The San Diego Union-Tribune recently reported California Governor Jerry Grown signed a bill that extend the benefits of the state's Paid Family Leave program to a larger variety of family members. Parents, spouses, children, registered domestic partners and same-sex spouses will be included under the new law.

As a result, all employees in the state will be able to take six weeks off supplemented with a portion of their normal salary or wages to care for family members that fall into these categories. Specifically, the Paid Family Leave bill guarantees employees earn 55 percent of their average weekly salary within a 12-month cycle.

Funding for the bill comes from "a 1 percent deduction in their paychecks for the first $95,585 they earn in a year." State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, who authored the bill, explained she was excited to see the current legislation would more accurately match the care-giving responsibilities of families in the state, according to the Santa Barbara Independent.

California is home to the second highest population of multigenerational families, meaning there are more households in which grandparents and other extended family members reside.

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