<p>In 1998 Drexel University in Philadelphia was in the right place at the right time and had a fully accredited, fully functioning long established medical school plus $60 million for an endowment fall right into their lap but that was a unique event. Establishing and operating a medical school is very expensive and could probably not be done without an initial outlay of at least $100 million which is inconceivable under current circumstances facing public higher education in California.</p>