In 1890, the first year the Philadelphia Fed ... The same phenomenon occurred in San Francisco. 'California was, even before the '60s and '70s, a bit more expensive than the rest of the country ...
Born in 1873 in San Francisco's Chinatown, Wong Kim Ark became the story of birthright citizenship as we know it today.
Universal birthright citizenship has long been considered a constitutional right that got its start in San Francisco, thanks to a gutsy young man in Chinatown.