 If federal funding ended, among other problems, MLK–Harbor would permanently lose 250 medical resident slots, 15% of the 1,700 in Los Angeles County.On March 6, 2007, officials from Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science announced they were suing Los Angeles County for $125 million for breach of contract, claiming that the restructuring of the hospital terminated support to 248 medical residents and gutted the adjacent university.The two entities had collaborated since 1972.