EXHIBIT 3

                          CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION
                                       OF
                             EQUITY STOCK, SERIES A
                                       OF
                              PUBLIC STORAGE, INC.
            [As Filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the
                       State of California June 27, 1997]

          The undersigned,  David Goldberg and Sarah Hass, Senior Vice President
     and  Secretary,   respectively,  of  PUBLIC  STORAGE,  INC.,  a  California
     corporation, do hereby certify:

          FIRST:  The  Restated  Articles of  Incorporation  of the  Corporation
     authorize the issuance of 200,000,000  shares of stock  designated  "equity
     shares,"  issuable  from time to time in one or more series,  and authorize
     the Board of  Directors to fix the number of shares  constituting  any such
     series,  and to  determine  or alter the dividend  rights,  dividend  rate,
     conversion rights,  voting rights, right and terms of redemption (including
     sinking  fund   provisions),   the  redemption  price  or  prices  and  the
     liquidation rights of any wholly unissued series of such equity shares, and
     the number of shares constituting any such series.

          SECOND:  The Board of Directors of the  corporation did duly adopt the
     resolutions  attached  hereto  as  Exhibit  A and  incorporated  herein  by
     reference  authorizing and providing for the creation of a series of equity
     shares to be known as Equity Stock, Series A, consisting of 225,000 shares,
     no shares of such series having been issued.

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

          IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  have executed this  certificate
     this 26th day of June, 1997.


                                    /s/ David Goldberg
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                                    David Goldberg
                                    Senior Vice President



                                    /s/ Sarah Hass
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                                    Sarah Hass
                                    Secretary

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                                    EXHIBIT A

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

                            ESTABLISHING A SERIES OF
                             EQUITY STOCK, SERIES A


     RESOLVED,  that  pursuant  to the  authority  conferred  upon the  Board of
Directors  by Article  III of the  Restated  Articles of  Incorporation  of this
Corporation,  there is  hereby  established  a series of the  authorized  equity
shares of this  Corporation  having a par value of $.01 per share,  which series
shall be  designated  "Equity  Stock,  Series  A," and shall  consist of 225,000
Shares (in the aggregate,  the "Shares," individually,  a "Share"), all of which
shall have the following rights:

     (a) Dividend Rights.
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     (1)  Dividends  shall be  payable  in cash on each  Share  when,  as and if
declared by the Board of Directors,  out of funds legally available therefor, at
the rate of ten (10)  times the per share  dividends  on the  Common  Shares (as
hereinafter defined), but not to exceed (i) $4.40 per Share during 1997 and (ii)
$8.80 per Share per year for each calendar year beginning with 1998.

     (2) Unless  dividends on all  outstanding  "Senior  Shares" (as hereinafter
defined) have been or contemporaneously are paid in full for the latest dividend
period ending contemporaneously with or prior to the end of the period for which
a dividend  is to be paid on the Shares,  and, to the extent such Senior  Shares
have cumulative  dividend rights, for all prior dividend periods, no dividend or
other distribution shall be paid on the Shares for such period.

     (b) Liquidation.
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     (1) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,  dissolution,
or winding up of the Corporation,
          (i)  The  holders  of the  Shares  are not  entitled  to  receive  any
liquidation  in  respect  of  the  Shares  until  the   respective   liquidation
preferences in respect of all Senior Shares, if any, have been paid in full;
          (ii) After the  respective  liquidation  preferences in respect of all
Senior  Shares,  if any,  have  been  paid in  full,  any  participation  in the
distribution of the assets of the Corporation by the holders of the Shares shall
be on a basis that  causes  the  amount  paid in respect of each Share to be the
lesser of (i) ten (10) times the amount paid in respect of each Common  Share or
(ii) $100.00 per Share.
     (2) For purposes of liquidation  rights,  a  reorganization  (as defined in
Section 181 of the California  Corporations  Code) or consolidation or merger of
the Corporation with or into any other  corporation or corporations or a sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation shall be deemed not to
be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

