Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Do I need an attorney to settle this? PT.2

Thank you for your swift response. I have indeed paid my rent through 7/31. He claims unspecified financial suffering if I leave prior to 7/31. He will not respond to emails. Am I liable for utility charges in my name for July though I won't be living there but asked for, paid for and got the one-month extension? I already told him that utilities will be terminated as of 6/28. All final charges will be mailed to me at the new address. If I extend my utilities until 7/31,he will run them up to excessive levels out of spite. Should I offer him the $800 security deposit to cover his''financial suffering''? Bottom line: Can he keep me from moving out of this rental house for any reason? Can he get a court order for premises possession and what does this mean for my move-out date of 6/28; does such an order enble him to change the locks before I leave? Can he sue me successfully for utilities charges I did not incur because I had already moved out and notified him of same? Does my moving out early, with all rents paid in full constitute a breach of the lease? Thank you so much.

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