1 8 8 6 , ▁white ▁residents ▁began ▁boy cot ting ▁local ▁mer ch ants ▁who ▁sold ▁any ▁goods ▁to ▁Chinese ▁people . ▁Every ▁single ▁business ▁in ▁T ruck ee ▁quickly ▁stopped ▁s elling ▁any ▁supplies ▁to ▁the ▁Chinese ▁and ▁most ▁Chinese ▁residents ▁left . ▁A ▁few ▁remained , ▁but ▁the ▁remaining ▁buildings ▁in ▁Ch in at own ▁were ▁bur nt ▁to ▁the ▁ground , ▁resulting ▁in ▁three ▁death s . ▁ ▁Anti - Ch inese ▁violence ▁continued ▁into ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁with ▁ar son ists ▁target ing ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Ch in at own s ▁across ▁California , ▁including ▁those ▁of ▁Ch ico , ▁F res no ▁and ▁San ▁Jose . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁anti - Ch inese ▁laws ▁and ▁violence ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s , ▁California ' s ▁Chinese ▁population ▁decl ined ▁by ▁ 3 7 %. ▁The ▁Chinese ▁had ▁been ▁ 8 . 7 % ▁of ▁California ' s ▁population ▁as ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 ▁Census . ▁▁ 1 8 9 0 s ▁Anti - Ch inese ▁violence ▁continued ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 2 ▁the ▁Ge ary ▁Act , ▁named ▁after ▁California ▁representative ▁Thomas ▁J . ▁Ge ary , ▁extended ▁the ▁Chinese ▁ex clusion ▁act ▁and ▁added ▁new ▁restrictions ▁on ▁Chinese , ▁such ▁as ▁requiring ▁them ▁to ▁carry ▁a ▁resident ▁permit ▁at ▁all ▁times . ▁ 1 8 9 3 ▁saw ▁a ▁wave ▁of ▁anti ▁Chinese ▁ri ots