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Agoura Hills honors volunteers and memorializes former mayor and planning commissioner Joan Yacobone
Summary
The City of Agoura Hills recognized hundreds of volunteers on Feb. 12 and held a remembrance for longtime community leader Joan Yacobone, who served as a councilmember, mayor and planning commissioner and remained active in civic organizations over decades.
Agoura Hills — The Agoura Hills City Council paused its regular agenda on Feb. 12 to honor volunteers across multiple city programs and to recognize the life and service of Joan Yacobone, a long-serving local official and community volunteer.
The city—s Department of Community Services presented awards and tokens of appreciation to volunteers from multiple groups including the Agoura Hills Calabasas Community Center board, the Architectural Review Panel, CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), the community concert band, the Cultural Arts Council, the Planning Commission, the Reyes Adobe executive committee, senior program volunteers, tax-preparation volunteers, and teen VIP volunteers. Recreation Manager Nick Newcutt and Councilmembers presented plaques and thanked participants for hours contributed to programs that operate year-round.
Mayor Sylvester and several former colleagues and friends also paid tribute to Joan Yacobone, who served on the city council — including a term as mayor — the planning commission and numerous civic committees. Speakers recalled Yacobone—s long history of advocacy for local open space and land-use protections in the Santa Monica Mountains, her service with homeowners' federations and the Friends of the Agoura Hills Library, and her work on early general-plan and hillside committees dating back to before the city's incorporation in 1982. Remarks highlighted her involvement in land acquisitions such as Paramount Ranch and King Gillette Ranch and local efforts around Liberty Canyon.
Friends and former officials described Yacobone as persistent, effective at building consensus and committed to the community. The council observed a moment of silence and invited family and friends to offer remarks. The meeting was adjourned in her memory.
The volunteer recognition covered a wide set of categories — including class and program instructors, the Community Services Coalition, Community Service Days organizers, senior program volunteers, the Friends of the Agoura Hills Library and dozens of individual volunteers — and the city said the event acknowledged volunteers from 2024 and others who were absent. The council did not take policy action during the recognition portion of the meeting.
