What is Home Rule in Sedona?The state of Arizona has three accounting options for cities and towns. State baseline is the approved State method. The other two have to be approved by the voters.
Voter approved options are:
Home rule (Alternative expenditure limitation)
Permanent Base
Permanent base, as it is a permanent base adjustment to the state baseline. Home Rule must be approved by the voters every four years
Other Option: The voters also have the option of a one time override every May.
Learn more through local interpretive news and discussions.
Some of my reasons to vote NO on Home Rule by Sedona Resident Dana H. Varney Sedona city government is not nonpartisan. It is under Democratic Party control. The Sedona City government spends millions of dollars…
Concerned Sedona resident - Lina Rueda Non-partisan City Council event at the library on Thursday, May 14My experience…OK, so I don’t want Dunn, Fultz or Hauserman in office. I hoped that I would come up…
Tim Perry: Council admits defeat on initiative ~ Clear Enough For You Now? Section: Clear Enough For You Now? That gang calling themselves the Sedona city council for once bowed to public opinion when, on Tuesday, they voted…
Tim Perry: Council admits defeat on initiative ~ ‘Deeply Unpopular’ After yielding to the public will in the matter of the Cultural Park, for the moment at any rate, the council had to reassert themselves by…
Sedona - VOC VOTES! Save the Heart of Sedona and VOTE! Cara Kretz created these beautiful flyers. Thank you! Let Your Voice Be Heard in the Red Rocks! DATES LOCATIONS Save the Heart of Sedona…
Home Rule Yes Vote Gives City Your Blank Check was written in May 2018 by our beloved dear friend and Just Facts EDU board member Henry Twombly. Graphs and Charts by Donna Joy Most Recent…
A portion of Kathy Howe's May 8, 2026 article on Substack. I'm Not Democrat or Republican...I'm a problem solver. Kathy Howe ~ I'm Not Democrat or Republican... Fast forward to 2026. Watching the Sedona City…
The City lost its lawsuit against the Cultural Park Initiative (Prop 403). In a decision issued this afternoon, the Judge found the initiative did not unlawfully change zoning as alleged by the City. This is…
Judge ruled in favor of Cultural Park Preservation Act initiative The City claims to appeal. We should find out after city council Executive session next Tuesday. What's burning? Honey, no, I didn't do you smell…
