The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. April 6, 2016 San Francisco Approves 6 Weeks Fully Paid Parental Leave -------------------------------------------------------- And San Francisco has become the first U.S. city to approve six weeks of fully paid parental leave. The new law, passed unanimously on Tuesday, applies to all new parents, including same-sex couples and adoptive parents. .