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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * HUGHES B WAYNE ET AL   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Public Storage [PSA] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below) CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O PUBLIC STORAGE, 701 WESTERN AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/17/2008 (Street) GLENDALE, CA 91201 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 12/17/2008   G V 300,000 D $ 0 8,003,141 I As Trustee (1) Common Stock               0 I As Settlor (2) Common Stock               1,427 I By IRA (3) Common Stock               735,000 I By GRAT (4) Common Stock               400,000 I By LLC (6) Common Stock               546,203.2727 I By 401(k) Plan (5) Depositary Shares Representing Equity Stock               52,547 I As Trustee (1) Depositary Shares Representing Equity Stock               46 I By IRA (3) Depositary Shares Representing Equity Stock               10,236.7359 I By 401(k) Plan (5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HUGHES B WAYNE ET AL C/O PUBLIC STORAGE 701 WESTERN AVENUE GLENDALE, CA 91201	X	X		CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Signatures

/s/ David Goldberg, Attorney in Fact		02/10/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	By B. Wayne Hughes, trustee for B.W. Hughes Living Trust dated 6/3/77 (the "Living Trust").
(2)	By The Northern Trust Company of Delaware, trustee for B. Wayne Hughes 2008 Irrevocable Intervivos Trust ("NTCD").
(3)	By custodian of an IRA for the reporting person's benefit.
(4)	By B. Wayne Hughes, trustee of Wayne Hughes 6-07 Annuity Trust.
(5)	401 (k) plan units that represent interests in common stock or equity stock; based on plan information as of February 2, 2009. There is not a one to one correlation between units and shares.
(6)	Shares held by Japanese Village, LLC, of which the reporting person is the sole member.

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