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Following the announcement that the Bruce family will sell Bruce Beach back to LA, some individuals have shared their disappointment with the decision.
After a protracted legal process that led to the historic return of pristine Manhattan Beach coastal property to a Black family that had the land stripped away nearly a century ago, the family has decided to sell the parcel back to the county for $20 million, the county confirmed today.
Los Angeles County officials gave the deed for the Bruce's Beach property to Bruce family members during a ceremony held on the land.
Los Angeles County, for $20million, will buy back a prime beachfront piece of property from the descendants of the black couple from whom the land was forcibly taken a century ago.
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Willa and Charles Bruce owned a resort at Bruce Beach for more than a decade, but local officials — in an effort to force Black property owners out of the city — used eminent domain to take the property.