Wow thank you for your efforts in responding!!

UPDATE: The landlord responded to my email 7 days later claiming they have no responsibility for painting or repairs. Fortunately, here in Santa Barbara we have a Tenant/Landlord mediation office run by the city. They were kind enough to push me in the right direction in regard to asking for the amount of refund I feel is fair. So the next step is sending a certified letter to the Landlord. The gentleman in the mediation office even told me to reference Section 1950.5 . In that letter I was advised to inform them there will be a 10 day window of response before I seek reimbursement from the court. Most of the correspondences were through emails so I have a record of everything. I even requested a move-out inspection which she never responded to.

I really do wish I would have taken move out pictures of the place but after nearly 19hr of moving I was in no condition to do more than sweep and fill in nail holes lol.

Cheers!