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MANHATTAN BEACH 2021 Year in Review: A city divided over matters of race and social justice 

Governor Gavin Newsom gives the pen he used to sign SB 796 to Anthony Bruce, a descendant of Willa and Charles Bruce. The State bill enables Los Angeles County to transfer title to property taken by Manhattan Beach from Willa and Charles Bruce in the 1920s to their descendents. Flanking the governor during the September signing at Bruce’s Beach Park are (from left) activist Kavon Ward, Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, State Senator Steven Bradford, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn. Photo by Kevin Cody
by Mark McDermott  The issues of race, social justice, and pandemic policies that roiled the nation came into sharp relief in Manhattan Beach in 2021. The city grappled with a century old racist episode that took on new resonance in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and then faced renewed attention when a racist incident occurred at the Manhattan Beach pier. Meanwhile, the Manhattan Beach Unified School District came under attack from both local parents and a national far-right m
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