Will SCOTUS Take on New York's Latest Eminent Domain Scam? Two brothers are asking the Supreme Court to stop their town from using eminent domain to steal their land for an empty field. Reason · Sep 26, 2024
Manhattan Beach mayor apologizes to Bruce’s Beach families, unveils new city monument LOS ANGELES — After nearly three years of controversy and intense debate, Manhattan Beach on Saturday held a ceremony of its own to acknowledge its racist history at Bruce’s Beach — and to mark what city leaders are calling a new chapter of healing. Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2023
A Black Family's Property Was Seized via Eminent Domain. A Century Later, Their Descendants Just Got It Back. Segregation-era racists tried to drive the Bruces away from their own beachfront property. When intimidation didn't work, they resorted to the power of the state. Reason · Jul 22, 2022
California beachfront taken from Black couple given to heirs Los Angeles County officials have presented the deed to prime California oceanfront property to the heirs of a Black couple who built a beach resort for African Americans but were stripped of the land nearly a century ago The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022
'We are finally here': Plan to return Bruce's Beach wins unanimous approval LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an unprecedented plan to return Bruce's Beach to a Black family that had been run out of Manhattan Beach almost a century ago — paving the way for more efforts by the government to rectify historic injustices that… Los Angeles Times · Jun 29, 2022
Officials reveal unprecedented plan to return Calif. beach to rightful Black heirs LOS ANGELES — In a plan made public for the first time, Los Angeles County officials have detailed how they would complete the unprecedented transfer of Bruce’s Beach to the descendants of a Black couple who were run out of Manhattan Beach almost a century ago. Los Angeles Times · Jun 23, 2022
Commentary: Why Bruce’s Beach may be an outlier in terms of reparations for Black Americans Nearly 100 years after the property known as Bruce’s Beach was seized by Manhattan Beach through eminent domain, California has agreed to return the oceanfront parcels to the descendants of the Black couple who had owned it. Los Angeles Times · Feb 7, 2022