Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, has been appointed to the Assembly Republican Budget Reform Task Force, a new group created by the minority GOP in the state Assembly.

“I am looking forward to playing a significant role in reforming California’s budget system,” Gaines said in a press release. “The Legislature is faced with tough budget choices this year, and we must reject new spending to get our state’s finances in order. At my small business, when times are tough, we must cut excess spending to balance our finances, and that is what California must do as well.”

The task force will study options like giving governors the power to make mid-year cuts during an economic downturn, going to a two-year budget cycle where the first year of a legislative session focuses on the budget while the second year is spent on other legislative issues and requiring setting aside significant sums into a budget reserve every year.

Gaines is a former Placer County Supervisor and briefly considered running for the 4th Congressional District seat, being vacated by John Doolittle this year.

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