Matt HaneyMatt Haney

We recommend voting for Matt Haney for State Assembly, District 17.

Haney has been one of the most productive SF legislators in Sacramento. His biggest win is AB 507 (https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/10/governor-newsom-builds-on-this-years-historic-housing-reforms-signs-legislation-to-accelerate-housing-and-affordability/), signed by Newsom in 2025, which makes it easier to turn empty office buildings into housing statewide. The law started as a San Francisco fix — our downtown has millions of square feet of empty office space — and Haney got it expanded to the whole state. Projects that meet the rules now get approved automatically, no rezoning needed. He's also pushed hard on public safety: AB 2475 (https://a17.asmdc.org/press-releases/20241001-bill-preventing-state-hospital-patients-violent-criminal-history-being) stops state hospitals from releasing patients with violent criminal histories without a plan for supervision, housing, and treatment.

In his questionnaire, Haney lays out an ambitious but grounded agenda for a second term. On housing, he wants to end exclusionary zoning, accelerate office-to-housing conversions, and move toward by-right permitting for infill projects. On the fentanyl crisis, he's working to expand treatment access and guarantee drug-free recovery housing, while supporting enforcement against trafficking networks. And he's championing downtown revitalization — modernizing nightlife rules, supporting small businesses, and making urban cores places people want to spend time again.

Haney works across party lines and gets bills signed. He's running unopposed, and he's earned another term.

Source (https://growsf.org/voter-guide/san-francisco-voter-guide-june-2026-election/#assembly-district-17)

My occupation is State Assemblymember.

Over the past four years as your Assemblymember, I’ve led the fight to confront San Francisco’s most pressing challenges. Leadership: • Served as Majority Whip of the CA State Assembly. • Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee, passing laws to increase housing affordability. • Chair of the Select Committee on Downtown Recovery, championing laws to convert vacant office space into housing, improve public safety, fill vacant retail, bringing back San Francisco’s downtown economy. • Founder and Chair of the first-ever California Legislative Renters’ Caucus. Some recent legislative accomplishments: • Mandated overdose reversal drugs in first aid kits, expanded mobile pharmacies and lifesaving addiction treatments. • Banned guns for offenders with severe mental illness, ending dangerous loopholes that dumped people on our streets from state mental hospitals. • Expanded access to health care and dental care, including in-home supportive services. • Eliminated red tape to expedite housing construction. • Fought to ensure access to drug-free recovery housing to get people off the streets. • Authored laws to stop wall street landlords from dominating our housing market. • Proposed first-in-nation tax on ICE private detention center profits to protect immigrant families and fund services. • Capped security deposits at one month’s rent and lowered HOA fees to make housing more affordable. I’m dedicated to improving public safety, decreasing homelessness, ensuring proper funding for schools and public transportation, and tackling climate change. I’m proud to have a 100% score from both Equality California and Planned Parenthood for consistently supporting impactful LGBTQ+ initiatives and pro-choice policies, and I received an ‘A’ rating from California Environmental Voters. Endorsed by: • California Professional Firefighters • California Teachers Association • California Environmental Voters • Equality California • National Union of Healthcare Workers • Planned Parenthood Northern California Action Fund • Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California Learn more at MattHaney.com

I’m not as positively inclined towards Matt Haney as GrowSF is — too many self-dealing campaign finance violations for my liking — but I guess his record and policy platform for his next term is fine. He has no opponents in the race.

VIG listing; Occupation: State Assemblymember; Assembly Majority Whip; Chair of Assembly Housing Committee

Primary: Jun 2, 2026