California is staring down an estimated $56-billion budget deficit over the next two years, quite a reversal of fortunes for a state that just two years back was flush with a multi-billion-dollar surplus.

In his May Revise today, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a series of spending cuts, budget gimmicks and dipping into the state's "rainy day" reserve fund to help close the deficit.

But Republicans in the state seem suspicious of both Governor Newsom's solutions ... they even dispute the budget numbers he presented.

Republican State Senator Roger Niello represents the Sacramento area, he's the vice chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review committee.