Exhibit 3.9


                                  AMENDMENT TO
                   CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION OF PREFERENCES
                                       OF
              ADJUSTABLE RATE CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES C
                                       OF
                              PUBLIC STORAGE, INC.



                  The undersigned, Harvey Lenkin and David Goldberg, President
and Secretary, respectively, of PUBLIC STORAGE, INC., a California corporation
(the "Corporation"), do hereby certify:


                  FIRST: Pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of
Section 401(c) of the California Corporations Code and the Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation, the Board of Directors of the Corporation has
duly adopted the recitals and resolutions attached hereto as Exhibit A and
incorporated herein by reference reducing the authorized number of shares of the
Corporation's Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock Series C, from
1,380,000 to 0.


                  SECOND:  There  are no  currently  outstanding  shares  of the
Corporation's Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C.


                  We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of
the State of California that the matters set forth in the foregoing certificate
are true and correct of our own knowledge.


                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
certificate on September 8, 2004.




                                            /s/  Harvey Lenkin
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Harvey Lenkin
                                            President




                                            /s/  David Goldberg
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                                            David Goldberg
                                            Secretary






                                    EXHIBIT A

                      RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                                       OF
                              PUBLIC STORAGE, INC.

               DECREASING TO 0 THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF SHARES OF
              ADJUSTABLE RATE CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES C





         RESOLVED: That, pursuant to the authority conferred in the Board of
         Directors by Article III of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of
         this corporation and the resolutions creating the corporation's
         Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C, the number of
         shares constituting the corporation's Adjustable Rate Cumulative
         Preferred Stock, Series C, is decreased from 1,380,000 shares to 0.