Wyeast california lager

I did a five gallon batch of German helles and used the california lager yeast. My question is. Is this a slow starter like a regular lager yeast. It's been 3 days at 58-62 and it has just barely started to krausen. Also after I pitched at about 65 I brought the temp down way to far. Say 48-50 for a few hours trying to adjust ice bath temp. Will this hurt anything? Really need this to be good for a Oktoberfest party. Thanks for your input. Cheers

Did you pitch the package or make a starter? Starter highly recommended, especially lager.
48-50F probably set them back a bit from a normal start.
At this point wait it out.

A. RDWHAHB
B. This yeast is more active than a lager yeast, but definitely more tame than a typical ale fermentation.
C. The times i've used it, it took around 8-9 days to bring a 1.055 beer to terminal gravity.
D. Your temp swings probably didn't hurt anything.

Thats kind of what I thought. Thanks guys.