Exhibit 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333- ) with respect to Public Storage,
Inc.'s registration of common stock and in the related Information Statement and
Prospectus of Public Storage, Inc. and PS Partners V, Ltd., a California Limited
Partnership and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated
February 23, 2001, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and
schedule of Public Storage, Inc. in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2000 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
to the use of our reports dated March 23, 2001 with respect to the financial
statements of PS Partners V, Ltd., a California Limited Partnership and SEI/PSPV
Joint Ventures included in the Registration Statement and Information Statement
and Prospectus.


                                                           /S/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Los Angeles, California
March 7, 2002