by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council on Tuesday night apologized to the families dispossessed a century ago at Bruce’s Beach due to the City’s…
The following is the language approved by the City Council on March 17. After being turned away from other coastal cities, Willa and Charles Bruce purchased…
Several members of the public urged the board to support Hahn s motion. You all have the ability to set this right, one resident told the board, calling the transfer an opportunity for genuine reparations. This land was stolen because of racism . and the only thing keeping it from being returned is racism.
Supervisor Holly Mitchell, who co-authored the motion, said this was just one example of property lost, of dreams deferred, pointing to how the construction of the Santa Monica (10) Freeway and Chavez Ravine split neighborhoods and destroyed wealth. Eminent domain is supposed to be reserved for the use of public good, Mitchell said, but housing convenants and zoning throughout Los Angeles history has been divisively used by governments and others to keep a community down.
LA County supervisors vote to return Bruce s Beach to owners descendants
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MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to return a scenic and valuable parcel of Manhattan Beach land to the descendants of a Black couple who once operated a beach resort there before the city condemned and seized the site to force them out of business.
LA County supervisors to vote on returning Bruce’s Beach to owners’ descendants
Acting on a motion by Supervisor Janice Hahn, the board voted both to direct the county s CEO to come up with a plan to return the property to the family, and to sponsor Senate Bill 796, legislation required to make the transfer possible.