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A judge has rejected a legal attempt to block Los Angeles' Bruce Beach from being transferred back to the descendants of the land's Black owners.

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Several members of the public urged the board to support Hahns 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) Fr...

LA County supervisors vote to return Bruces Beach to owners descendants By CNS Author article 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 Actin...

LA County supervisors to vote on returning Bruces Beach to owners descendants By CNS Author article MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to vote Tuesday on whether 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’ de...

Willa and Charles Bruce turned the property into a flourishing resort, but it quickly became a target of the area's white populace, leading to acts of...

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