Free Wifi San Francisco?

Check this out! Looks like SF might be working on free wifi.:

This could be really big, if true. Though we're sure it will take time, and that SF Mayor Newsom (pictured here) will have a fight on his hands from jealous carriers. But he's been known to go it alone before (remember, gay marriage), so this should be interesting.

The Merc is about to shrink its bureau space in San Francisco, and we were thinking it would harder to work there during visits if other colleagues bagged all the available wired broadband connections. We'll be eager to hear more.

If Gavin can pull this off he'll be my new hero. I'm still amazed that SF has such poor wifi connectivity. SF is the heart of the tech universe. There should be no inch within San Francisco where I can't get free wifi!