My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: California
I signed a lease for a big house with a couple other girls after all of us verbally agreed to live in the house. Now I realize how unreliable an oral agreement is because my very own roommate, who I'm living with in the same room, decided she wanted to back out after I had signed the lease. I can't afford my own room, especially at the elevated price since our single vs doubles are staggered so I begged her to not leave. She's still on the edge but she suddenly said she'd stay if I let her sublease the room - although I'd be there living alongside her at the same time..I feel like there's a legal catch that I don't know about because my parents don't know anything about housing laws but her parents do. What kind of responsibilities and liabilities am I getting myself into if I let her sublease (half of the room?)? Is it even possible to sublease half a room? And what it she doesn't pay on time? Will I get in trouble with the landlord instead of her? What should I do? It's too late to find a new roommate and I signed the lease but I can't afford the room..I feel like she completely screwed me over and put me at her will and mercy..also housing laws are such a double edged sword, I'm afraid of walking into a legal trap and neither I nor my family could afford to do anything. I know I may have been stupid in this case but this is my first time renting a place..

