"Though, the [Golden Gate and SF—Oakland Bay] bridges have contributed to their economic and social growth the neighboring communities resent becoming known as San Francisco’s bedrooms. Oakland which is California’s third largest city is in the same unfavorable position as New York City's Brooklyn. Industries and assembly plants have turned Oakland into a Western Detroit. Its outstanding symbol of activity is the Latham Square Building, headquarters for Henry Kaiser’s vast industrial empire. This city has the largest Negro population on the Pacific Coast."
"San Francisco however, is fast becoming the focal point of the Negroes’ future. Before World War II this city had fewer than 5,000 Negroes. High war wages attracted these people from all over the country to this boom town. More than 45,000 Negroes are squeezed into two areas of, San Francisco today, with an estimated thirty-five percent unemployed." (1954)
There's really no other way to read the intent of these policies except for this exact outcome. Black people have been leaving for 50 years straight, and yet people won't even bother to ask why.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/The_Negr...
"Though, the [Golden Gate and SF—Oakland Bay] bridges have contributed to their economic and social growth the neighboring communities resent becoming known as San Francisco’s bedrooms. Oakland which is California’s third largest city is in the same unfavorable position as New York City's Brooklyn. Industries and assembly plants have turned Oakland into a Western Detroit. Its outstanding symbol of activity is the Latham Square Building, headquarters for Henry Kaiser’s vast industrial empire. This city has the largest Negro population on the Pacific Coast."
"San Francisco however, is fast becoming the focal point of the Negroes’ future. Before World War II this city had fewer than 5,000 Negroes. High war wages attracted these people from all over the country to this boom town. More than 45,000 Negroes are squeezed into two areas of, San Francisco today, with an estimated thirty-five percent unemployed." (1954)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/priceonomics/2016/05/11/the-afr...
If current trends continue, a place that was once a center of African-American life will see that population vanish. (2016)