Exhibit 23


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM




         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,  the Registration  Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-115660) and in the
related prospectus,  and the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-130137)
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., 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 this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31,
2005.

                                                               ERNST & YOUNG LLP

March 15, 2006
Los Angeles, California


                                   Exhibit 23