One of the coolest things happening in the region is the prospect of landing a medical school at UCR. However, the economy and state budget issues are threatening to derail this potential gem.
The article touches on a key point and that is the failure of our state leaders to actually spend tax dollars on things the taxpayers need...like infrastructure. We don't build roads. We don't build water systems. We don't build medical schools. The list goes on and on.
According to the article, there hasn't been a public medical school built in 40 years. That is ridiculous.
UC Riverside officials are counting on $15 million from a state budget revision later this spring to keep a planned medical school on schedule.
"We really believe our best opportunity is getting in the revised state budget," said Dr. Phyllis Guze, interim dean of the medical school, which is scheduled to open in 2012. "We're really going full-bore ahead to get that included."
The recently reached state budget package didn't include $15 million the university sought for the medical school. The university's medical school proposal hinges on a $100 million investment from the state between now and 2021, when the school is projected to be self-sustaining.
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