Stockton’s City Council has thrown its support behind the University of the Pacific’s long‑planned School of Medicine, voting unanimously yesterday to let the university submit a $7 million federal grant application in the city’s name. The procedural move inches the private university’s proposed medical school closer to reality, with leaders saying the program is designed to train physicians who will put down roots in the San Joaquin Valley and expand care in neighborhoods that have long gone without. Pacific has pledged roughly $50 million of its own money and says private donors have already contributed about $20 million toward what is projected to be a $150 million effort.
Council signs off on federal request
At a special meeting, University of…..