New Med at Merced? Hard to be sure what the governor said

From the Fresno Bee: Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the campus of UC Merced on Monday, throwing his support behind an effort to build a $210 million medical education building on the campus. According to UC Merced, its proposed Health, Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education Building will house the Departments of Psychological Sciences and Public Health, a medical education program, and Health Sciences Research Institute. The announcement Monday by Newsom is the most significant backing by a governor to support UC Merced’s quest for a medical school — a goal that’s been on the wish list for Valley leaders since the early years of the university, which opened in 2005.

Newsom highlighted the importance of educating medical students in Merced County and the Valley. “They will come here in the Valley and they will stay in the Valley. They will contribute and they will serve the residents and the people that made their education possible,” Newsom said...

Full story at: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article255248216.html.

However, the governor has a habit of endorsing ideas that sound more complete than they are. Example: COVID vax mandates - BUT with exceptions for prison guards and loose exemptions. At present, UC-Merced has a cooperative arrangement with UC-San Francisco and it's not clear the governor was endorsing more than that arrangement.