     (c) Redemption. Except as herein specifically provided, the Shares are not
redeemable.  If the Board of  Directors shall, at any time and in  good faith,
be of the opinion that  ownership of  securities of the  Corporation  has or may
become  concentrated  to  an  extent  that  may  prevent  the  Corporation  from
qualifying as a real estate  investment  trust under the REIT  Provisions of the
Internal  Revenue  Code (as  hereinafter  defined),  then the Board of Directors
shall have the power to prevent the transfer of and/or to call for redemption of
the Shares, if required,  in the opinion of the Board of Directors,  to maintain
or bring the direct or  indirect  ownership  thereof  into  conformity  with the
requirements of the REIT Provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The redemption
price to be paid for each Share, if so called for redemption,  on the date fixed
for  redemption,  shall be $100.00 per Share.  From and after the date fixed for
redemption by the Board of  Directors,  the holders of the Shares shall cease to
be entitled to any distributions, voting rights, and other benefits with respect
to the  Shares,  other  than  the  right  to  payment  of the  redemption  price
determined as aforesaid.  "REIT  Provisions of the Internal  Revenue Code" shall
mean Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
In order to exercise the redemption  option set forth above, with respect to the
Shares, the Corporation shall give notice of redemption to the record holders of
the Shares at least 10 days prior to such  redemption  date, to the addresses of
such  holders  as the same  shall  appear on the stock  transfer  records of the
Corporation.  Such notice shall state (i) the redemption date and (ii) the place
or places  where the  certificates  for the  Shares  are to be  surrendered  for
payment of the redemption price.
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          (d) VOTING RIGHTS.  The record owners of the Shares shall not have any
voting power either general or special, except as required by California law.

          (e) CONVERSION. The Shares shall not be convertible into shares of any
other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation.

          (f)  ADJUSTMENTS.  If the  Corporation  shall subdivide or combine its
outstanding  Common Shares into a greater or smaller number of Common Shares, or
shall set a record date for the purpose of  entitling  the holders of any of its
Common  Shares to receive a  dividend  or other  distribution  payable in Common
Shares, then in each case (i) the outstanding Shares shall, as appropriate,  (A)
be  subdivided  or  combined  in the same  proportion  as the Common  Shares are
subdivided  or  combined  or (B)  receive  the same  proportionate  dividend  or
distribution  payable  in Shares as paid or issued  with  respect  to the Common
Shares and (ii) the per Share amounts  specified herein as the maximum dividends
per  year,  the  maximum  liquidation  distribution  and  the  redemption  price
(applicable in the limited circumstances in which redemption is permitted) shall
be adjusted so that the total of each such amount for all outstanding  Shares is
the same  immediately  after, as it was immediately  prior to, the  subdivision,
combination, dividend or distribution.

          (g) FUTURE ISSUANCE. The future issuance of shares of preferred stock,
equity  stock,  or Common  Shares  shall not  require the vote or consent of the
holders of the Shares.

          (h) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
               (1) "Common Shares" shall mean shares, outstanding as of the date
of issuance of the Shares, or issued  thereafter,  of the  Corporation's  Common
Stock, par value $.10 per share (together with any other shares of capital stock
into which such shares shall be reclassified).

               (2)  "Senior  Shares"  shall  mean  any  shares  of  stock of the
Corporation,  exclusive  of the  Shares,  the  Common  Shares  and shares of the
Corporation's  Class B Common Stock, which (i) are outstanding as of the date of
issuance of the Shares or (ii) are issued  subsequent to the date of issuance of
the Shares,  on terms which do not provide  that they are on a parity  with,  or
junior to, the Shares as to dividends and as to the  distribution of assets upon
any  voluntary  or  involuntary  liquidation,  dissolution  or winding up of the
Corporation.  Senior Shares shall include,  but not be limited to, the following
series of preferred stock of the Corporation:

               10% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A;
               9.20% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B;
               Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock, Series C;
               9.50% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D;
               10.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E;
               9.75% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F;
               8.875% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G;
               8.45% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H;
               8.625% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I;
               8.25% Convertible Preferred Stock; and
               Convertible Preferred Stock, Series CC.