San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Offer Fully Paid Parental Leave

From its abysmal lack of parking anywhere in the city to former Journey frontman Steve Perry using his esteemed career to only sing during a 7th inning stretch to the extreme disparity between the rich and poor, there are plenty of negative headlines going around.

So when the city put forth a vote for fully mandated and paid parental leave, many people paid attention. Celebrate, dads because this could set a trend — it passed, making San Francisco the first city in the country to do so.

The unanimous vote by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors comes a day after New York passed a law requiring up to 12 weeks of partially paid time off for new parents that it funded through a weekly payroll tax.

Board of Supervisors unanimously passed my #PaidParentalLeave