The Eaton fire, which ravaged parts of nearby Pasadena and Altadena, became a particular worry.

In parliament, she said: "Dipak has sometimes been forced to pay over 100 times more for a particular mental health drug than his contact providers, to keep his pharmacy afloat."

Molly Reynolds, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told Salon that, as she sees it, the parliamentarian is also a convenient person for senators to scapegoat if and when they might not want to take a particular vote.

If the building has a particular look that lends itself to being converted into a residential or mixed- use building, there are other things to consider that will affect the cost of renovation.

There’s one question Leigh refuses to answer: How does he arrive at a particular film’s ending?