Longstanding Problem Made Worse By COVID

 

You don't need a lot of commentary to see why the events shown above are a problem, particularly in the current pandemic era. For more photos and detail:

https://dailybruin.com/2021/10/02/gallery-students-gather-on-roebling-avenue-light-multiple-fires

https://dailybruin.com/2021/10/02/roebling-block-party-sees-multiple-blazes-as-firefighters-law-enforcement-respond

Roebling "block party" events have been occurring regularly, well before the pandemic. Here is an article from October 2019:

https://dailybruin.com/2019/10/05/fire-and-block-party-on-roebling-avenue-prompts-firefighter-police-responses

See also https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2021/04/inappropriate-student-behavior-lapd.html for a similar event last spring.

And finally:

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ucla/comments/pyq9ul/does_anyone_if_roebling_fire_is_happening_today/.