Southern California beachfront property that was taken from a Black couple through eminent domain a century ago and returned to their heirs last year will be sold back to Los Angeles County for nearly $20 million.
The land in the city of Manhattan Beach was purchased in 1912 by Willa and Charles Bruce, who built a small resort for African Americans on the south shore of Santa Monica Bay.
The Bruces suffered racist harassment from white neighbors, and in the 1920s the Manhattan Beach City Council condemned the property and took it through eminent domain., it was transferred to the state of California. In 1995, the land was transferred again to the county with restrictions that could only be lifted through state legislation.
The county built its lifeguard training headquarters on the land, which includes a small parking lot., an organization to return the land to the Bruce family. Hahn learned about the property's history and launched the complex process of returning the property, including determining that two great-grandsons of the Bruces are their legal heirs.
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