Publishing Services at the City of Los Angeles recently celebrated its 100th Anniversary with an open house for customers.

By Joe Ranoia

A Brief History

Publishing Services was born in 1907 when two police officers worked part-time to publish the wanted person’s bulletin and various police records. By 1926 it was a flourishing print shop.

Then, at the urging of the Police Printing Bureau, the city absorbed the printing department. In it’s first year, the city Printing Bureau ran roughly 80 percent of the city’s printing at a savings of $34,474.