Hi everyone! I am a college student currently living in San Diego and I'm having some issues with my roommate situation as well as landlord situation. For context, I signed year long lease(8/1/2025-7/31/2026) for a house that has 7 "bedrooms" with one person in each room. When the lease was signed there was no proof of income, proof of ID, background check, nothing. We also were not notified of who was moving in before she did on April 1st.
I have a roommate who just recently moved in on April 1, and on the night of the 21 she had a bit of an episode, screaming and slamming doors, throwing food at my door, etc. We have suspected that she has issues with drugs and alcohol but that night and the following nights confirmed it. My landlord said that we would have to essentially wait for her to try and attack us and hope we're quick enough to get away and call the police. Many of the girls in the house now want to leave due to feeling unsafe, but he is saying that none of us can leave since we signed a year long lease, we have to pay through July. Does anyone know of any way that I could get out of the lease early that doesn't include police reports or waiting for the girl to physically harm me?
I'm trying to look and see if there's a way for the lease to be void or for him to have broken some sort of law in regards to renting, when the house is searched online it only comes up as a 3 bed 3 bath, but there are 7 "bedrooms" an 4 bathrooms in the house. My room is a sunroom with no ventilation, AC, heat, etc. I also tried to look up if the house has a Business tax certificate and i didn't find one, although it's hard to tell if you need one in San Diego since the laws around leasing and renting houses is so confusing. Just looking for anything that could give me a way out of this dangerous living situation, Any and all help is much appreciated!