Dean Logan, Los Angeles County’s registrar-recorder, handed the deed to Bruce family members during a ceremony near Highland Avenue and 26th Street on Wednesday, July 20.
And it was a day, said state Sen. Steven Bradford, that was long overdue — and underscored the social justice work that remains.
The handover marked what public officials and the Bruce family have called the nation’s first apparent act of property-based reparations. A plaque telling the history of Bruce’s Beach was unveiled at the celebration and presentation of the deed for the historic return of land to the heirs of Charles and Willa Bruce, in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
Anthony Bruce, Great-Great Grandson of Charles and Willa Bruce thanked everyone by name who helped in making the historic return of land to the heirs of Charles and Willa Bruce a reality, in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Anthony Bruce, Great-Great Grandson of Charles and Willa Bruce looks at the deed at the for the historic return of land to the heirs of Charles and Willa Bruce, in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
Senator Steven Bradford, speaks at the celebration and presentation of the deed for the historic return of land to the heirs of Charles and Willa Bruce, in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Anthony Bruce, Great-Great Grandson of Charles and Willa Bruce holds up the deed at the for the historic return of land to the heirs of Charles and Willa Bruce, in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The land once housed Bruce’s Beach Lodge, a seaside resort owned by and operated for Black people as a recreational haven during the early 20th century, a time when African Americans lacked access to the coast.
Bradford, D-Gardena, kicked off that effort by introducing state Senate Bill 796, which removed the deed restrictions that prevented the county from transferring the property back to the Bruces. The county supervisors supported that bill, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in September.
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