Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Re: Renters lease law

I can't really answer without seeing the lease, and without knowing

the agreement between you and your roommate. There may be issues that the

agreement, or at least some memorandum of it, must be in writing to be

enforceable. If you have an enforceable agreement, the roommate, if

she breached it, owes the damages you could not avoid.

Of course, if the roommate was also a "significant other", and the

relationship broke up so that living together further was potentially

harmful or violent, a court may not uphold the liability.

Sounds like a small claims case, if the total damages are under $5,000.

Re: Renters lease law

Cant be sure without reading it but in most leases the landlord can enforce the lease against either or both of you