If it is to stop trespass, the police might be a better route as trespass is more criminal than civil.  

Its not widely known but if you have a problem and someone turns you in its an automatic 5k fine.. and if there is buyer litigation you really can have a problemthe nuances are Developer: you need not take a test you simply have to register your name or company.. you then have to get a 50k bond.. and you MUST have insurance..

Just not comfortable with courts and litigation over a $850 rent unless it's forced on me .

(Civil Code Section 1710.2)Also, no landlord would be required to install air conditioning in a unit, but if it was part of the unit and functioning when it was rented, I believe it would have to be repaired in a timely manner.

When I put her name into the local civil case database, there were so many cases, I couldn't count.  

Total of two applicantsoverall income to rent- 6.3XFIRST APPLICANT -resident score 626 and the recommendation was accept-Sole income enough to cover 3X rent-Total of 7 accounts with 0 past due payments-Collections: 19 for a totaling around 5K only 3 are not related to medical (looks like phone/cable related)-1 federal tax lein and 2 civil judgments -No evictions on record and no criminal recordSECOND APPLICANT-Resident score 728 and the recommendation of do not rent (says open bankruptcy but under public records it says there is only one on record and it was settled in 2007)-No evictions and no criminal records-0 Past due payments-3 collections totaling $138 all 3 medical with 2 saying closed to charge off or repossession. 

The property management company is telling me the next step is a civil lawsuit.This is all new to me... can anyone break down how the process will work from here if we go the civil suit route?

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 also broadly guarantees certain rights to people with disabilities and was the first U.S. federal civil rights protection for people with disabilities.

Tenants in California are well aware only the most serious lease violations ever get litigated.

Cal Civil Code Section 1947.3 states that a landlord and tenant can agree rent may be paid through an electronic deposit process, but only if the landlord allows an alternative method of payment.That you may have drafted a rental agreement stipulating electronic transfer only means very little.