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If Trump really wants to reopen Alcatraz, he’ll go up against environmental laws

Any prison rebuild would need to satisfy environmental, historic preservation laws

A flock of pelicans fly past Alcatraz Island as the sun sets in San Francisco. On Sunday, the president announced in a social media post that he would direct the Bureau of Prisons and the FBI to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz to “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
A flock of pelicans fly past Alcatraz Island as the sun sets in San Francisco. On Sunday, the president announced in a social media post that he would direct the Bureau of Prisons and the FBI to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz to “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Kate Talerico covers housing for the Bay Area News Group
By | ktalerico@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
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As it goes for so many real estate developers here, President Donald Trump's dreams of building in California could get derailed by regulations.

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