State budget includes money for UC Riverside medical school, Inland Empire judges
June 14, 2019
By JEFF HORSEMAN | jhorseman@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise
PUBLISHED: June 14, 2019 at 3:07 pm | UPDATED: June 17, 2019 at 11:53 am
Money to expand UC Riverside’s medical school and add new judges is part of the new California budget approved Thursday, June 13, by lawmakers in Sacramento.
The $215 billion spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1 authorizes expansion funding for the school, likely in the neighborhood of $80 million to $100 million once design work is done. Ongoing support for the bigger school will be determined later...