My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: California
Basically a guy was renting a building and using it to produce media. He died unexpectedly a few weeks ago and when the Landlords found out they locked the building down which is fair enough. However there is a giant network of individuals who had been working/volunteering there who had all kinds of equipment and whatnot inside the building and still do.
I understand the landlord's position as they don't want just anyone walking in and taking things. However it's quite tricky to try to drum up receipts for a bunch of articles that are of various ages and acquired through various means (second hand etc. etc. etc). Things like an assortment of 40+ chairs all acquired here and there as opportunities arose.
My question is what can people do in this situation in order to retrieve their things?

