Groundbreaking legislation on the parental leave front took place on opposite sides of the country this week. New York became the fourth state in the U.S. to offer some form of paid parental leave to residents. Starting in 2018, the program will compensate parents for 67 percent of their wages for up to 12 weeks, twice as long as any policies currently in place in other states. Meanwhile in San Francisco, city supervisors voted that employers be required to give employees six weeks fully paid paternal leave, becoming the first city in the U.S. to make a ruling of this kind. The measure will work in conjunction with California’s existing policy, covering 55 percent of parents’ wages. The new law requires that businesses pay the balance. “We shouldn’t force mothers and fathers to choose between taking case of their child and putting food on the table,” said city Supervisor Scott Wiener. San Francisco, anyone?