University of the Pacific – Credit: University of the Pacific
September 8, 2026 – California lawmakers approved early seed money for the planned School of Medicine at University of the Pacific, designed to address the severe and growing physician shortfalls across Central Valley and beyond.
State Sen. Jerry McNerney and State Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom championed $2 million in state funding to help in the early stages of the creation of the Pacific School of Medicine, which will be the first M.D.-granting institution outside of the state’s largest population centers in Southern California, the Bay Area and Greater Sacramento…