# Member of the State Assembly, District 17

Compare records and positions simply between Matt Haney or Manuel Noris-Barrera for Member of the State Assembly, District 17 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).

- Jurisdiction: California Legislature
- Election: November 3, 2026 California general election
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- Sources last retrieved: September 24, 2026
- Source-objectivity score: 93 out of 100 (Very strong), across 8 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology

## On the ballot

- **Matt Haney** — Assemblymember · Democratic · Incumbent
- **Manuel Noris-Barrera** — No Ballot Designation · Republican

Assemblymember Matt Haney took 99.4% of the June 2 vote to Republican Manuel Noris-Barrera's 0.4% — the most lopsided legislative primary on this ballot. The district covers eastern San Francisco, and the same two candidates met in November 2024.

The winner holds one of 80 Assembly seats for a two-year term, inside a 12-year lifetime cap on service in Sacramento. An Assemblymember authors bills, sits on the policy committees that decide which bills advance, and argues for the district's share of the annual state budget. Seniority compounds: a member several terms in chairs committees and shapes which bills reach a floor vote at all.

A 99-point primary margin means the practical question in this district is not who wins but what the incumbent does with a seat he holds without contest. Weigh his legislative output and his funding sources on their own terms rather than against an opponent — and if you want to register a different preference, note that this ballot gives you one alternative and very little published information about them.

## Matt Haney

Matt Haney is the sitting Assemblymember for District 17 and chairs the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee, along with the Select Committee on Downtown Recovery (assembly.ca.gov). He served as a San Francisco supervisor before his election. His campaign describes him as someone who has "found new solutions that make a real impact" (campaign site).

In February 2026 he introduced AB 1720, the California Fans First Act, which would cap ticket resale prices at 10 percent of the original price to "target organized scalpers and bring down costs for fans" (Local News Matters); the bill was held under submission in the Senate Appropriations Committee's suspense file in August 2026 (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov). He says he wants "to deliver for San Francisco on an even bigger scale" (campaign site).

He promises continued work on "cleaning up our streets, housing more homeless, or fighting for small businesses" (campaign site), under the banner "Taking Action. Getting Results." He says he is "not afraid to take on San Francisco's toughest challenges" (campaign site).

**Strengths:** Chairs the Assembly's Housing Committee and previously served on the Board of Supervisors, giving him standing on the city's core issues.

**Trade-offs:** His signature ticket resale bill this year stalled in a Senate committee rather than reaching a floor vote.

**Keep in mind:** He faces only token opposition this cycle, so accountability for how he uses the seat will not come from this ballot.

## Manuel Noris-Barrera

Manuel Noris-Barrera is a Republican, an entrepreneur, business owner and realtor who also ran against this incumbent in November 2024 (Ballotpedia). They have not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.

No campaign website or news coverage of their 2026 platform could be located.

No stated priorities for this campaign could be located.

**Strengths:** Noris-Barrera gives voters an alternative to the incumbent on a ballot with only two candidates.

**Trade-offs:** They have no record in any office and no published platform for this campaign.

**Keep in mind:** No campaign website or news coverage of their platform could be located. What is known comes from their 2024 candidacy and ballot designation.

## Record in office

Matt Haney (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 34 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 8 of them signed into law.

Manuel Noris-Barrera has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices.

Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-09-21.

## Record details

Haney — AB 2455 (2026): Bruce Lee Day.

Haney — AB 289 (2025): State highway work zone speed safety program.

Haney — AB 1445 (2025): Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts.

Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

## Financial info

- **Matt Haney**
  - Primary: $638,137 raised (Small donors: $330; Individuals: $51,600; PACs & committees: $362,248; Businesses & other orgs: $215,030)
  - November: $39,100 raised (Individuals: $18,800; PACs & committees: $12,400; Businesses & other orgs: $7,900)

Manuel Noris-Barrera has no contributions reported to Cal-Access for this race.

Figures are CA Form 460 filings through June 30, 2026 by committees controlled by each candidate, and can include transfers from a candidate's earlier committees. Semi-annual reports covering January–June 2026 were due July 31, 2026, so some totals lag a period behind. Per the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access raw data export, retrieved 2026-09-21.

Manuel Noris-Barrera has no itemized contributions dated after the June 2, 2026 primary reported to Cal-Access yet.

Total is itemized (Schedule A) contributions and self-funding loans dated after the June 2, 2026 primary, through June 30, 2026 — small-dollar unitemized (under $100) contributions aren't independently dated in Cal-Access's raw export, so they aren't reflected here and this may undercount true small-donor activity since the primary. This also doesn't include money reported only on 24-hour late-contribution reports (Form 497) that haven't yet appeared in a periodic Form 460 filing. Per the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access raw data export, retrieved 2026-08-30.

## Review notes

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## Sources

1. [CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)](https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/primary-election-june-2-2026/statement-vote)
2. [Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary](https://ballotpedia.org)
3. [California State Assembly — Matt Haney member page (committee assignments)](https://www.assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers/17)
4. [Matt Haney for Assembly — campaign site (biography and priorities)](https://www.matthaney.com/)
5. [Local News Matters — Haney bill would cap resale prices for concerts and live events (AB 1720)](https://localnewsmatters.org/2026/05/12/california-ticket-resale-cap-haney-fans-first-act/)
6. [California Legislature — AB 1720 (2025-2026) bill status and text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1720)
7. [California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)](https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/)
8. [Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State](https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/raw-data-campaign-finance-and-lobbying-activity)

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