You should contact a local creditor's rights attorney to determine how best to proceed against the ex-landlord.
For a good list of creditor's rights attorneys, please see:
http://www.martindale.com/Results.aspx?ft=1&frm=freesearch&afs=California%20creditors%20rights%20
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Answered on Mar 07th, 2013 at 3:13 PM