California law specifically allows the landlord to use a tenant's security deposit for four purposes:
- For unpaid rent;
- For cleaning the rental unit when the tenant moves out, but only to make the unit as clean as it was when the tenant first moved in;214
- For repair of damages, other than normal wear and tear, caused by the tenant or the tenant's guests; and
- If the lease or rental agreement allows it, for the cost of restoring or replacing furniture, furnishings, or other items of personal property (including keys), other than because of normal wear and tear
所以您的房東所提的理由並不在加州法律所容許的範圍之內.
Under California law, 21 calendar days or less after you move, your landlord must either:
- Send you a full refund of your security deposit, or
- Mail or personally deliver to you an itemized statement that lists the amounts of any deductions from your security deposit and the reasons for the deductions, together with a refund of any amounts not deducted.218
所以您在法律上可以在加州法院對房東提出訴訟
相關資料如下
http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/sec-deposit.shtml
