Closing a National Archives branch isn't "only" like closing a branch library. It's more like closing an academic department at a university. Because every local branch of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration has a different collection. The San Francisco NARA branch (actually in San Bruno, just across El Camino Real from the former Tanforan concentration camp site) has unique collections of West Coast immigration and genealogy records, and a lot more. https://www.nichibei.org/2026/09/lawmakers-demand-justification-for-proposal-to-close-regional-archives/