Bruce's Beach, The CA Property Seized From Its Black Owners And Returned To Their Heirs In 2022, Will Be Sold Back To LA County For $20M
The heirs are selling the beach property back to Los Angeles County, which returned the property last year, almost a century after it was seized.
by Aria Bell
January 05, 2023 at 7:30 pm
According to county officials, the descendants of Charles and Willa Bruce, the original landowners of Bruce’s Beach, plan to sell the oceanfront property back to Los Angeles County for almost $20 million.
Last July, LA County gave the land first owned by the couple back to their heirs as a reparation for the unjust actions taken by the city of Manhattan Beach to obtain the property nearly 100 years ago. The land is now worth millions, and the living relatives recently shared they decided to sell it back to the county, although the timing of the sale is unclear.