When former Temecula Mayor James Stewart resigned earlier this year over an email that was criticized as racist, it threw the outcome of this year’s race for the Temecula’s District 4 City Council seat into question.Back in June, Stewart responded to a constituent’s email on the subject of police sensitivity training with a message that said in part “I don’t believe there’s ever been a good person of color killed by a police officer.”When that email became public, the mayor quickly drew backlash, and while he said the email resulted from a typo made while using speech-to-text software, he ultimately stepped down both as mayor and from his city council seat.“City of Temecula, I hear you, I agree with you, and I am deeply sorry,” Stewart said at the time.But
