BRUCE’S BEACH – The Bruces will sell their land back to LA County
by Mark McDermott The Bruce family last week announced its intention to sell the beachfront property that historically was Bruce’s Beach resort back to the County of Los Angeles for $20 million. The family will sell the land, located along the Strand at 26th and 27th streets in Manhattan Beach, instead of receiving $413,000 a year in lease revenue for the County’s continued use of the oceanfront site as a lifeguard training facility. The Bruces entered an agreement with the County when the deed was transferred at the end of last June, giving them both options, with the stipulation that the sale could not occur until six months after the transfer. Those six months have passed. The sale was first reported on social media by the KBLA Talk 1580 radio station, and subsequently discussed by George Fatheree III, an attorney for the family, during an appearance on KBLA’s Tavis Smiley show. The family’s intention to sell was met by disappointment by many, including Smiley, who described it as “stunning U-turn” because of the unprecedented significance of the family regaining land lost through the racially-motivated, legal mechanizations employed by the City of Manhattan Beach nearly a…
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