An attorney, former school board member and philanthropist who served as the former head of what was then known as The Newhall Land and Farming Co.’s Newhall Ranch development, Steven D. Zimmer, died Saturday. He was 77.
In 1999, Zimmer became vice president of Newhall Land, the company that created and marketed Valencia starting in the 1960s.
“We are all saddened at FivePoint by the passing of Steve Zimmer,” Don Kimball, current leader for the development of Valencia at Newhall Land’s successor company, FivePoint, said Monday in a statement via email from Sandy Sanchez, vice president of government relations. “He will forever be remembered as an executive that gave much to the advanced planning and vision of what we are proud to call Valencia by FivePoint today. He was a passionate leader, dear friend and a mentor to many of us at the company over the years. Steve also took the time to give back to the greater SCV community that he loved. He will certainly be missed by all of us.”…