I live in California and on December 5th of 2006 I rented an apartment and signed a 6 months lease. I gave her first months rent and a security deposit for the same amount. When I was signning the lease I remember reading something about the landlord being obligated to give me a copy of the contract within 30 days. I also gave her a list of things that needed to be fixed/ replaced. On January 31st of 2007 I gave the landlord a notice saying that I'll be moving out in a month because I lost my job and won't be able to pay for the apartment. She said that I still have to pay rent for the last month and when I move out she's going to give me my deposit back minus $45 for carpet cleaning. I told her that I can't pay her the amount she wants and suggested to just use my deposit as the last months payment. She gave me a 3 day notice. My only concern is... I never got a copy of the agreement even though I asked for it numerous times. She never fixed anything I asked her to fix either... I'm afraid that even if I pay rent right now, she won't give me back my deposit and is going to blame me for all the broken things in the apartment. What can I do at this point? Please help, I don't have much time left.