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Founder and CEO Mark Dwight poses by a wall of backpacks and totes at his Rickshaw Bagworks factory store on Monday, April 4, 2016, in San Francisco. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is voting on whether to require six weeks of fully paid leave for new parents - a move that would be a first for any jurisdiction. For small businesses, however, the proposal is yet another requirement that cuts into their competitive edge. Dwight, whose company of 30 employees makes custom work bags in San Francisco, said local businesses don’t have the wiggle room to spread costs or turn to deep-pocketed investors. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Founder and CEO Mark Dwight poses by a wall of backpacks and totes at his Rickshaw Bagworks factory store on Monday, April 4, 2016, in San Francisco. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is voting on whether to require six weeks of fully paid leave for new parents - a move that would be a first for any jurisdiction. For small businesses, however, the proposal is yet another requirement that cuts into their competitive edge. Dwight, whose company of 30 employees makes custom work bags in San Francisco, said local businesses don’t have the wiggle room to spread costs or turn to deep-pocketed investors. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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