Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/50

1965
 * The Grateful Dead (pictured) forms in Palo Alto
 * Jefferson Airplane (pictured) forms in San Francisco
 * The Acid Tests begin to be given by author and Merry Prankster Ken Kesey in the San Francisco Bay Area and across the West Coast
 * Condominium 1 is built at Sea Ranch on the Sonoma County coast
 * The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission is created to protect and preserve the San Francisco Bay