U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI’S surprise visit to Alcatraz, in service of President Donald Trump’s idea to rebuild the shuttered prison there, was widely criticized by Bay Area political leaders Thursday.

Bondi, along with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, boated out to the world-famous and extremely popular tourist attraction Thursday morning to get a private tour before it opened to the public.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.