California Moves Closer to Employee Leave for ‘Chosen Family’

Californians could take time off to care for a designated “chosen” family member as well as biological kin under a bill sent Thursday to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks’ (D) measure (A.B. 1041) won final passage on an Assembly vote of 48-11. On Wednesday, the state Senate passed it 31-7.

The bill was written to reflect how current society has changed from a traditional family structure, Wicks said in an interview. “That’s not how most people are living their lives,” she said, adding that the measure would benefit LGBTQ people and immigrant households where family and non-family ...