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On April 27, 2021 a subcommittee of the California state Senate passed a bill to return oceanfront property that was seized by the Manhattan Beach Board of Trustees using eminent domain in 1924. The owners of the property, Willa and Charles Bruce, sued the city for $120,000 but the couple was only granted $14,500 in 1929.
Bernard Bruce, grandson to the Bruces fought to reclaim the land before dying in 2021. The Bruces’ land is estimated to be worth between $20 million and $75 million. The bill to return the land is expected to become law. The return of this land will end a 96-year fight for the Bruce family.