Exhibit 23


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




         We  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-36004) of Public Storage,  Inc.,  formerly Storage
Equities,  Inc.,  pertaining  to the 1990 Stock  Option Plan,  the  Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No.  33-55541)  pertaining to the 1994 Stock Option Plan,
the Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (No.  333-13463)  pertaining to the 1996
Stock Option and Incentive  Plan,  the  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (No.
333-75327)  pertaining  to the  1994  Share  Incentive  Plan,  the  Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-50270) pertaining to the PS 401(k)/Profit Sharing
Plan, the Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-52400)  pertaining to the
2000   Non-Executive/Non-Director   Stock  Option  and   Incentive   Plan,   the
Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-8  (333-59218)   pertaining  to  the  2001
Non-Executive/Non-Director  Stock Option and  Incentive  Plan and the 2001 Stock
Option  and  Incentive  Plan,  the  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3  (No.
333-81041) and in the related prospectus, the Registration Statement on Form S-4
(No.  333-86899) and in the related  prospectus,  the Registration  Statement on
Form S-4 (No.  333-84126)  and in the related  prospectus,  in the  Registration
Statement  on Form S-3  (No.  333-101425)  and in the  related  Prospectus,  the
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-4  (No.  333-103190)  and  in  the  related
prospectus and the  Registration  Statement on Form S-3 (No.  333-115660) and in
the related  prospectus of our report dated March 10, 2006,  with respect to the
consolidated  financial  statements and related financial  statement schedule of
Public Storage,  Inc.  management's  assessment of the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting, and the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting of Public Storage, Inc., included in the Annual Report (Form
10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2005.

                                                               ERNST & YOUNG LLP

March 15, 2006
Los Angeles, California


                                   Exhibit 23