Exhibit 23.1

                         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  Statements  on Form S-3  (Nos.
333-18395 and  333-41123)  and in the related  prospectus  and the  Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (No.  33-64971)  and in the related  prospectus of (i) our
report  dated  February  25,  1997 with  respect to the  consolidated  financial
statements and schedules of Public Storage,  Inc.  included in the Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for 1996 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) our
report  dated  December  16, 1997 on the  combined  statements  of revenues  and
certain  operating  expenses of the  Acquired  Properties  for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 1996, our report dated October 9, 1997 on
the statement of revenues and certain  operating  expenses of the Largo Property
for the year ended  December 31, 1996, our report dated November 10, 1997 on the
statement of revenues and certain operating expenses of the Gunston Property for
the year ended  December 31, 1996, and our report dated December 19, 1997 on the
combined  statement of revenues and certain  operating  expenses of the Proposed
Acquisition  Properties for the year ended  December 31, 1996,  each of which is
included  in the Current  Report on Form 8-K,  as amended by a Form 8-K/A,  each
dated  December  24, 1997 of Public  Storage,  Inc.  and (iii) our report  dated
February 18, 1997 with respect to the  financial  statements  of Public  Storage
Properties  XVI,  Inc.,  our report dated  February 18, 1997 with respect to the
financial  statements of Public Storage  Properties XVII, Inc., our report dated
February 18, 1997 with respect to the  financial  statements  of Public  Storage
Properties  XVIII,  Inc. and our report dated  February 18, 1997 with respect to
the financial  statements of Public  Storage  Properties  XIX,  Inc.,  which are
included in the  Registration  Statement on Form S-4 (No.  333-26959)  of Public
Storage, Inc.



                                                              ERNST & YOUNG LLP





January 15, 1998
Los Angeles, California

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