The City of San Francisco has a proposal, ballot measure C, that wants the city to acquire Alcatraz from the United States government and turn it into a Global Peace Center.
Alcatraz is often referred to as "the Rock", being on a chunk of land in the San Francisco Bay. It is famous as the site of a Civil War fortress, military prison, and maximum security federal prison.
It is also known as the site of the 10 month American Indian occupation from 1969-1971. Alcatraz gets about 1.4 million visitors a year. Al Capone was once a prisoner .
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