BRUCE'S BEACH: After winning lengthy legal battle to reclaim land, family selling coastal property in Manhattan Beach back to LA County for $20 million
Charles and Willa Bruce purchased the land in 1912 and operated a resort for Black residents until the city of Manhattan Beach condemned the property under a false pretense of developing a park. Instead, the property sat vacant for years after the Bruces and other Black families were evicted from the area.
The family this week opted to make that $20 million sale. In an appearance Tuesday on the Tavis Smiley talk show on KBLA radio, Bruce family attorney George Fatheree said a variety of factors played into the decision to sell the land back to the county. The attorney called the decision to sell the land "a positive development" giving the family members immediate access to financial resources that had long been denied them.
Willa and Charles Bruce purchased their land in 1912 for $1,225. They eventually added some other parcels and created a beach resort catering to Black residents, who had few options at the time for enjoying the California coast.
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