mr. ruiz is richard edward ruiz jr. your true name?> yes. >> the following day it's preliminary court hearing ruiz was charged with felony possession of narcotics which could carry a lengthy sentence behind bars. he entered a plea of not guilty and had one supporter at the hearing, his girlfriend, samantha dunn, who spoke to us afterwards. >> tell me how you found out that your boyfriend was in jail. >> he was supposed to pick me up from work one day and after work i was waiting outside and an hour had passed and he wasn't there and i knew something was wrong. and so when i got home i found out on the internet that he was arrested. >> what are your biggest fears for him right now? >> i'm just afraid that he's in isolation, just completely -- you know, scared and lonely and doesn't know what's going to happen. and on top of that, i'm afraid of how long he's going to be in jail. that's my biggest fear so far. and that it would change him in any way. i hope it doesn't change his heart. >> i didn't know my girlfriend was going to be in the

. >> i have known mr. ruiz for a long time. i got to know them better when he was involved with third street light rail. as you know, mr. chair, this pertains to your district since you have very little representation in the district. the third street light rail phase one begins at fourth and king and ends in the middle of nova and visitation valley. for those listening at home, over $700 million was spent on that project, and 80% of the businesses were impacted, and a lot of businesses just went away because they could not afford to stay in business. historically speaking, when a similar project was done on market street, all the businesses were compensated. i believe by the department of transportation. now, on this phase two, because a lot of this is tunneling under brown, the businesses above, especially union street and all, would not be impacted -- because a lot of this is tunneling under ground. but things are put in a place to create safe passages above ground. now, i'm talking on behalf of three or four focus groups tha