The Board of Supervisors voted to pursue a new ordinance addressing solicitors who prey on county aid recipients for personal information or coerce them to sign lawsuits against the county, by creating a buffer zone to keep them away from county office buildings.

By a 3-0 vote taken on Tuesday, Nov. 4, the supervisors asked Office of County Counsel to establish a so-called “predatory solicitation zone” in the form of a county ordinance. The buffer zone would keep solicitors at a certain distance from the door of county offices, allow the posting of “No Solicitors” signs, and including penalties for violators.

“We are painfully aware of ongoing allegations of fraud and pay-to-sue tactics to file lawsuits against the county. These activities occurred primarily outside our social service of

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