Side tangent - I actually am in a situation where priority repairs aren’t being done (I live in California) and I’ve never broken a lease before but plan to. How successful is threatening legal action against a landlord (corporate landlord) when it comes to breaking a lease early? I have a letter that has been reviewed and edited by an attorney stating all the violations that the landlord has broken but I’m just anxious because I haven’t had to break a lease early before. How do you even claw your deposit back when it gets to that point?

Edit: typo