In 1967, Westside Community Mental Health Center was founded. The most remarkable feature of Westside was the value placed not just on community involvement but on community control of services. The Board of Directors—the governing body of the agency—was composed of members of two groups: 50% from the Community Advisory Board (CAB) and 50% from the Consortium member agencies. Time would tell how this unique combination of forces proved, over and over again, to be essential to Westside’s survival.
The History of Westside is the history of community mental health because the community informs and directs the types of services we provide.
The Westside Consortium
Emergency Services
Westside Crisis Clinic (Mt. Zion Hospital)
San Francisco Suicide Prevention
Emergency Drug Abuse Services
Reality House West
Black Man’s Free Medical Clinic
Westside Crisis Clinic
Residential Drug Abuse Services
Reality House West
Outpatient Drug Abuse Services
Black Man’s Free Medical Clinic
San Francisco Drug Treatment Program
Methadone Clinic
Hospitalization Programs
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center
St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center
Partial Hospitalization Programs
Day Treatment Center at Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center
St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center
Westside Social Rehabilitation Center at Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center
Outpatient Case Work
California Medical Clinic for Psychotherapy
Catholic Social Services
Children’s Hospital and Adult Medical Center
Family Service Agency of San Francisco
Jewish Family Service Agency
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center
Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center
St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center
Pacific Psychotherapy Association
Halfway Houses
Baker Place
Conard House
Progress House
Reality House West
Consultation and Education
California Medical Clinic for Psychotherapy
Children’s Hospital and Adult Medical Center
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center
St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center
Westside Central Office
Executive Committee of the First Board of Directors
Percy H. Steele, President
Christian J. Matthew, Vice President
Yori Wada, Treasurer
Evelyn Wilson, Secretary
Phil Nakamura, President, Community Advisory Board
Bill Middleton, First Vice-President, Community Advisory Board
Sandy Ouye-Mori, Second Vice-President, Community Advisory Board
Ruth Sandford, Treasurer, Community Advisory Board
Bill Bethurst, Secretary, Community Advisory Board
Father John O’Connor, Chairperson, Program Planning Committee
Thomatra Scott, Chairperson, Personnel Committee
William Goldman, M.D., Executive Director
Board of Directors
Mrs. Virginia Aslborg
St. Elizabeth’s Infant Hospital
Mrs. Ruth Beard
Association of Black Social Workers
Mr. Barry Bloom
San Francisco Drug Treatment Program
Rosamond Bolden
Human Resources Development
Mrs. Barbara Brachman
Baker Place
Sister Catherine
St. Elizabeth’s Infant Hospital
Mrs. Janice Cobb
Representative at Large
Mr. Roger Cornut
Suicide Prevention of San Francisco
Mr. Frederick Crawford
Booker T. Washington Center
Mrs. Virginia Fink
California Medical Clinic for Psychotherapy
Mr. Steve Fields
Progress House
Marjorie C. Folinsbee, M.D.
Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center
Deanne Gottfried, M.D.
San Francisco Public Health Center #2
William H. Grier, M.D.
Pacific Psychotherapy Associates
Stephen J. Harrover
Progress House
Mrs. Aileen C. Hernandez
Mt. Zion Hospital
Miss Gail Horn
Young Adults of San Francisco
Ms. Marion Kalkman, R.N.
Suicide Prevention Center of San Francisco
Michael Khlentzos, M.D.
St. Mary’s Hospital, McAuley Neuropsychiatric Institute
Robert A. Kimmich, M.D.
San Francisco Children’s Hospital
Derek T. Knudsen
Conard House
Mr. Robert Kobata
Japanese Community Youth Council
Mr. E.C. Lawry
San Francisco Children’s Hospital
Mr. Nick Lederer
Baker Place
Mr. Leroy Looper
Reality House West
Richard Macklin
Black Man’s Free Medical Clinic
Mrs. Ruth N. March
Representative at Large
Mr. Christian J. Matthew
St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center
Mr. Jeff Mori
Japanese Community Youth Council
Father John O’Connor
Catholic Social Services
William H. Pierce, Ph.D.
Association of Black Psychologists
Mr. Jack Reed
Reality House West
Rudolfo Petschek
San Francisco Drug Treatment Program
Mrs. Frances Ross
Conard House
Clifford Schwarberg
Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center
Mr. Thomatra N. Scott
Western Addition E.O.C.
Mr. Percy H. Steele, Jr.
Bay Area Urban League
Mr. Yori Wada
Buchanan YMCA
Leon Wanerman
Mt. Zion Hospital
Michael Ward, Ph.D.
Black Man’s Free Clinic
Mr. Rodney Williams
Police Community Relations
Mrs. Evelyn Wilson
San Francisco 2 nd District P.T.A.
Mr. Nat Woods
Family Service Agency of San Francisco
Joyce Yarbrough
Representative at Large
Community Advisory Board
Bill Bathurst
Representative at Large
Rosamond Bolden
Human Resources Department
Z. Butler
Representative at Large
Janice Cobb
Representative at Large
Frederick Crawford
Booker T. Washington Center
Roi Andre Dupre
Western Addition Project Area Committee
Lenneal J. Henderson
The National Conference on Black Political Scientists
Gail Horn
Young Adults of San Francisco
Maurice James
Postal Street Academy
Bob Jourdan
Representative at Large
Ron Kobata
Japanese Community Youth Council
Sid Mouton
Human Resources Development
Phil Nakamura
Japanese American Citizens League
Sandy Ouye
Japanese American Citizens League
William Middleton
Black Man’s Free Clinic