It doesn't appear to be a statement of political alignment but of risk-aversive behavior.

The left stereotypes the right as willing to build, build, build with no thought to consequences as long as the dollars continue to flow.

The right stereotypes the left as standing in the way of progress, where "progress" is defined as commerce.

So I'd say both parents are correct, and the author of the "Thoughts" on SFO is letting his politics cloud his objectivity.

The author gives a shoutout to Palladium mag, whose EIC has some "heterodox" opinions on certain ethnic groups[1], as a cool SF philanthropy project. If the author is a liberal, strange bedfellows indeed.

[1]https://splinternews.com/leaked-emails-show-how-white-nation...

"For such a liberal city?"