Plan to Register Homework Shelved
Officials in West Hollywood have shelved a controversial proposal that would have required people who earn a living working at home to register with the city. TV and motion picture writers opposed the proposed law, claiming that it smacked of “Big Brotherism.”
City officials said at a Business License Commission hearing that they were postponing consideration of a plan to license many of the city’s estimated 3,000 to 5,000 businesses. While exempting from regulation writers, artists and others who are self-employed and work at home, the law would have required such people to register with the city clerk’s office and pay an annual fee.
About 500 of the Writers Guild of America, West’s more than 7,500 members--who represent about 90% of all film and broadcast writers in the United States--live in West Hollywood, according to guild spokeswoman Cheryl Rhoden. The guild is headquartered in the city.
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