The land where that prison is more than 400 acres of prime San Francisco Bayfront property. The bare land it likely worth well over a Billion dollars, even in today's down real estate market. I bet they could get someone to build an entirely new facility and still make a Billion on the sale :)

Many libraries do not require that you live in the area to get a library card and allow you to renew them online. You can get library cards from all over and increase your odds of being able to get the books you want. Source: I might know someone that has a few dozen library cards :)

As others have said the new paint does not match the old paint well enough to blend. It can be very difficult to blend in non-glossy sheens as well. Glossy, Semi-Gloss are easier to match. Egg Shell and Matte/Flat can be very tricky, more so with darker colors.

One thing that can really help do a better cover-up job is not painting any straight lines. Paint a star pattern * around the cover-up, and fade the points out by by using less pressure on the brush. You want to use as little paint as possible for the patch. The idea is to avoid making and sharp transitions from one color to another.

One last note about color. Even using the same exact bucket of paint from one day to the next may cause color differences. This is often not noticeable with white and light colors, but with darker (and flat-sheen) colors you should expect more problems.