After the repeal of the Exclusion Act in 1944, the Chinese population began to signifigantly increase. This caused Chinatown, the main Chinese community, to become overpopulated which created a need for the community to expand across San Francisco. Chinese communities began to pop up all over the Sunset and Richmond districts during the late 60's to 80's.
The exclusion acts were repealed in 1944, when the U.S. needed China as an ally in World War II. Immigration was still effectively restricted by tiny quotas, until the 1965 Immigration Act which repealed all quotas in favor of a family-based reunification policy. Since then, many Chinese immigrants have come to San Francisco, revitalizing not only Chinatown but creating new Chinese neighborhoods in the Richmond and Sunset Districts. Many have come seeking refuge from political instability in China, in the wake of the Revolution of 1949, and most recently from Hong Kong, where the handover of the former British colony to China in 1997 prompted many to migrate. Chinatown is unique in San Francisco for being a homogeneous neighborhood that has remained Chinese for a century. With the recent changes, however, there has been growing diversity of immigrants from different parts of China and Chinese territories, creating some friction between old-timers and newcomers.
http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Chinese_Immigration^^^
http://www.magicaljourneys.com/USA/usa-interest-california-sanfrancisco-chinatown.html
http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/aug/california/asian/index.html ... i know this one is regarding Irving but it also pretains to chinese communities in the sunset
http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinatown/resourceguide/story.html
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