Joseph Emmanuel Tinney (April 24, 1910 – May 13, 2006) was an American attorney and politician from San Francisco. A Republican, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and then San Francisco city assessor, "Tinney's integrity was so unquestioned that mayors from both parties -- Republican George Christopher and Democrat John Shelley -- appointed him to the city posts, and Democratic political leaders played key roles in his re-election campaigns."