citizenship in this country. $400,000 will go to qualified applicants for housing assistance. reporter: but the plan was not without controversy and pushback, some of it coming from the african-american community. the evans ton fan discusses very little with respect to redlining. this is not rep pays. california returned a $70 million parcel in prime beachfront land known as bruce s beach, to the bruce family, a black family whose land was stripped from them by the state a century away. while america remains a land of deep inequity, and black people have yet to enjoy the fullness of american freedom, 2021 reminds us we certainly have come a very long way. we ll have much more in the
The story behind Bruce’s Beach tells a narrative of Black ownership in America. The original property owners of the resort, Charles and Willa Bruce, had their land seized by the City of Manhattan Beach. The local government managed the rights to the land for almost 100 years. However, on Thursday, September 30, the authority of Bruce’s Beach has been given back to the descendants of the original landowners.
the person that was hurt the most, from this, was my grandfather bernard bruce, because he was actually there. he s new charges and will as his grandparents. for him, it was extreme, he felt the prejudice. anthony bruce will now be in effect, inheriting bruce is beach, along with other descendants of will and charles bruce. the california tara unanimously pasta bill, restoring the bruce family ownership, of that property. government was gavin newsom, signed the bill into law at bruce s beach. as governor of california, let me do would meant we hadn t beaches you unwilling to do, i want to and paul adjust to a family and what was done to them a century ago. joining us now is california state senator, stephen bradford, he is offered of the build.
for the injustice that was done to them a century ago. joining us now is california state senator steven bradford. he s the author of the bill that enabled the land known as bruce s beach to be returned to the brucebruce s beach to be returned to the bruce family and chair of the black caucus. thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. it was it like to finally get this work done? it is going on for a few years. recently in california. but also, the unanimous support of the legislature. i think it was overwhelming. i think it was telling by the unanimous vote that people saw this as a horrible injustice to the bruce family and an injustice that has lasted almost 100 years and my colleagues totally agreed but more importantly the community and surrounding community who s been following this issue now for a number of years and just was