Inadequate cooling in home
I signed a month to month residential lease 1,400 month plus 1,450 first month rent. Went into the house the next day, very hot turned on the airconditoner, it never cooled off. Spoke with the landlord said I would not move in hardly any air coming out of ducts. He had a man come to check, called me said it was fine.
Went over the next day turned it on in am for 5 hours went back still hot.
Called landlord said I could not move in. He said it was adequate. Called air condioning Co. man came out did a check for adequate cooling of the house. He said the unit was too small and I would fry in the summer. The company documented this information.
I live in Palm Springs, very hot here!!! Called landlord, he said he would not upgrade the unit.
I never occupied the dwelling, he did give me back my deposit, but kept the $1,450. He told me the unit was working great when we were going over the lease.

breaking a rental lease in California
My fiance and I share a lease with a roomate. We recently had to move out of state for family reasons. We have 2 plus years remaining on the lease that we cannot afford to pay. Our ex-roomate does not want to leave the property. How do we get out of paying 2 more years of rent without getting sued for the balance of the lease? If we stop paying rent, can we be evicted and would that mean that the landlord was terminating the contract? The roomate is unwilling to help us because she now has the house to herself and is paying a very small amount of rent. How do we get out of our obligation and avoid getting sued by the landlord and roomate? Is it at all possible to get the deposit back, of which we paid two thirds? What is our best course of action to lose the least amount of money? We are all equal partners on the lease.

tresspass suite against landlord
In the October of 2005, my landlord w/out prior notice & w/out entered the basement of my single-unit, family home and filled it w/ his personal belongings for 4 mos. The rental lease does not stipulate that the property rented to me did not include the basement. I was not given any deduction in rent for this time period. Is it too late to file trespass and privacy damages in a civil suit? Additionally, the landlord keeps entering the private gardens of my residence without prior notice to butcher the trees in severe pruning and plant other trees. The most recent events occured in 9/2007 & Jan 2008. To date, some of the trees have not recovered from his severe pruning. I would like to sue for trespass and damages to the aesthetic appeal of the unit.
Would any of these events have merit?