Let No Campus Be Left Behind (in Having a Med School)

To loud applause at the Riverside Convention Center, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Wednesday that she is lobbying Gov. Jerry Brown to find $15 million a year to help open and run the medical school at UC Riverside.

Feinstein, D-Calif., sent a letter Tuesday to the governor urging him to include the money in his annual budget so UCR can open the school in 2013…

“I am going to need your help to call on our great governor and say, ‘Jerry, you’ve got to find $15 million,’” she said. “It can be found.”  Gov. Brown was traveling to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and his office did not have an immediate comment on Feinstein’s letter.  The medical school has been in the works for years and was originally set to open this year. But so far, UCR officials have not been able to secure ongoing state funding…

Full story at http://www.pe.com/local-news/politics/duane-gang-headlines/20120222-riverside-feinstein-backs-ucr-medical-school.ece

All that's lacking is money: