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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors clears the way for transfer of Bruce’s Beach

City News ServiceDecember 22, 2021

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a state grant deed modification that clears the way for the county to transfer Bruce’s Beach — a piece of Manhattan Beach coastline stripped away from its Black owners nearly a century ago — to the descendants of Willa and
Charles Bruce.

Los Angeles County Looks to Return Black-Owned Beach Front Land to Descendants of Original Owners

Betti Halsell, Contributing WriterMarch 17, 2021

Willa and Charles Bruce; they were the first Black landowners in Manhattan Beach. However, the City of Manhattan found a way to take ownership of their property. Nearly a century later, Los Angeles County is revisiting the prospects of returning proper ownership of the beachfront to the descendants of the Bruce family.