In California, Where is My Land is working with seven families who lost property to municipalities in Santa Monica, Hayward, Richmond, Coloma, Palm Springs, Canyon and Napa.
Beverly Moore recalls feeling a wave of relief when her family rented a house in Richmond after their previous house burned down in the late 1950s.
A family photo from 1971 of Beverly Moore’s mother, Juanita Diane Moore holding her granddaughter, Kaliah, inside the home in Richmond that was taken through eminent domain. Photo courtesy of Beverly MooreFor decades Black families have borne the brunt of these land grabs, with many like Moore saying they had little or no recourse. Eminent domain still poses barriers to Black homeownership today, contributing to the wealth gap.
In California, Where is My Land is working with seven families who lost property to municipalities in Santa Monica, Hayward, Richmond, Coloma, Palm Springs, Canyon and Napa, Ward said. The team is gathering documents and testimony and working with law firms, though Ward wouldn’t be specific about their strategy, saying the organization faces steep opposition.
State Sen. Steven Bradford — a Democrat from San Pedro who sits on the state’s reparations task force — separately was drafting Senate Bill 796, which would allow the county to return the land to the Bruces.the original land grab was motivated by racial prejudice, deeded the land back to the Bruce family in what many said was a rare case of a government reversing a multimillion-dollar eminent domain action.
In an email to CalMatters, he disputed the history of the eminent domain seizure, and referred to his prior statements in which he called the story of injustice a “myth.”“It’s the first time in this frickin’ country, in this world, that Black people are treated with enough respect for this country to say, ‘You know, what we did, this, it was wrong. We’re going to do what we can to make it right,’” Ward said.
Today her organization pushes for property transfers either legislatively or through the courts, along with drumming up public support.
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