Former California Gov. Jerry Brown criticized the state for “spending money wildly” a day before Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $100 billion California Comeback Plan. “Money doesn’t grow on trees,” Brown said during a July 11 interview with NBC. “Federal government is getting deeply into debt. They’re spending money wildly. The state is now spending money, it’s not sustainable.” He continued, “We need a more frugal sustainable prudent way of doing business. I would predict certainly within two years, we’re going to see fiscal stress.” Brown’s comments followed the state’s $116.5 million vaccine lottery initiative to encourage residents to become inoculated, and the announcement of the proposed $100 billion spending plan in May. “The federal government borrowed a lot of money because they don’t have enough and they showered money on the economy, and that just put checks in people’s hands, in business and they spent it,” Brown told NBC. “The state has a big share of money they never had before, but it’s …