The preschool Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's daughter attends is set to be made anti-paparazzi if concerned parents and local councilors get their way.
The First Presbyterian Nursery School in Santa Monica, Calif., has become a popular target for photographers ever since little Violet, three, became a student there and parents and teachers claim the paparazzi are robbing kids of a peaceful arrival.
Some worried parents claim they've been physically and verbally abused by the snappers, and one alleges her 4-year-old was almost run over by an over-eager photographer.
Now, Santa Monica City Council member Richard Bloom is leading a charge to create school buffer zones, where the paparazzi cannot stand.
Bloom, an attorney, tells the Los Angeles Times, "If this were an isolated thing that had happened once or twice, I wouldn't be spending my time on it."
The councilor admits he has spoken with Garner and Affleck about their concerns: "They expressed to me that they understand this is a part of their lives that they have to accept, but it's not something that other people should have to experience."
Bloom joins Los Angeles City Council member Dennis Zine among those leaders trying to restrict paparazzi access in Tinseltown.
Zine has spent the past 18 months pushing measures to create buffer zones throughout Hollywood.
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