The University of the Pacific’s planned medical school may not get financial backing from San Joaquin County after a plan that came before the Board of Supervisors was met with internal pushback.
The board decided Tuesday to put off making a decision on a potential donation to the medical school project at the Stockton-based university after one supervisor expressed reservations. The proposal is now expected to resurface at the board’s Nov. 10 meeting.
Even though the bulk of the funds would come from money left unspent during the 2025-26 fiscal year, Supervisor Robert Rickman called the plan “absolutely irresponsible” at a time when the county has been “telling everyone in the world that will listen” how tight funds have become. The county pleaded for more money from the California Legislature, played tough in labor negotiations and spurned requests from donations seeking to fund worthy causes…