San Francisco is cutting the time an employee must work before qualifying for paid parental leave benefits in half. On August 7, 2026, Mayor Daniel Lurie signed Ordinance No. 162-26 (File No. 260451), which reduces that eligibility requirement under the City's Paid Parental Leave Ordinance (SF PPLO) from 180 days to 90 days. The change reaches employers in stages: January 1, 2027 for those with 100 or more employees, and January 1, 2028 for those with 20 to 99.

What Is the San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Ordinance?

San Francisco adopted the SF PPLO in 2016 so that employees taking leave to bond with a new child would not have to do so on partial pay. The ordinance does not itself provide leave or time off. It is a wage requirement that operates alongside California Paid Family Leave (CA PFL), the state program that replaces a portion of an employee's wages during bonding leave.

• How it works. When a covered employee receives CA PFL benefits for new child bonding during the first year following birth or placement through adoption or foster care, the state pays a portion of the employee's usual weekly wages. The SF PPLO requires the employer to pay the remainder for up to eight weeks. That employer payment is known as supplemental compensation, and it is calculated using a formula set out in the ordinance.
• The weekly cap. The ordinance caps the total combined weekly amount an employee may receive from CA PFL benefits and employer-paid supplemental compensation. The San...

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