CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


                                  Exhibit 31.1
I, Ronald L. Havner, Jr., certify that:

1.    I have reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of Public  Storage,
      Inc.;

2.    Based on my knowledge,  this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
      statement of a material fact or omit to state a material  fact  necessary
      to make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances  under which
      such  statements  were made,  not  misleading  with respect to the period
      covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and other  financial
      information  included  in this  report,  fairly  present in all  material
      respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
      the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers and I are  responsible for
      establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls and  procedures  (as
      defined in Exchange  Act Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  and  internal
      control over  financial  reporting  (as defined in the Exchange Act Rules
      13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

     a)  designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
         disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
         supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
         registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
         us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
         which this report is being prepared;

     b)  designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
         internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
         supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
         of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
         external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
         principals;

     c)  evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
         procedures and presented in this report conclusions about the
         effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end
         of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;

     d)  disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
         control over financial reporting that occurred the registrant's most
         recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the
         case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
         reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
         control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
      our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial  reporting,
      to the  registrant's  auditors and the audit  committee  of  registrant's
      board of directors (or person performing the equivalent functions):

     a)  all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
         operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
         reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
         record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

     b)  any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
         employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
         control over financial reporting.

/s/ Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
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Name:    Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
Date:    May 10, 2005


                                 Exhibit 31.1