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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. A progressive member of the Democratic Party, Haney had represented District 6 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2019 to 2022 and previously served as a commissioner on the San Francisco Board of Education from 2013 to 2019.
In 2022, Haney won a special election to the California State Assembly to succeed David Chiu, who became City Attorney of San Francisco. He placed first in the primary election and defeated former supervisor David Campos, a fellow Democrat, in a runoff. He was sworn in on May 3, 2022.
Haney was born in Santa Cruz County, California, raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended public schools in Albany, California. His mother, Kris Calvin, served on the South Pasadena School Board.
He has a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from the University of California, Berkeley, and an LL.M in human rights from the National University of Ireland, where he was a Senator George Mitchell Scholar. He has a Master of Arts in 2010 from the Stanford Graduate School of Education and a JD in 2010 from Stanford Law School. Haney worked at both the Stanford Design School and at the JFK School of Law, and Sociology at Palo Alto University, where he taught education law. Haney taught Education Law at the JFK School of Law in addition to teaching Sociology at Palo Alto University and served as a Fellow and Adjunct Faculty at the Stanford Design School.
After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2005, Haney was a legislative aide for long-time California State Senator Joe Simitian. He was the Executive Director of the UC Student Association.
Haney is the former National Policy Director for The Dream Corps. In 2015, he co-founded #cut50, an Oakland-based national nonprofit designed to end mass incarceration, with Van Jones and Jessica Jackson.
In April 2012, Haney announced his candidacy for the San Francisco Board of Education election for one of four open seats. He was elected in the November 2012 San Francisco general election, placing fourth behind three incumbents. Haney replaced Norman Yee, who forwent re-election to run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Upon his election, Haney was the youngest member of the commission and one of the only members of an urban school board in California under the age of 35. Prior to his election, he served two years on San Francisco Unified School District’s Public Education Enrichment Fund Community Advisory Committee and Restorative Justice Committee.
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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. A progressive member of the Democratic Party, Haney had represented District 6 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2019 to 2022 and previously served as a commissioner on the San Francisco Board of Education from 2013 to 2019.
In 2022, Haney won a special election to the California State Assembly to succeed David Chiu, who became City Attorney of San Francisco. He placed first in the primary election and defeated former supervisor David Campos, a fellow Democrat, in a runoff. He was sworn in on May 3, 2022.
Haney was born in Santa Cruz County, California, raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended public schools in Albany, California. His mother, Kris Calvin, served on the South Pasadena School Board.
He has a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from the University of California, Berkeley, and an LL.M in human rights from the National University of Ireland, where he was a Senator George Mitchell Scholar. He has a Master of Arts in 2010 from the Stanford Graduate School of Education and a JD in 2010 from Stanford Law School. Haney worked at both the Stanford Design School and at the JFK School of Law, and Sociology at Palo Alto University, where he taught education law. Haney taught Education Law at the JFK School of Law in addition to teaching Sociology at Palo Alto University and served as a Fellow and Adjunct Faculty at the Stanford Design School.
After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2005, Haney was a legislative aide for long-time California State Senator Joe Simitian. He was the Executive Director of the UC Student Association.
Haney is the former National Policy Director for The Dream Corps. In 2015, he co-founded #cut50, an Oakland-based national nonprofit designed to end mass incarceration, with Van Jones and Jessica Jackson.
In April 2012, Haney announced his candidacy for the San Francisco Board of Education election for one of four open seats. He was elected in the November 2012 San Francisco general election, placing fourth behind three incumbents. Haney replaced Norman Yee, who forwent re-election to run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Upon his election, Haney was the youngest member of the commission and one of the only members of an urban school board in California under the age of 35. Prior to his election, he served two years on San Francisco Unified School District’s Public Education Enrichment Fund Community Advisory Committee and Restorative Justice Committee.