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Bruce’s Beach Sold Back To LA County For $20 Million Less Than 7 Months After Handover To Family

January 4, 2023 2:30 amJanuary 4, 2023 6:53 am

Heirs of the Bruce family, who were given back Bruce’s Beach in Manhattan Beach last year following 98 years after a controversial eminent domain decision by the city, sold back the beach to Los Angeles County on Tuesday after less...

LA County Officially Returns Bruce’s Beach To Heirs 98 Years Later

July 20, 2022 4:45 pm

In a ceremony in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan gave the official land transfer document of Bruce’s Beach to Anthony Bruce, a great-great-grandson of the original owners of the beach, officially ending the controversial takeaway...

Return of Bruce’s Beach to Original Owners in Manhattan Beach Clears Final Major Vote

June 29, 2022 2:30 amJune 28, 2022 9:08 pm

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to give back Bruce’s Beach, located in the city of Manhattan Beach, back to the original owners after it had been taken away by the city 98 years ago. The fight...

Gov. Newsom Doubles Down on State Takeover of PG&E, Says Utility ‘No Longer Exists’

February 4, 2020 2:17 pmFebruary 6, 2020 7:23 am

“Exactly one year after PG&E Corp. filed for bankruptcy, Gov. Gavin Newsom said PG&E ‘no longer exists’ and doubled down on a state takeover if the utility doesn’t shape up by June 30,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The California...

PG&E Would Become a Public Utility Under Newly Introduced Bill

February 3, 2020 4:01 pmFebruary 6, 2020 7:24 am

California would take control of the bankrupt electrical provider PG&E under a new bill introduced in the Senate on Monday. Under the bill, introduced by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), current shareholders of PG&E would be forced by California to...

Is Redevelopment Rising From the Dead?

September 6, 2019 1:21 pmSeptember 6, 2019 1:36 pm

California policy makers rarely roll back the power of government, so the dismantling of redevelopment agencies in 2011 was a wonderful man-bites-dog story. These agencies epitomized crony capitalism, as local planners floated debt without a public vote, abused eminent domain...

Selected Highlights from California’s Constitution, Part lll

July 15, 2019 6:15 amJuly 14, 2019 7:42 pm

The California Constitution, one of the longest of the fifty states, has 32 articles (even though the last one is numbered 35), and three articles contain subparts (Articles 10, 13 and 19). There are approximately 365 sections contained in those...