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