Matt Haney

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.

Haney's official supervisorial portrait, 2020.