a resident of san francisco and i believe mr. chan alluded to the fact that i think all bay area and visiting veterans should endure this privilege f you should enact it. i would say, though, that someo