First off, who knew there was an SFist? Also, appending -ist is not a very scalable naming convention, if you ask me. It worked for Gothamist, but clearly they did not think ahead when they picked that name.
Anyway, SFist running with the MUNI photo ban story, and the apparent lack of any real law to back up the rule. To challenge the MUNI Man, it seems as though there's a little peaceful protest in the works:
Since we don't have a team of lawyers (though we've got our money on SFist Rita in a game of one-on-one), we can't get the access to demand any sort of formal response, or even an agreement that a formal response will be prepared and given down the road. What we can do is quietly and peacefully assemble at noon this Saturday, the 19th, at the Embarcadero station Muni fare gate and start taking pictures. Steve stresses that "People being led away in handcuffs will not help the cause," so "hotheads stay home." We couldn't agree more. What we are looking for is a citation under the laws governing Muni station photography so that we can bring it up in court. We get no sense of security from officials enforcing unwritten laws by bullying the public and hoping that they're too scared or confused to argue for their rights.