Residents gathered at an Irvine Assembly member’s office to protest her support for amending Prop. 209.

The shutdown is expected to last through Thursday. The university advises people to avoid the building.

Supporters had titled the initiative ‘Protect Kids of California,’ but Attorney General Bonta made it say ‘Restricts Rights.’ The judge seems to favor Bonta.

‘We have a right as a board to defy a dictatorial governor and bureaucracy … that tries to take away our rights as parents and as citizens,’ a trustee said.

The bill’s author said she was targeting “material that our own federal government considers too obscene for adults to hear or view on radio and television.”

The state ordered Murietta Valley Unified to rescind the policy. A dozen SoCal districts have adopted similar rules; one was sued by the attorney general.

The battle over whether some children’s books contain obscene content has been a topic of debate in the city over the past year.

‘Melissa,’ the tale of a fourth-grader named George who wishes to transition to female, was voted out of the children’s section.

The measure would have mandated a phonics approach, which the teachers union said would not meet the needs of English learners.