Tim Gage

fiscal policy advisor

Tim Gage is a fiscal policy advisor for California Forward. Previously, he served as the director of the California Department of Finance from 1999 to early 2003. Prior to holding that position, Mr. Gage spent over 20 years as a fiscal advisor with both houses of the California Legislature, including the position of chief fiscal advisor to two Presidents pro Tempore of the California State Senate and the chief consultant to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.

Following his tenure with the state, Mr. Gage founded Blue Sky Consulting Group, an economics and public policy consulting firm, and served two terms on the Board of Governors of the California Independent System Operator, the state's public benefit corporation responsible for managing the flow of electricity on California's high-voltage electric power grid. Mr. Gage also serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Southern California Capitol Center where he teaches public finance in the MPA program.