Matthew Craig Haney (born April 17, 1982) is an American politician from San Francisco currently serving as a member of the California State Assembly from the 17th district, covering the eastern portion of the city.

In 2022, Haney won a special election to the California State Assembly to succeed David Chiu, who became City Attorney of San Francisco.

[9] After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2005, Haney was a legislative aide for long-time California State Senator Joe Simitian.

[11] In 2015, he co-founded #cut50, an Oakland-based national nonprofit designed to end mass incarceration, with Van Jones and Jessica Jackson.

[10][12] In April 2012, Haney announced his candidacy for the San Francisco Board of Education election for one of four open seats.

Haney replaced Norman Yee, who forwent re-election to run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

[15] Haney and Commissioner Stevon Cook co-authored a resolution in 2018 to establish a panel to examine which schools to rename.

[18] In September 2017, Haney filed to run in the 2018 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election to represent District 6.

[20][21] Haney was sworn in at the Board of Supervisors' January 8, 2019, meeting, replacing Jane Kim, who was ineligible to run for re-election after two four-year terms.

[24] During the 2018 campaign for Supervisor, Haney ran against a leader of the YIMBY movement and questioned the need for every neighborhood to build housing, stating "I'm not going to pick fights on the other side of the city.

[25] In October 2021, Haney supported the construction of a 495-unit apartment complex on a parking lot next to a BART station, but was the proposal was voted down 7-4 by his colleagues.

[30] Haney wrote an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle endorsing a No vote on Proposition 22 in 2020.

[34] Haney ran for the California State Assembly to serve the remainder of the term of David Chiu, who vacated the seat upon his appointment as City Attorney of San Francisco.