Short answers, pulled from the story.
The California State Legislature approved the creation of the San Francisco State Normal School on the 22nd of March 1899. The institution began operations in rented space on Powell Street with 31 women enrolled.
The current campus emerged from the sand dunes and underbrush of Lake Merced in the late 1930s. The university has since expanded to 144.1 acres and includes satellite campuses such as the Romberg Tiburon Campus and the Sierra Nevada Field Campus.
The student-led Third World Liberation Front strike began on the 6th of November 1968 and ended on the 20th of March 1969. This 148-day protest demanded the creation of an ethnic studies program and became the longest student strike in American history.
In 2022, 96% of undergraduate students were California residents. The university holds the second largest Asian and Filipino American enrollment percentage in the California State University system and is designated as both a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution.
Notable alumni include 21 Pulitzer Prize winners, 16 Academy Award winners, 49 Emmy Award winners, 10 Grammy Award winners, and 12 Tony Award laureates. The university is classified as an R2 Doctoral University with High research activity.